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Harvesters MinistriesRegional Director Southeast Asia
Sep. 2025Southeast Asia
Harvesters MinistriesContinent Leader
Sep. 2023 - Nov. 2025NetherlandsKey Responsibilities: • Strategic Leadership & Capacity Building: Developed and implemented strategic visions for multiple European countries, leading leadership training programs through the Harvesters Leadership Training (HLT) framework to equip national leaders for effective church planting. Facilitated the formation of national Church Planting Committees and conducted ongoing evaluations of leadership performance and church growth. • Market Development & Stream Sourcing: Identified, sourced, and developed new growth opportunities for church planting. Organized launch events, established strategic partnerships with local leaders, and ensured alignment with organizational goals and financial objectives. Conducted market research to meet ministry requirements. • Operational Management & Process Optimization: Managed all operational aspects, including digital registration, tracking growth metrics, and aligning processes between European operations and South African headquarters. Oversaw project timelines, resource allocation, and logistical planning for training events. • Stakeholder Engagement & Reporting: Maintained communication with senior leadership, including the Global Church Planting Engineer and the President of Harvesters Ministries. Delivered reports on project outcomes, financial performance, and growth strategies. Provided transparent statistical analysis, media content, and strategic feedback. • Financial Planning & Resource Management: Oversaw budgeting and financial management for all training programs. Managed travel logistics, coordinated with the finance team for budget approvals, and handled post-event reconciliations, ensuring fiscal responsibility. • Leadership Development & Succession Planning: Identified and developed indigenous leaders to ensure long-term sustainability of church planting efforts. Negotiated and implemented Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) for resource management and leadership roles.
Harvesters MinistriesRegional Director Western Europe
May. 2022 - Nov. 2025Western EuropeKey Responsibilities: • Discipleship Development: Led the creation and execution of discipleship strategies across Western Europe. Developed training programs to equip church leaders and members with biblical foundations, personal spiritual growth, and leadership skills, ensuring sustainability and replication within their communities. • Disciple-Making Initiatives: Established a culture of disciple-making by training church leaders in small group formation, mentoring systems, and personal accountability structures. Directed disciple-making processes focused on spiritual development and the multiplication of disciple-makers. • Evangelism Programs: Managed regional evangelistic efforts by organizing outreach events, training leaders in effective evangelism techniques, and tailoring outreach strategies to local contexts. Collaborated with churches to develop evangelism plans that addressed specific cultural dynamics in each country. • Church Planting Operations: Oversaw the planning and execution of multiple church planting projects. Trained church planting teams in the Harvesters Ministries model, covering community outreach, leadership development, and sustainability strategies for new churches. Partnered with local pastors and leaders to ensure the success of new church plants. • Leadership Development: Provided mentorship to emerging leaders, offering guidance in leadership, administration, and church planting strategies. Regularly evaluated leadership progress and offered support in overcoming challenges and creating long-term visions for ministry growth. • Capacity Building: Cultivated relationships with indigenous leaders and local churches to strengthen infrastructure in underserved areas. Organized training seminars and workshops to enhance church growth, discipleship, and evangelism efforts in alignment with Harvesters Ministries’ mission.
Dutch Reformed ChurchMinister at DRC Welbekend
Mar. 2017 - Jan. 2022South Africa
AYOBA AFRICA OUTREACHDirector and Spiritual Leader of Ayoba Africa Outreach
Jan. 2015 - Dec. 2018South AfricaThis NPO Organisation served as a open door to empower young believers to reach out by doing community building programs in the Northern Cape areas in South Africa. Part of the work the organisation did was the organise Youth development Games in Sanddrift Northern Cape, Jesus Films in die Richtersveld Northen Cape, revival conferences to small congregations in Namibia as well as in Mozambique. a typical year would consist of 4 outreaches in the above mentioned forms.
NG MootvalleiYouth Worker at DRC Mootvallei
Aug. 2014 - Dec. 2015Parktown estateDuring my time as a youth worker at NG Mootvallei, I had the privilege of conducting Sunday evening youth services, organizing the weekly youth gathering (Impact Movement) for teenagers, and providing resource material for Sunday school classes for ages 5 to 18 years old. I also arranged monthly outreaches to homes for the disabled, police stations, and senior citizen homes. Every school holiday included a community outreach program for primary school children. This program helped with spiritual growth, team-building activities, puppet shows, and food and clothing banks
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