Overcoming temptation to quit helps UKZN’s oldest graduate obtain PhD at 88: A study of the church environment and recommendations to encompass the poor and the environment as a way of life resulted in the University of KwaZulu-Natal's oldest graduate,…
Looking at the nature of the church as a community of missionary disciples, he explored its situation of being divided into an elite clergy and a passive lay people, as well as stewardship as a manner of translating the community model of church into a way of life.His thesis also examined the nature of the call to discipleship “extended to all who follow Christ, as well as the kind of leadership demanded by a community model of church”.“These efforts bore little fruit.
Brennan said his study provides a theological foundation for stewardship to help other churches look critically at their stewardship programmes, “steering away from an exclusive emphasis on fundraising and broadening it to being a way of living as disciples, all called, all gifted.
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