| Leadership and Authority: Bula Matari and Life-Community Ecclesiology in Congo Contributor(s): Ande, Titre (Author), Parratt, John (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1506477941 ISBN-13: 9781506477947 Publisher: Fortress Press OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2010 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Denominations - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions - Religion | Christian Ministry - Evangelism |
| Dewey: 289.9 |
| Physical Information: 189 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This book proposes that Christian theology in Africa can have a significant impact if a critical understanding of the sociopolitical situation in contemporary Africa is taken seriously. The Christian leadership in post-colonial Africa has cloned its understanding and use of authority on the Bula Matari model, which issued from the brutality of colonialism and political absolutism in post-colonial Africa. This model has caused many problems in churches, including dysfunction, conflicts, division, and lack of prophetic ministry. The book proposes that Life-Community ecclesiology can liberate authority, where leadership is a function, not a status, and where "apostolic succession" belongs to all the people of God. |