TY - JOUR AU - Pali, KJ PY - 2020/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - An analysis of the spirituality of ministers in the congregations of the DRCA FS (NGKA VS) JF - Tydskrif vir Christelike Wetenskap | Journal for Christian Scholarship JA - TCW/JCS VL - 56 IS - 3&4 SE - DO - UR - https://pubs.ufs.ac.za/index.php/tcw/article/view/532 SP - 241-267 AB - <p>There is a growing interest in the study of spirituality in leadership. The&nbsp;reason for the upsurge of interest in spirituality is due to an overwhelming&nbsp;increase in immorality and corruption in various sectors of society, and&nbsp;to environmental crises. Humanity is to be blamed for this because of&nbsp;a loss of spiritual values like love, respect and righteousness. Some of&nbsp;the potential benefits of spirituality for leadership are related to personal&nbsp;and societal transformation. However, when leadership undermines&nbsp;the power of influence of spirituality in congregations, it will experience&nbsp;serious challenges. Since 1994, the DRCA FS is experiencing a decline&nbsp;in mission and diaconal ministry and a gradual increase in conflicts.&nbsp;It is faced with potential schism due to seriousness of these conflicts&nbsp;amongst those in leadership especially ministers. For more than two&nbsp;decades, these conflicts have culminated in the loss of integrity, moral&nbsp;values and a decline in internal and external ministry. The individual&nbsp;behaviour of some ministers characterised by sexual immorality, financial&nbsp;mismanagement and violence call into question the internal, external&nbsp;and corporate spiritual disciplines of the ministers in the congregations&nbsp;of the DRCA FS. This article aims to analyse the spirituality of ministers&nbsp;in the congregations of the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA),&nbsp;Free State (FS). The research question is: What are the dynamics of&nbsp;spirituality that dominate among the ministers of the DRCA FS? This&nbsp;empirical study will use secondary empirical data from a joint PhD of Pali&nbsp;(2016).</p> ER -