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    • Diakonia: in conversation with John N. Collins 

      Breed, Gert (Brill Academic Publishers, 2017)
      The work of John N. Collins on the διάκον- word group makes an important contribution to understanding church ministry. Although it receives much attention and support, there is some criticism of Collins’s exegesis. If his ...

    • Finding guidelines on social change in the two-tiered narrative and diakonia in the Gospel of John 

      Breed, Gert (AOSIS, 2015)
      It is shown in this article that the Gospel of John describes a battle between darkness and light, life and death, chaos and God’s new order. Although the certainty is given right at the beginning of the Gospel that the ...

    • Ministry in the presence of God (coram Deo) according to Exodus 

      Breed, Gert (AOSIS, 2015)
      This article describes ministry in the presence of God (coram Deo) as revealed in the Book of Exodus. At the outset, the structure of the Book of Exodus is analysed and the relevant results are given. Then a study is made ...

    • The diakonia of the elder according to 1 Peter 

      Breed, Gert (AOSIS, 2016)
      In this article, the ministry of the elder is investigated according to 1 Peter 5:1-5 from the perspective of the usage of the diakon word group in 1 Peter. Firstly, the place of 1 Peter 5 in the context of the whole letter ...

    • Ubuntu, koinonia and diakonia, a way to reconciliation in South Africa? 

      Breed, Gert; Semenya, Kwena (AOSIS, 2015)
      This article seeks to contribute to the process of reconciliation in South Africa. This is achieved by firstly exploring the meaning of ubuntu as a common culture or religion under a large percentage of South Africa’s ...