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<subject>Correction</subject>
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<article-title>Corrigendum: A social-scientific reading of John 4: Lessons for the Zimbabwean Adventist church</article-title>
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<surname>Takawira</surname>
<given-names>Tendai</given-names>
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<surname>Hombana</surname>
<given-names>Mphumezi</given-names>
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<aff id="AF0001"><label>1</label>Department of New Testament and Related Literature, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa</aff>
<aff id="AF0002"><label>2</label>New Testament and Early Christian Studies Unit, Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa</aff>
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<corresp id="cor1"><bold>Corresponding author:</bold> Mphumezi Hombana, <email xlink:href="hombam@unisa.ac.za">hombam@unisa.ac.za</email></corresp>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>16</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></pub-date>
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<p>In the original article published, Takawira, T. &#x0026; Hombana M., 2025, &#x2018;A socio-scientific reading of John 4: Lessons for the Zimbabwean Adventist church&#x2019;, <italic>Verbum et Ecclesia</italic> 46(1), a3589. <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v46i1.3589">https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v46i1.3589</ext-link>, the title contained an incorrect word.</p>
<p>The word &#x2018;socio-scientific&#x2019; is incorrect and should be &#x2018;social-scientific&#x2019;, and must be corrected in the title, abstract, keywords, and &#x2018;how to cite this article&#x2019; information. The error was unintentional. As a result of this, the title is corrected to read:</p>
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<p>&#x2018;A social-scientific reading of John 4: Lessons for the Zimbabwean Adventist church&#x2019;</p>
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<p>The authors apologise for this error. The correction does not change the study&#x2019;s findings of significance or overall interpretation of the study&#x2019;s results or the scientific conclusions of the article in any way.</p>
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<fn><p><bold>How to cite this correction:</bold> Takawira, T. &#x0026; Hombana, M., 2026, Corrigendum: &#x2018;A social-scientific reading of John 4: Lessons for the Zimbabwean Adventist church&#x2019;, <italic>Verbum et Ecclesia</italic> 47(1), a3780. <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v47i1.3780">https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v47i1.3780</ext-link></p></fn>
<fn><p><bold>Note:</bold> DOI of original article published: <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v46i1.3589">https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v46i1.3589</ext-link>.</p></fn>
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