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I’m a young South African Anglican minister (pastor) figuring things out as I go along. I blog as a hobby and the stories I tell are often funny. Sometimes sad. Mostly ironic. But never dull! There’s something for everyone on my blog, even Christian cynics and Terry Pratchett fans!
I was born in South Africa in Johannesburg. Spent six years of my childhood living in the UK in the late 1980s, early 90s. Pietermaritzburg was the next stop, where I finished my schooling and completed a B.Sc. Hons (Hydrology) at the University of Natal…
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Areas of Interest:
Poverty and Wealth, Creation Care, Evangelism Among Children, Media and Communications, Diasporas, Cities, Leadership Development, Evangelism Training, Integrity and Anti-Corruption
Occupation: Anglican minister
Church: All Souls Umhlali
Groups: 21st Century Challenge for Diaspora, Creation Care and Missions, Internet Evangelism: Casting a Digital Net, Mentoring Leaders, Missions Issues Discussion for Cape Town 2010, Television and Media
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One thing that fascinates me about the story of my ancestor, William Carleton, going down with the Hirano Maru at the end of the First World War was a reference…
A Clash of Two Leadership Paradigms Affecting the Church-Scattered Concept A Conscious Effort to Teach about the Church-Scattered Emphasising the Church-Scattered for the Sake of Monday to Saturday!
Continuity
Oh Venerable Elders, can you Show us the Way?
Crown Him With Many Crowns - From Edinburgh 1910 to Cape Town 2010
The Importance of the Third Lausanne Conference Lost on the World Hot Air and Tree Huggers - In Support of Christian Environmentalism The Challenge of Grace and Reconciliation A Hope and a Future for Young People...and the Church! Jewish Living Memory and Credible Christian Witness Waking Up to City Mission Western Individualism Meets African Ubuntu: We Are Because He (Jesus) Is Looking Back to Move Forward: Learning from Past Mistakes To Be an Earth-Keeper is to Be My Brother’s Keeper: Care of Creation. Becoming An Outward-Looking Urban Church: A Case Study of Christ Church Kenilworth in Cape Town Getting in the Way of the Good News: A Pig in the Manger Standing on the Promises of God: The Problem of Loose Ends Rest in a Restless Society – A Godly Counterpoint to Busyness and Burnout Understanding the Life Cycle of Churches and Church Leaders for the Sake of the Gospel Unity in Christ: The Gospel Truth Dressed Up in Many Guises A Counterpoint to the Prosperity Gospel: God in the Midst of Ruins Urban Mission: Empathy and Evangelism Must Go Hand in Hand Jesus - the Way to a Redeemed and Fully Realised Humanity The Gospel of God as the Key to Wealth Inequity To An Unknown God: The Risk and Challenge of Mission![[feature: experience]](/img/flags/ZA.gif)
Duration: 1996 - 2001Role: Youth pastor (volunteer, since church couldn’t afford to employ one) - led a youth church and Friday youth group, plus camps. Did what I could while…
