Die Barmhartigheidsbediening van die NG Kerk van Natal - afhanklik en eksklusief?

The ministry of compassion of the Dutch Reformed Church in Natal - dependent and exclusive?This study highlights two major concerns in the history of the Dutch Reformed Church of Natal’s ministry of compassion. The church’s work became financially too dependent on government subsidies. The work orig...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Verbum et ecclesia Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 371 - 386
Main Author: Van Aarde, R. B.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Afrikaans
English
Published: AOSIS 09.09.2000
ISSN:1609-9982, 2074-7705
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Abstract The ministry of compassion of the Dutch Reformed Church in Natal - dependent and exclusive?This study highlights two major concerns in the history of the Dutch Reformed Church of Natal’s ministry of compassion. The church’s work became financially too dependent on government subsidies. The work originally started off with church finances, but was later financed by government. In principle there is nothing wrong with such a partnership, but the present financial dependency will have to make room for an independent ministry of compassion. The church’s ministry of compassion was also mainly focussed on the Afrikaner nation. In this the church supported the apartheid system of the day and started the perception that services of compassion are for the White community while missionary work is focussed on the Black communities. What history teaches us in this field of compassion and caring can help to rectify the ministry of compassion of the Dutch Reformed Church in KwaZulu/Natal and help the church to avoid the same mistakes in future
AbstractList The ministry of compassion of the Dutch Reformed Church in Natal - dependent and exclusive? This study highlights two major concerns in the history of the Dutch Reformed Church of Natal s ministry of compassion. The church s work became financially too dependent on government subsidies. The work originally started off with church finances, but was later financed by government. In principle there is nothing wrong with such a partnership, but the present financial dependency will have to make room for an independent ministry of compassion. The church s ministry of compassion was also mainly focussed on the Afrikaner nation. In this the church supported the apartheid system of the day and started the perception that services of compassion are for the White community while missionary work is focussed on the Black communities. What history teaches us in this field of compassion and caring can help to rectify the ministry of compassion of the Dutch Reformed Church in KwaZulu/Natal and help the church to avoid the same mistakes in future
The ministry of compassion of the Dutch Reformed Church in Natal - dependent and exclusive?This study highlights two major concerns in the history of the Dutch Reformed Church of Natal’s ministry of compassion. The church’s work became financially too dependent on government subsidies. The work originally started off with church finances, but was later financed by government. In principle there is nothing wrong with such a partnership, but the present financial dependency will have to make room for an independent ministry of compassion. The church’s ministry of compassion was also mainly focussed on the Afrikaner nation. In this the church supported the apartheid system of the day and started the perception that services of compassion are for the White community while missionary work is focussed on the Black communities. What history teaches us in this field of compassion and caring can help to rectify the ministry of compassion of the Dutch Reformed Church in KwaZulu/Natal and help the church to avoid the same mistakes in future
Author Van Aarde, R. B.
Author_xml – sequence: 1
  givenname: R. B.
  surname: Van Aarde
  fullname: Van Aarde, R. B.
BookMark eNo9kE1Lw0AQhhdRsK0eve8fSN3v7J5Eq9ZiqQh6XibJbLtNmkhSA_5701Y8zczL8DDzjMl53dRIyA1nU8WZuO1x2gsexZQLo8_ISLBUJWnK9DkZccNc4pwVl2TcdVvGpHaCjcj7Y0T6AO1uA-0-rjcYiy7DImId6zXtoaZDT1dz-opteZxXsIeKJhTCBuqyiiXFmmLZldV3FzHcXZGLAFWH1391Qj6fnz5mL8nybb6Y3S-TnCupk8Ji0FpmzAZtmDHKKavAWsVQ5AaAG6FyAQ5ECtKIIO1wsQbkGoY9YeSELE7cooGt_2rjDtof30D0x6Bp1_7wUl6hz6zOJWrFEZ0SkDuXCZE66QoeFGRyYCUnVt42Xddi-Odx5g9ufY_-6NYf3MpfRPts9Q
ContentType Journal Article
DBID AAYXX
CITATION
DOA
DOI 10.4102/ve.v21i2.1265
DatabaseName CrossRef
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
DatabaseTitle CrossRef
DatabaseTitleList
CrossRef
Database_xml – sequence: 1
  dbid: DOA
  name: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
  url: https://www.doaj.org/
  sourceTypes: Open Website
DeliveryMethod fulltext_linktorsrc
Discipline Religion
EISSN 2074-7705
EndPage 386
ExternalDocumentID oai_doaj_org_article_b85c3e541ee942ac99b227939d1f4ab3
10_4102_ve_v21i2_1265
GroupedDBID AAYXX
ABDBF
ADBBV
ALMA_UNASSIGNED_HOLDINGS
BCNDV
BENPR
CITATION
EBS
EJD
ESX
GROUPED_DOAJ
IAO
IPNFZ
IRE
KQ8
KWQ
M2N
OK1
RFP
RIG
SCD
X4Q
ID FETCH-LOGICAL-c1435-d8ef553b08f5606649484a8840e2c6aa1624c2a9a27a362f383595ae15a84a263
IEDL.DBID DOA
ISSN 1609-9982
IngestDate Fri Oct 03 12:42:33 EDT 2025
Sat Nov 29 05:38:40 EST 2025
IsDoiOpenAccess true
IsOpenAccess true
IsPeerReviewed true
IsScholarly true
Issue 2
Language Afrikaans
English
License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
LinkModel DirectLink
MergedId FETCHMERGED-LOGICAL-c1435-d8ef553b08f5606649484a8840e2c6aa1624c2a9a27a362f383595ae15a84a263
OpenAccessLink https://doaj.org/article/b85c3e541ee942ac99b227939d1f4ab3
PageCount 16
ParticipantIDs doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_b85c3e541ee942ac99b227939d1f4ab3
crossref_primary_10_4102_ve_v21i2_1265
PublicationCentury 2000
PublicationDate 2000-09-09
PublicationDateYYYYMMDD 2000-09-09
PublicationDate_xml – month: 09
  year: 2000
  text: 2000-09-09
  day: 09
PublicationDecade 2000
PublicationTitle Verbum et ecclesia
PublicationYear 2000
Publisher AOSIS
Publisher_xml – name: AOSIS
SSID ssj0035920
ssib016081569
Score 1.4589933
Snippet The ministry of compassion of the Dutch Reformed Church in Natal - dependent and exclusive?This study highlights two major concerns in the history of the Dutch...
The ministry of compassion of the Dutch Reformed Church in Natal - dependent and exclusive? This study highlights two major concerns in the history of the...
SourceID doaj
crossref
SourceType Open Website
Index Database
StartPage 371
Title Die Barmhartigheidsbediening van die NG Kerk van Natal - afhanklik en eksklusief?
URI https://doaj.org/article/b85c3e541ee942ac99b227939d1f4ab3
Volume 21
hasFullText 1
inHoldings 1
isFullTextHit
isPrint
journalDatabaseRights – providerCode: PRVAON
  databaseName: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
  customDbUrl:
  eissn: 2074-7705
  dateEnd: 99991231
  omitProxy: false
  ssIdentifier: ssj0035920
  issn: 1609-9982
  databaseCode: DOA
  dateStart: 19800101
  isFulltext: true
  titleUrlDefault: https://www.doaj.org/
  providerName: Directory of Open Access Journals
link http://cvtisr.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwrV1dS8MwFA0iIr6Inzi_yIP41m356pInceoUlKKgsLeSpDeuTKe0236_SbrJ3nzxrQ2htOemPfeE23MRuuDCWimoSpzxWpUzIInkhiYpsz1mVEgBorv-Uy_L5HConldafYWasMYeuAGuY6SwDAQnAIpTbZUywfSOqYI4rk30-fRZz4qY8iuJpN3ggqKW32QmVDRo9OMq8QKDNm6b3LNrZw7tOSUlbRMaGGaFnVZM_CPbDHbQ9iJNxNfN7e2iNe320OayfngfvdyWgPu6-hyFJ3gfQVnUBkL1lqci7LNj7I9xdo8foRrH8yzs0-AEazeKbdrHGCYYxvX4Y1aX4K4O0Nvg7vXmIVl0R0hsyHGSQoITgpmudCKokODzwrX0gg2oTbUmKeWWaqVpT3uWcl6KCiU0EKH9PJqyQ7Q--ZrAEcIshUIZTQtSWC6L1HQ1MdKwwinjGKEtdLlEJf9uTDByLx4CfP6FyyN8eYCvhfoBs99Jwbs6DviI5ouI5n9F9Pg_LnKCtpqf5kNB2Clan1YzOEMbdj4t6-o8LpYfaBa_Hg
linkProvider Directory of Open Access Journals
openUrl ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsummon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Die+Barmhartigheidsbediening+van+die+NG+Kerk+van+Natal+-+afhanklik+en+eksklusief%3F&rft.jtitle=Verbum+et+ecclesia&rft.au=R.+B.+van+Aarde&rft.date=2000-09-09&rft.pub=AOSIS&rft.issn=1609-9982&rft.eissn=2074-7705&rft.volume=21&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=371&rft.epage=386&rft_id=info:doi/10.4102%2Fve.v21i2.1265&rft.externalDBID=DOA&rft.externalDocID=oai_doaj_org_article_b85c3e541ee942ac99b227939d1f4ab3
thumbnail_l http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/lc.gif&issn=1609-9982&client=summon
thumbnail_m http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/mc.gif&issn=1609-9982&client=summon
thumbnail_s http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/sc.gif&issn=1609-9982&client=summon