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P.J. Strauss
Universiteit van die Vrystaat
Keywords:
Church and society, Apartheid as a practical policy, Biblical norms for relationships between people, The church a prophet of the demands of God’s kingdom
Abstract
Church and society in the documents Church and society after 25 yearsThe first document called “Church and society” (CS) of the Dutch Reformed Church was accepted 25 years ago by the General Synod of that year. The next General Synod, that of 1990, revised CS without changing its direction or the meaning of it’s content. The main aim of CS was to take a new stance in the Dutch Reformed Churchon apartheid. CS not only denounced any Biblical support for apartheid, it also came out against the way in which it functioned in Southern Africa. This article investigates what CS holds for the Dutch Reformed Church after 25 years. Two matters are looked into: the content of CS as well as how it functioned as a church prophet in the last years of official apartheid.
