Youth ministry at the margins and/or centre as space of the other: Reflections on the resolutions of the Anglican dioceses in the Western Cape 2017
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2018
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Abstract
Youth within the context of faith-based organisations carry with them certain power relations
and misconstrued connotations. These power relations and connotations can contribute to
alienation and marginalisation. The resolutions taken at the recent synods of the three
dioceses within the Western Cape reflect and identify the areas - both liturgical and
governance - of marginalisation of youth within the Anglican Church in southern Africa. The
resolutions also call on the church governing bodies and the leaders to create safe spaces
for the youth to be a central part of the mission of the church. Areas such as liturgy, training
and formation, contemporary worship and nurturing relationships are identified within
the resolutions. Theological notions of personhood within the Anglican tradition are to be
investigated as possible motivations for more acceptable power relations of the youth and
leaders and governance structures. What implications do such theological formulations have
for the space that the youth occupy within the margins of the church? A critical reflection of
the synod resolutions answers such questions and points to some contours for sense making
of the youth within the margins of the church from a faith-based organisational perspective.
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Youth, Faith-based organisations, Ministry, Power relations, Mission of the church
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Klaasen, J.S. (2018). Youth ministry at the margins and/ or centre as space of the other: Reflections on the resolutions of the Anglican dioceses in the Western Cape 2017. HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 74(3): 5056.