212 Chapter 6 from the first warm-up meeting, the missional aspect was mentioned in every meeting of the conversational community, except for the eighth one, which, as mentioned in Section 1.3, was dedicated to the question of pedagogical practices for fostering personhood formation in students. The missional aspect came across relatively frequently in the fifth meeting (10 times), the 11th meeting (8 times) and the 13th meeting (11 times). The matters that were discussed in these meetings included the Biblical concept of shalom (fifth), the basic attitude of service (11th) and the handling of Biblical truth in a context of diversity (13th). As this missional aspect is important, it will be analysed more deeply in Chapter 8 with regard to the basic attitude that Christian trainee teachers need to learn, according to the conversational community. For the actual issue of subjectifying education, it is important to observe that, while faithfulness and openness are both considered critical, there sometimes seems to be an intrinsic contradiction between the two. The minutes of the second meeting reflect this dynamic: ‘The conversation is about how faithfulness and openness are sometimes perceived as opposites but can also represent an opportunity and reinforce each other’. In particular, members of the outsider group underlined throughout the meetings that students who are inclined to rely on the relative safety of their social in-groups need to learn that stepping outside of their comfort zones (with openness towards others) does not automatically lead to a loss of faithfulness. The following are some brief examples of what these members of the outsider group said: P1, meeting 2: No adding water to the wine right? You don’t have to. That’s what I thought, but that really turned out to be unjustified. P2, meeting 3: Being fully committed to one’s faith and being meaningful in the neighbourhood can go hand in hand. School 1 and school 2 are examples of how you can maintain your Christian identity, even at a school where 90 percent of the student population does not share your identity. P1, meeting 2: Welcoming students with open arms to see up close how you can be open and Christian at the same time, without watering down the wine. P3, meeting 3: This adds value to worldview development and teaches students that individuality, openness and respect can go hand in hand. P4, meeting 11: I think their attitude is so closed because they are afraid of being vulnerable, of giving away pieces of their own faith, or, how do you say that... that you don’t dare to be vulnerable and want to hold onto your faith, stating that this is how it is and not otherwise.
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