The topic of discipleship in the Cape Town Commitment : theological review / Ervin Budiselić.
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The Cape Town Commitment: A Confession of Faith and a Call to Action is one of the significant documents of evangelical Christianity that briefly addresses many important topics; one of such topics is discipleship. This article traces the theme of discipleship in the document and offers a theological reflection on the content and form of discipleship for contemporary evangelical Christianity. After the first part where the topic of discipleship is addressed, the article continues to offer a theological reflection on the topic of discipleship. Hence, the second part discusses the content and the form of discipleship. While the third part explains the importance of discipleship arguing that discipleship (Matthew 28) is the channel through which God realizes the return of the original creational blessing that was promised to Abraham in Genesis 12. In the conclusion it is pointed out that if we want to take the topic of discipleship from The Cape Town Commitment seriously, the following is needed: a) to understand that discipleship is not an after-school or extracurricular activity but a channel through which God wants to spread his redemptive blessing to all nations; b) in our local churches and academic institutions we need to return teaching by example, because various church or educational activities are part of the discipleship but they are not a supplement for teaching by example; c) to redeem the term “Christian” in a way that this term is only used for those who are “disciples.”; Dokument Capetownski iskaz o predanju jedan je od važnijih dokumenata evanđeoskog kršćanstva koji sažeto progovara o mnogim temama. Jedna od tih tema je i učeništvo. Članak se osvrće na spomen teme učeništva u dokumentu te u nastavku nudi teološki osvrt na temu sadržaja i važnosti učeništva za današnje evanđeosko kršćanstvo. Nakon uvoda i prvog dijela, u kojem se adresira tema učeništva u Capetownskom iskazu, u nastavku članka nudi se teološki osvrt na temu učeništva. Drugi dio članka nudi raspravu o sadržaju i formi učeništva, dok se u trećem dijelu pojašnjava važnost učeništva, ustvrđujući kako je učeništvo (Mt 28) način ostvarivanja izvornoga stvaralačkog blagoslova obećanog Abrahamu u Postanku 12. U zaključku članka ističe se da, ako želimo ozbiljno uzeti temu učeništva iz Capetownskog iskaza o predanju, onda bismo trebali: a) razumjeti kako učeništvo nije „slobodna aktivnost“, već sredstvo kojim Bog želi proširiti svoj otkupiteljski blagoslov svim narodima; b) u naše crkve i teološke institucije vratiti poučavanje primjerom jer su broj crkvenih ili akademskih aktivnosti dio učeništva, ali ne smiju biti zamjena za pouku primjerom; c) otkupiti pojam „kršćanin“ na način da taj pojam bude rezerviran za one koji su „učenici“.