David Bosch

David Bosch
Born
David Jacobus Bosch

(1929-12-13)13 December 1929
Kuruman
Died15 April 1992(1992-04-15) (aged 62)
N4 between Belfast and Middelburg, Mpumalanga
Alma materUniversity of Pretoria
OccupationTheologian
SpouseAnnemie Bosch

David Jacobus Bosch (13 December 1929 – 15 April 1992) was an influential missiologist and theologian best known for his book Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission (1991) — a major work on post-colonial Christian mission. He was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK), also known by its English abbreviation DRC. On Freedom Day, 27 April 2013, he posthumously received the Order of the Baobab from the President of South Africa "for his selfless struggle for equality ... and his dedication to community upliftment. By doing so, he lived the values of non-racialism against the mainstream of his own culture."[1]

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