Abstract

NEL, Reginald Wilfred. Reformed, Reunited, Remixed: How URCSA's Christian Youth Ministry has Reimagined Missional Ecclesiology in Southern Africa since 1994. Studia Hist. Ecc. [online]. 2019, vol.45, n.3, pp.1-16. ISSN 2412-4265.  https://doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/6236.

On our continent various former mission churches, like the Uniting Reformed Christian Church in Southern Africa (URCSA), struggle with the quest of becoming an African church. In this article I tell the story of how the Christian Youth Ministry (CYM), through its self-identification, has reimagined "church" within its own structures, especially since 1994 when URCSA united. I relate this to the quest for a missional ecclesiology in southern Africa. The article shows how the CYM self-identifies as a uniting movement, as the voice of youth, as a congress movement, but also as a networked space for diverse identifications. URCSA, but also other churches on our continent, are challenged with this re-imagination towards remixing an alternative future.

Keywords : missional ecclesiology; youth; youth movements; URCSA; unity; Reformed; missional.

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