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Church of the Nazarene Global Theology Conference Africa Nazarene University Nairobi, Kenya 26—29 March 2012 Critical Issues in Ecclesiology Call for Papers

The following work proposes to reimagine God’s salvific plan for creation in light of a hospitable self, a move which seeks to rehabilitate the post-Enlightenment notions of the self as autonomously...

Like Singer, many Western Christians appear to believe that an individual must possess and demonstrate certain abilities to be considered a whole person. This is problematic for persons with...

Greetings and welcome to Volume 10:1 (June 2010) of Didache: Faithful Teaching. Regular participants will note that our website has gone through a renovation. The new design comes courtesy our...

The Commission on the Doctrine of the Church was appointed to propose an article of faith by action of the 1985 General Assembly. It was my privilege to serve as chair of this commission along with...

Ecclesiology is, in today’s theological situation, one of the most vital of theological doctrines. It plays an enormous role in Christian ethics and constitutes one of the most important points of...

The challenge of re-expressing our tradition calls for the most careful theological consideration. As biblical scholars and historical theologians, we must strengthen our roots so that we remain...

The intent of this article is to develop a model of educating towards spiritual maturation. The article begins by establishing goals and objectives for educating towards spiritual maturation. These...

Several times in my career as a professor of Old Testament, I have taught a course on the theology of Lewis’s fiction, and once, a course on the theology of Tolkien’s fiction. In this essay, I will...

Welcome to the 22nd edition of Didache: Faithful Teaching. This special edition marks the beginning of a new journey toward our Global Theology Conference, “In the Power of the Spirit” (Luke 4:14), to...

We have received substantial gifts in Dr. Rob Fringer’s paper, “Broken-Holy People” and Dr. Stanley Bhebhe’s paper, “God’s Eternal Project.” I offer this response as a means of amplification and...

Wesleyan theologies of holiness often focus on the immanent, the here and now of how God’s love is cultivated in God’s people by the Spirit. This focus on the concrete is the result of Wesley’s...

The presentations I will discuss below are those of Dr. Rob A. Fringer, “A Broken Holy People: A Biblical Plea for God's Holy People to Embrace a Less Perfect Perfection,” and that of Dr. Stanley...

Personally, I think it is a text that one has to go through slowly, appreciating the notes and savor ing those ideas that at first impulse could seem intense. I consider it an unmissable text because...

Faced with so many ideas about the end times, it is necessary to at least examine which of these ideas is influencing our life and mission as a Church. How are we waiting for the coming of our Lord...

If this solution of unity in love is known, and the Holy Spirit is able to empower us to live in such love, why is there still division and unloving behavior in the church? The short response is “sin...

A response paper for the Global Theology Conference to be held in Pilar, Argentina, in April 2024.

How does the Holy Spirit act creatively in the church? It would be a fair question from a document that outlines a practical perspective of awareness of the Spirit's presence in a believer. For this...

This response paper reflects primarily on issues elicited by Khobnya’s paper, namely, “What is this togetherness?” “How does the Spirit create togetherness?” and “What (or who) is the extent of...

As a person steeped in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition, the above makes sense. The imperative to live out and proclaim this understanding is clear. However, I am an African challenged by precisely how...

The Hope that God will renew all things in Christ is foundational Christian faith. In “Finish then Thy New Creation” T. Scott Daniels argues that this Hope-filled ending of our story shapes decisions...

Our understanding of the end, or eschaton, is crucial in the Christian faith. It is the end that guides, shapes, and transforms how we live as Christians. Hence T. Scott Daniels’ engaging opening of...

At the very beginning of discussions centred on the ideas of ‘One Lord, One faith, One Baptism: Unity and Diversity in our Wesleyan Theological Tradition’ it seems appropriate to grapple with the...

God is a missionary God2 who is unchangeably faithful in ‘sending’ God’s love. The mission of God unveils the character of God. God’s character is God’s mission and vice versa because God is love...