ENSW YOUTH “What’s your favourite Marvel character?” is an introductory question often asked of any teen that comes to ENSW youth for the first time. Their answer invokes much reaction in the room and everyone rejoices. Unless they don’t know Marvel. Then things get awkward. But we love them anyway. And while this may seem like a trivial introduction, we didn’t quite realise the significance of this word [...]
FELLOWSHIP, PRAYER, AND HUMILITY Proverbs 18:1 Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment. About a month or so ago, I mentioned to my wife that we should ask people to pray with us about a negative pattern that we noticed about a few things in our family life. But then life happened, and we totally forgot about it! Until [...]
EASTERN CAPE MISSIONS The third annual Eastern Cape mission trip took place from 22 to 27 September; this is in addition to various small team mission trips that take place during the year. This year’s team was the largest yet and 30 team members from EN Zola (21), ENSW (just 3), EN Khayalitsha (2) and EN Bedford (4) piled into the Adelaide Primary School hostel [...]
DISCIPLES MAKING DISCIPLES At Every Nation Somerset West, discipleship is part of our DNA. The question is how do we disciple in a way that we become mature Christians and influence others to do the same? Well, we do this by engaging people with the gospel, establishing them in spiritual foundations, equipping them for ministry and them empowering them to reach others. To engage and establish people, [...]
SOWING SEEDS IN FERTILE GROUND I recently had the privilege to join our Graduates of Every Nation Ministry School in their final week of studies. One of their final assignments was the big preach off. Each student had 5 minutes to give a sermon where they were assessed on various aspects. It was here where this young lady preached up a storm. In light of [...]
