@article{hendriks_congregations_2004, title = {Congregations as providers of social service and {HIV} / {AIDS} care}, volume = {45}, issn = {0028-2006}, url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260400872_Congregations_as_providers_of_social_service_and_HIVAids_care_A_case_study_from_South_Africa}, abstract = {The article argues that the missional identity of the church compels it in a context of poverty and {HIV} / {AIDS} to partake in social service ministries. It describes and illustrates the methodology of a multi-disciplinary, participatory action, praxis-oriented research project. The church (and other {NGOs}) took the lead and addressed poverty related issues in collaboration with the government and business sectors. The different faces of poverty were mapped in the Paarl community highlighting the {HIV} / {AIDS} situation and describing the preliminary results of the project}, pages = {380--402}, issue = {Supplement 1}, journaltitle = {Dutch Reformed Theological Journal = Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif}, author = {Hendriks, H. J. and Erasmus, J. C. and Mans, G. G.}, urldate = {2019-12-24}, date = {2004-01-01}, note = {Free}, }