‘New stability’ could await DRC, says survey oozing caution
The Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) might be recovering from the nosedive that at one point saw this 374 year old denomination having to close permanent positions for minsters at a rate of roughly 50 per year, reports Le Roux Schoeman for Kerkbode. “From 2015 to 2022 I think we lost nearly 33% of permanent positions,” […]
Teaching writing in church context
A church newspaper and a task team walk into a retreat centre … This annual collaboration between Kerkbode and the DRC’s task team for research is built on three pillars: Learn (day 1). Communicate (day 2). Reflect (day 3). It’s held at the Andrew Murray Centre for Spirituality in Wellington in the Western Cape, next to […]
Write it down!
31 July 2026. – Lourens Bosman kicks back and quotes someone who once warned him: If it’s not on paper, it’s vapour. He is talking to us, a small group at the end of a 3 day writing and communication bootcamp, not as a kind of ‘sage on the stage’, but rather as someone modelling […]
Teaching writing in church context
30 July 2026. – A church newspaper and a research task team walk into a retreat centre … This annual collaboration between Kerkbode and the DRC’s research unit is built on three pillars: Learn (day 1). Communicate (day 2). Reflect (day 3). The learning component was the launch of the results of Church Mirror 2026, […]