Repentant Reflections on Jean Vanier
For those who know (of) Jean Vanier, the recent disclosures by six women of his alleged sexual relationship with them, is profoundly distressing, to say the least. For those who don’t know of him, it might not be a big issue. It is, however, a HUGE issue. Especially...Spirituality of Leadership versus Technology of Leadership
The Spirituality of Leadership versus the Technology of Leadership has to do with a Biblical theology of leadership… Jesus style leadership!
Forming (in) Community – The Practice of Healing (1)
To listen to the audio teaching of these notes, click on Being the Beloved – Being Formed in Community by Practicing Healing.1. – Part 25 Recap on Forming (in) Community – The Second Practice of Healing Last week Meg Willows introduced the practice of...Following Jesus by Practicing the Word – Part Two
We practice the discipline of the Word of God in our daily devotion to hearing God through meditation in the Word and prayer. Lectio Divina gives us a practical tried and tested framework to do this.
Report on Ministry Trip to Sarepta Church, Durban
What a wonderful time!! I returned this past Sunday night tired but exhilarated. Sarepta is a special church in a special place – Gillets/Hillcrest – all green and luscious, with daily visits from monkeys to all the houses! I stayed with Alan and Mary...Being the Beloved: The Framework
Being the Beloved – THE FRAMEWORK – gives the big picture for what it means to become God’s Beloved, in terms of the vision and values, and the priorities and practices
Being the Beloved – A Year of Spiritual Formation
“Being the Beloved – A year of Spiritual Formation” is the chosen theme for Following Jesus congregation for 2014. It’s all about learning to live in and from God’s love.
Men’s Conference: “Fire in the Belly”
A Men’s conference on “Fire in the Belly – How to be a Real Man!” hosted at New Creation Family Church (NCFC) in Robin Hills, on Saturday 24 August 2013 by Alexander Venter. We would like you all to come to this day conference as part of our re-launch of men’s ministry in Following Jesus – you guys get to hear about this first before anyone else!!!
Ignatian and Eastern Orthodox Spirituality
The Ignatian exercises is a structured prayer meditations based on the life of Jesus, aimed at an experiential journey of coming to know the love of God – in Christ Jesus. Read up on Ignatius and the Jesuits, and see his story and the motivation behind his “exercises”
End of the Year Update
It’s the last day of 2012 and we are all still here. The world has not ended. Despite all its publicity and hype, the Mayan prophecy was a hoax, a false doomsday deception. We have the privilege of yet another year of living and sharing in God’s truth,...Story of the Pakistan Visa!
Late yesterday afternoon (Thursday 29 March 2012), after a long wait and “assertive” discussion with a consulate representative at the Embassy, I went home without a visa. Islamabad (capital of Pakistan) had not sent through approval to Pretoria Pakistan...Report on Pastor’s & Leader’s Prayer Retreat
I was privileged to lead a pastors and leaders retreat from 25 to 27 January, 2012. My Vineyard colleagues in the NECSA region asked me to lead the retreat on “Entering the New Year – Praying the Psalms”. What an honor for me to do that! We had 32...Baptist Pastors Retreat – “Isaiah 58 Network”
Gill and I went to the beautiful town of George (the Southern Cape, South Africa) a Christian Guest farm called Carmel. We were invited to lead a pastor’s retreat from 24 to 27 October, for a group that call themselves the Isaiah 58 Network. They are ministers in the...Introduction
Introduction to Alexander Venter’s teaching ministry as a church planter and pastor. Alexander has been empowered over many years by various relationships to make available treasures of God’s Kingdom; i.e. relevant Christian resources for spiritual formation toward Christlikeness, with a view to equipping people for life and ministry in God’s Kingdom.
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