The church had reacted to both political and industrial change. Localised theology was theanswer to a restricted political dispensation, and the final result was the application of liberationtheology. The Kairos Document, the Evangelical Witness, the Belhar Confession and Church and Societyexpress the different churches’ viewpoints about the apartheid regime. This contextual focuson the same political dispensation unleashed church influence during the establishment of anational democratic dispensation. The different efforts to deal with industrial change by meansof church renewal have finally paved the way for the development of a new industrial mission,vision and approach. This has resulted in the forming of an interchurch industrial organisation,and far-reaching possibilities within the industrial environment.
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