Missiological responses to the wounded youth : a case study of the campus ministry of Scripture Union in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana

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dc.contributor.advisorWhite, Peteren_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorCloete, Anita Louisaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAwuah-Gyawu, Danielen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Theology. Dept. of Practical Theology and Missiology.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-22T20:21:07Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-08T19:47:08Z
dc.date.available2023-11-22T20:21:07Z
dc.date.available2024-01-08T19:47:08Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-21
dc.descriptionThesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2023.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study, Missiological Responses to the Wounded Youth: A Case Study of the Campus Ministry of Scripture Union in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana, is premised on the missiological assumption that mission proceeds from a place of needs and that the youth is expected to receive responses that address their needs. It, therefore, investigates the missional approaches of Scripture Union (SU) Ghana, a parachurch faith community, in response to the youths in the Senior High School (SHS). The study also investigates the corresponding impact of these approaches. The main theory that drives the study is the Anglican Consultative Council’s ‘Five Marks of Mission’, which was summarised by Chris Wright and the Church of England and espoused in Andrew Walls and Cathy Ross’ ‘Five Marks of Global Mission’. The case study approach is used to explore the campus ministry activities of Scripture Union Ghana. To gain a deeper understanding of the impact of SU’s campus ministry, the lived experiences of people exposed to it are explored phenomenologically. Four qualitative data collection methods were used, which comprised documentary analysis, narratives, participant observation, and interviews. Ten participants—five current and two former SU staff members who were purposively sampled and three volunteers who were sampled by snowballing—were interviewed. Using thematic analysis from the transcribed interviews, the data was discussed, considering the research objectives. Scripture Union’s responses include leadership training, school missions, campus crusades, post-mission follow-up, evangelistic rallies, and school group fellowships. Other programmes are the purity campaign and the integrity campaign, which seek to address issues of sexual immorality and cheating, respectively. These evangelism-driven activities embed role modelling, counselling and mentoring. The SU’s SHS campus ministry has filled the youth ministry gap in the SHSs, offering students the opportunity to have salvation experiences, be nurtured, and be equipped with leadership skills that set the foundation for campus and future leadership in society. Through guidance and counselling, SU identifies some of the emotional, material, academic, and social needs of students and addresses them. The study demonstrates that SU is not a nascent organisation. However, it seeks to regularly improve upon its praxis through a feedback system from students. This in-depth study of SU’s campus ministry fills the research gap about the SHS campus ministry in Ghana and concludes that the youth who are exposed to appropriate nurturing experiences are not just recipients of missiological interventions but prospective participants in the missio Dei. en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie, Missiologiese Reaksies op die gewonde jeug: ʼn gevallestudie van die kampusbediening Scripture Union in die Kumasi-metropool van Ghana, is gegrond op die missiologiese aanname dat sending uit ʼn plek van behoefte spruit en dat daar verwag word dat die jeug reaksies ontvang wat hulle behoeftes aanspreek. Dit ondersoek dus die missiologiese benaderings van Scripture Union Ghana — ’n parakerklike geloofsgemeenskap — in reaksie op die jeug van die Senior Hoërskool (SHS). Die studie ondersoek ook die ooreenstemmende impak van hierdie benaderings. Die Anglican Consultative Council (Anglikaanse Raadgewende Raad) se 'Five marks of mission’ (‘Vyf tekens van sending’) wat deur Chris Wright en die Engelse kerk opgesom is en wat in Andrew Walls en Cathy Ross se ‘Five marks of global mission’ (‘Vyf tekens van globale sending’) voorgestaan word, dien as die hoofteorie wat hierdie studie dryf. Hierdie gevallestudie-benadering word gebruik om die aktiwiteite van die kampusbediening van Scripture Union Ghana te ondersoek. Om ʼn dieper begrip van die impak van SU se kampusbediening te verkry, word die geleefde ervarings van persone wat daaraan blootgestel word, fenomenologies bestudeer. Vier kwalitatiewe data-insamelingstegnieke is gebruik. Dit bestaan uit dokumentêre ontleding, narratiewe, deelnemerwaarneming en onderhoude. Daar is met tien deelnemers onderhoude gevoer – vyf huidige en two voormalige SU personeellede wat deur doelbewuste steekproefneming gekies is, en drie vrywilligers wat deur sneeubalsteekproefneming gekies is. Deur tematiese analise uit die getranskribeerde onderhoude te gebruik, is die data bespreek met inagneming van die navorsingsdoelwitte. Scripture Union se reaksies sluit leierskapsopleiding, skoolsending, kampuskruistogte, na-sendingsopvolgsessies, evangelistiese saamtrekke en skoolgroepsgemeenskap in. Ander programme is die reinheid- en integriteitsveldtogte wat die kwessie van onderskeidelik seksuele immoraliteit en verneukery probeer aanspreek. Hierdie evangelisasie-gedrewe aktiwiteite is in rolmodellering, berading en mentorskap ingebed. Die SU se SHS kampusbediening het die leemte van jeugbediening in die SHS gevul, en het studente die geleentheid gebied om verlossingservarings te hê, om versorg te word, en om toegerus te word met leierskapsvaardighede wat die grondslag lê vir kampus- en toekomstige leierskap in die samelewing. Deur leiding en berading identifiseer SU emosionele, materiële, akademiese en sosiale behoeftes van studente en spreek hierdie behoeftes aan. Die studie demonstreer dat SU nie ʼn ontluikende organisasie is nie. Dit poog egter om gereeld sy praktyk te verbeter deur ʼn terugvoerstelsel van studente. af_ZA
dc.description.versionDoctoralen_ZA
dc.format.extentxiii, 249 pages : illustrations (some color), map (color)
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/129028
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshChurch work with youth -- Ghanaen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshYouth -- Religious lifeen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshFaith developmenten_ZA
dc.subject.lcshUCTDen_ZA
dc.titleMissiological responses to the wounded youth : a case study of the campus ministry of Scripture Union in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghanaen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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