The Church as an Assembly on Mt. Zion: An Ecclesiology from Hebrews for African Christianity

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dc.contributor.authorNyende, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-14T11:31:23Z
dc.date.available2021-05-14T11:31:23Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionThis is chapter classifies ecclesiological studies, against African ecclesiological scholarship. This survey shows that, relative to ecclesiological studies elsewhere, there is a paucity of literature on ecclesiology within African scholarship.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this paper I classify ecclesiological studies, against which I briefly survey African ecclesiological scholarship. From this survey I show that, relative to ecclesiological studies elsewhere, there is a paucity of literature on ecclesiology within African scholarship. I argue that this paucity puts African Christianity at a disadvantage in the quest of African Christians to be simultaneously African and biblical, thereby embodying an African biblical Christianity. In an effort, therefore, to contribute to African ecclesiological scholarship, I offer a conceptual ecclesiology drawn from Hebrews in which the church is understood as a community approaching God, in Christ, in his heavenly dwelling (the heavenly Mt. Zion) to offer him, through the same Christ, prayers and immaterial sacrifices, and to live in obedience to him en route to partaking in the coming fullness of his presence and kingdom. This fullness will result in the realization of God’s purposes for creating the world. I wish to propose from Hebrews a biblical theological ecclesiology that is at home in African Christianity. But since the subject of ecclesiology is vast I will begin my paper by classifying academic discourse on ecclesiology, and within that classification give an overview of ecclesiological studies in Africa. This overview will support the view that, although all types of ecclesiological study are found in Africa, more ecclesiological studies from Africa are needed, especially in the area of conceptual ecclesiologies, if the quest for an authentic but biblical African Christianity is to be achieved.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNyende, Peter. The Church as an Assembly on Mt. Zion: An Ecclesiology from Hebrews for African Christianity. The Church from every tribe and tongue. Langham global library, 2018.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11951/908
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLangham global libraryen_US
dc.subjectAfrican Christianityen_US
dc.subjectAfrican ecclesiological scholarshipen_US
dc.subjectAfrican biblical Christianityen_US
dc.titleThe Church as an Assembly on Mt. Zion: An Ecclesiology from Hebrews for African Christianityen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US
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