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Sola 5

Sola 5

An association of God-centred evangelical churches in Southern Africa

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What COVID-19 Teaches us about the Church

2nd Apr 2020 Des VenterLeave a comment

Today it was reported that over 40% of the earth’s population is currently in lockdown. The 60% who are not in lockdown are undergoing some version of quarantine rules. These legislative...

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Big Brother is Watching You: Elder Rule an Orwellian Nightmare?

8th Aug 2017 Clint ArcherLeave a comment

The following article is abridged and repurposed, with express permission of the author, from the Cripplegate blog. The original article can be read here. The...

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What is a Pastor?

20th May 2017 Joachim RieckLeave a comment

In my last two blog articles, I asked the question, “Where have all the pastors gone?” I have asked this question from a Namibian context and perspective. Moral failure, personal...

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Where Have All the Pastors Gone? (Part 2)

2nd May 2017 Joachim RieckLeave a comment

In my last post, I lamented the loss of pastoral integrity, as I observe it from the viewpoint of the Namibian church. In this brief blog, I want to focus on the other side of the coin—namely...

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Pastoring, Not Pestering

20th Feb 2017 Doug Van MeterLeave a comment

There is perhaps a fine line between pastoring and pestering. If so, I want to work hard on staying on the correct side of that line. But it is not always easy. One man’s concern is another...

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Doing Heaven’s Work In Hell’s Headquarters: How Not To Become a Worldly Church Like Pergamum

1st Feb 2017 Tim CantrellLeave a comment

I once visited a site of one of John’s seven churches in Asia Minor (modern day Turkey), but I never made it to Pergamum. Or so I thought—until I began studying this church in Revelation 2 and...

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And Yet

24th Jan 2017 Doug Van MeterLeave a comment

Australian theologian Peter Tong is concerned about bad theology being perpetuated via the Internet. He, along with many pastors—including this one—is concerned that an overreliance, and an...

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The Right to Complain

15th Nov 2016 Doug Van MeterLeave a comment

All my life I have heard it said, in way or another, “If you don’t exercise your right to vote then you lose your right to complain.” I won’t debate the merits of this adage; it...

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Checking In, Checking Out

28th Sep 2016 Doug Van MeterLeave a comment

Jonathan Leeman writes,

In the West today, individuals and families often resign their church membership like they check out of hotels. They make sure they have all their...

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Listening Well

13th Sep 2016 Doug Van MeterLeave a comment

Lately, I’ve been musing on congregational life in the local church, both its immense privileges as well as its responsibilities. The following is a “first instalment.”

As a child, I did...

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If you would like to support Sola 5, here are banking details of the association’s South African account.

Account Name: Sola 5
Account Number: 4064746747
Account Type: Cheque
Banking Institution: Absa
Branch Code: 632005
BIC / SWIFT Code: ABSAZAJJ

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Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. — Galatians 6:7-8 (ESV)

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