The Kimble's move
to Trinity Church Mitchells plain.
Intro
We really are pleased
to announce that once we have finished George Whitfield college we will be
moving on to full-time ministry at Trinity church Mitchells plain.
The elders at the
church have offered us a two-year contract. Now you may be asking where is
Mitchell's plain. Mitchells plain is in Cape Town. It is part of an area when
the majority of Capetonians live. Our church is situated in a beacon Valley on
Mitchell's plain. It is a traditionally coloured township.
Why
Why are the Kimble's
choosing to minister in Mitchell's plain on the Cape Flats? 1st of all we
believe as we have been taught by the apostles that the gospel is for all
people and therefore in order to fulfil the great commission we need to be
concerned with areas where the majority of Southern Africa's population lives.
Many people have been commending us and saying how gifted we are for
cross-cultural ministry. We believe that it is not our gifting that compels us
to minister cross culturally but the Gospel itself. It's hard to imagine
receiving the quality of training we have received and simply administering to
people who are the same as us culturally.
The work that God is
doing among the people in this church has amazed us. We have seen God
completely alter people's lives turning them from drugs and gangsterism to
being followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is moving in a very special way
and Trinity Church Mitchell's plain. As we have taught the Bible in various
situations we have seen God's word powerfully challenge people.
Young children have
given their lives over to the Lord Jesus Christ and whole families have come to
know him. The church has grown both in depth and in numbers over the past 2 1/2
years that we have been involved. This is why we would love to continue our
involvement just to see what God will do in the next few years!
A drive around the
neighbourhood would give the false impression that the majority of people in
this community are Christians. There is a church on every street corner.
However the fast majority of churches in Mitchell's plain subscribe to the
prosperity gospel. This is a damaging false teaching that is leading thousands
in these neighbourhoods to a false sense of security. We believe that the only
weapon we have in this spiritual battle is the true and living Gospel that was
once for all delivered to the saints. In our future work we plan to expand the
ministries of the church so that the maximum amount of people can hear the good
news.
What
Our ministry over the
next 2 years will involve firstly strengthening the midweek Bible studies so
that we can disciple those who have been converted. This will increase the
depth of knowledge of what the Lord Jesus has done. We hope on Wednesday nights
to have people come and enjoy a meal with us at the church and after that
divide into smaller groups and engage with Holy Scripture.
The Sunday morning
services will hopefully benefit from the 3 years that I have spent at George
Whitfield college sharpening my Bible handling skills. I hope to do most of the
preaching next year. We are also very excited to possibly plants and evening
service because many of the people that would like to come to our church are
unable to because of work commitments. This we believe will also attract a
different demographic of people.
The pastoral care for
the existing church members and their extended families will be my
responsibility in 2014. This ministry will also need to grow with the
involvement of the Elders in providing vital pastoral care. The elders and I
are discussing dividing up the congregation into smaller groups and each older
will take responsibility for one of those smaller groups this will involve
contacting them either by SMS, email or telephone so that we can demonstrate
our love for one another.
Trinity Church also is
in the process of building a primary school. This will be one of the areas of
our responsibility and we will ensure that the children at the school's year
the true gospel. The school at the moment has 40 children fully sponsored
attending a school readiness program. From next year the 1st grade of primary
school will be offered by this school. We are very excited to be a part of the
development of the school because it allows the children exposure to the gospel
and a very young age and therefore can impact the community in measurably in
the future.
We are also looking to
expand the apprenticeship training programme that exists at Trinity Church. We
believe that it is critical that local leaders are raised up to lead the church
in the future. Already we have a number of individuals who are clearly gifted
for church leadership into the future and we plan to nurture and grow them to
the point where we will send them for theological training at George Whitfield
college.
There is also the
beginnings of a church planting network where Trinity together with a number of
other churches is looking to plant churches on Mitchell's plain and beyond
using the model of ministry developed at Trinity. Already we have planted a
church in Springbok a small rural town up the West Coast of South Africa. We as
a family hope to plant a number of churches in the very near future. We long to
see a gospel preaching Bible believing church on every corner in our neighbourhood.
We believe in dreaming big because we serve a big God. Is
When
While we as a family
have been involved in this church for 2 1/2 years now we are looking forward to
completing our studies this year and focusing in 2014 on Trinity Church.
Dreams.
One of our biggest
dreams is that we want to have no job. What we mean by this is that through our
partnership with Trinity we will identify and encourage local leadership where
ever possible. This we wish to do to the point where we are no longer required
at the church and we can move on to a potential church plant.
As we have already
described above we want to be part of a church planting network and plant as
many gospel preaching Bible believing churches as God will allow us to. This is
from the conviction that only through the transformation that the Gospel can
bring will people be lifted out of the cycle of family violence, drug addiction
and gangsterism.
Needs
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Prayer:
please pray that God would do amazing things in Mitchell's plain.
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