Open AccessA Theological Analysis of the Hymn “Teaching Everyone To Live Like Christ”
Author(s) -
Isaac Boaheng
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
e-journal of humanities, art and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2720-7722
DOI - 10.38159/ehass.2021241
Subject(s) - hymn , christian ministry , theme (computing) , theology , jesus christ , lyrics , literature , art , philosophy , faith , computer science , operating system
This article is a theological analysis of the hymn, “Teaching Everyone to live like Christ,” written in support of the 2020/2021 theme of Methodist Church Ghana (MCG). The hymn emerged from the author’s pastoral and theological analysis of the MCG’s theme, “Discipleship: Teaching everyone to live like Christ” (Col. 1:28-29). The hymn touches on two key functions of the universal Church, namely, mission and nurturing of believers. The author brings out the message embedded in the hymn through an expository study of the lyrics together with secondary sources such as books, articles, and others. The paper contends that the survival of the Christian Church now and in the years to come depends on effective disciple-making, which places high emphasis on the teaching ministry.Keywords: Hymn, Christ, Teaching, Church, Perfect, Mature.