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curso formação de pastor Yet another striking theme for your church's thing to consider is: Theological Education may be the bed-rock of Sustainable Advancement. Theology isn't a brand new discipline inside our continent let alone chat about Sierra Leone. Theology may be the bedrock of the tutorial basis of our nation, as might be claimed for just about any other place. Within the 18th Century an establishment was launched for the training of the clergy along with other lecturers for Missionary operate while in the sub-region of West Africa. This faculty shortly became renowned for all its well worth and excellence. Just before prolonged other theological schools of this character sprang up in Sierra Leone. To be able to be related and contribute to improvement, Christian theology has to be intriguing and practical. Theology needs to interact with all conditions and other people. In talking about theology as well as the tough activity or conditions it addresses, John W. De Gruchy, Professor of Christian Research at Cape City College, writes: 'In these kinds of scenarios theology has to be dwelling and related to Ministry; there is neither time nor the area, and even the inclination for Theological abstraction or dilettantism. Additionally, theology underneath such circumstances cannot be fashionable, superficial or peripheral for the central themes in the Gospel and Christian tradition, or unrelated to the historical context and its cries, for then it will fall short to supply the resources needed for Ministry.' Theological Colleges have in the past educated women and men to the multifaceted Ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ. The goods are serving in different capacities in Sierra Leone and all around the world. Nonetheless, the universities should keep on analyzing themselves vis-à-vis their Mission Statement and Aims in an effort to see no matter whether they are even now pertinent on the group they purports to get serving. In look at of the aforementioned, I might want to attract your attention to some key elements of theology: one. Theology that advocates for social and political reform; two. Theology that transforms the life of folks; 3. Theology that solves ecclesiastical issues. They're not new but we appear to have both forgotten or neglected them. So, I am advocating that we revisit these facets: THEOLOGY THAT ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REFORM: Practically all of the terms below this segment are of comparable importance - theology (the study or discourse about God or religion); advocate (to support or plead for); social (having to do with society or its group, concerned with mutual relations of human beings); politics (science and art of government; political affairs or lifestyle). Taking the meaning of all of these words into consideration, we have been simply saying that theology has that God-given accountability to talk for or plead on behalf of folks who advocated for social and political change: (1) Samuel - Samuel's roles have been that of Prophet, Priest and seer. Modern theologians, youthful and old, female and male shouldn't draw back from these roles. Should they do, they are going to be icy cold inside the thick from the combat and can not ultimately be successful. Once the people ended up deceived by imitative politics, Samuel stood firmly in his tripartite part amongst God and other people, proclaiming and deciphering fearlessly but honestly Jehovah's thoughts concerning the entire issue having into consideration what repercussions mistaken determination could becoming on the individuals within the existing and potential. (2) Nathan - Nathan, the fearless and determined advocate of justice irrespective from the predicament and situation in the particular person for being confronted nailed King David's conscience for the wall using the parable in the prosperous man who had exceedingly several flocks and herds of the inadequate man who had absolutely nothing (two Sam. twelve:1-25). The Prophet's phrases of confrontation. "Thou will be the man" place David on his knees. (three) Elijah - Elijah, the Tishbite, ministered inside a different scenario, in Samaria when he confronted the renegade and apostate King, Ahab. His prophecy of drought which arrived real and his subsequent obstacle for the Priests of Baal re-affirmed the name of Yahweh as the Almighty God. There are lots of other advocates of God inside the bible who worked for social and political reform in their own communities, like Nehemiah, Ezra, Ruth, Esther. I've arrive throughout many advocates of God in East Africa and i have also heard of several in South Africa for the duration of and following the apartheid routine. But our theologians in Sierra Leone seem to be to become lukewarm, lethargic and indifferent to what takes place for their folks. They preach and market pocket theology. THEOLOGY THAT TRANSFORMS THE Life Of men and women - The essence of theology is spiritual transformation. Those who endure a four-year system in a theological institution like RTS have to enable theology to undergo them. When that occurs, though 1 may well not be one hundred p.c excellent, on could be much more distinct than he/she 1st came. We might look at the life of two personalities who assisted transform the life of men and women by their witness:
