The Methodist Church of Southern Africa and John Wesley College in South Africa
Southern Africa ’s story of racial conflict and oppression, its struggle for liberation and search for reconciliation offer significant learning opportunities for Christians of all races. The South African context offers Duke Divinity School an opportunity to study Christian mission history, Christian witness under oppression and in the struggle for racial justice, contextual theology and inter-faith relations. A comprehensive partnership between the Methodist Church of Southern African and Duke Divinity School enriches the experience of John Wesley College and Duke Divinity School students, faculty and administration. Also as the MCSA and Duke Divinity pool their theological resources the hope is to make impact on the Church.
Duke Divinity School (DDS) and the Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA) aim to learn from one another and consequently make contributions to the church in South Africa, as well as in the United States. This relationship focuses itself on:
- The ministry of reconciliation
- Ongoing critique of our efforts to facilitate justice and peace throughout the world
- Celebration of peoples in our respective countries who bear witness to the ministry of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit
- Mutual friendship and dialogue whereby we bear one another’s burdens
- Covenant to pray, study and service, especially through John Wesley College and Duke University Divinity School.
We feel this is a necessary response to God’s call to faithful service and ministry throughout the world and in celebration of new life involved in the world the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.