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NIEMANDT, Cornelius J.P.. Missionale mobiliteit. STJ [online]. 2023, vol.9, n.3, pp.1-37. ISSN 2413-9467.  http://dx.doi.org/10.17570/stj.2023.v9n3.a11.

This research attends to missional mobility. Missional mobility generally refers to a missionary attitude that indicates openness, the ability to cross borders and the willingness to explore new solutions. Missionaries are, by the very nature of the missionary enterprise, rather traders than gatekeepers, rather mobile than static. Traders reach out to others, welcome strangers, eat what is placed before them, and cross boundaries. In this research, this missional approach and attitude is linked to the work of ministers, as well as the insights of reformed church polity on the relationship between a minister and a congregation, and the importance of ministerial mobility. Attention is paid to the connection between missional ecclesiology and ministerial mobility by referring to the following: (1) Stephan Paas' criticism of ministerial mobility in the Reformed tradition; (2) the importance of innovation and anticipatory leadership; (3) resilience, adaptability and "anti-fragility"; (4) the interplay between liminality and stagnation and (5) the role of vocation in a minister's relationship with a specific congregation. The Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN)'s insights and practices regarding the mobility of ministers are presented as a case study of a reformed approach to ministerial mobility. The research is concluded by integrating the insights and applying them to the situation in the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in South Africa. Attention is paid to the missional commitment of the DRC, the vocational system, and the challenges in establishing of a culture of mobility.

Palavras-chave : Anticipatory leadership; church polity; missional ecclesiology; missional mobility; creativity; vocation.

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