Good Quality [63:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
High Quality [63:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Good Quality [63:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
High Quality [63:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Good Quality [53:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
High Quality [53:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadFrom 19th to 21st November 2008, an African Pastors’ Conference was held in the Orapa Conservation Center, in the beautiful Orapa Game Park, Botswana. This was the first APC in Botswana. Pastor Bonang Lekoba (Central Baptist Church, Gaborone) was instrumental in spreading the word and bringing together, under God, 17 men, many of whom said that they would be able to bring more pastors to subsequent Conferences.
Irving Steggles, pastor of Birchleigh Baptist Church, South Africa, delivered his first two messages titled “What is a Christian?,” followed by two on “What is Revival?” Ronald Kalifungwa, pastor of Lusaka Baptist Church, Zambia, delivered three messages on “What is a Church?”
During each session, the delegates were assiduous note-takers. They exhibited a humble, God-glorifying teachableness throughout the whole Conference. A number of useful questions were asked during Q&A sessions, including: “Are there still apostles?”, “How does the church raise money?” and “What about generational curses?”
During times of informal fellowship between sessions and during meal times there was a beautiful servant-spirit among these brothers.
The gracious sponsors and supporters of the APCs were instrumental in providing a selection of greatly discounted books—500 in total. Of those, about 330 were sold to only 17 men! Pastor Enias Chaitezvi of an Apostolic Faith Mission church expressed his desire to get similar, good biblical literature into the hands of his 500 strong congregation. Lucky Chishiki, another delegate, emailed us shortly after the Conference to let us know that he is “reading some of the fantastic books Our Lord blessed me with through you.”
After the final session on the Friday, free CDs of the conference messages were made for the delegates.
Pray that God’s promise concerning His Word might be fulfilled:
“…it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” (Isaiah 55:11)
Arrival and Registration from 10.00 a.m. on Monday 19th January.
Departure from 3.30 p.m. Wednesday 21st January.
Applying Christ-exalting principles in pastoring those who have been saved out of traditional African religion; restoring the biblical view of the family and church; and preaching that changes lifestyles.
To equip Pastors and Christian workers working in the Townships and rural areas to teach and apply the word of God in distinctively African situations.
The Conference Fees include a free voucher for books for each Delegate, and there will be additional books available for purchase at a massive discount of up to 90%.

Choolwe Mwetwa brings to our conferences 20 years of pastoral experience at the Central Baptist Church in Chingola, Zambia. He is an associate editor for the magazine Reformation Zambia, maintains a weekly column in one of Zambia’s favourite newspapers and keeps a busy preaching schedule throughout Zambia and around Southern Africa. Pastor Choolwe is married to Marilyn, and they have two sons and a daughter.
Raymond Zulu, previously at Newcastle in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, now pastors High Wycombe Evangelical Baptist Church in England. Many would testify to his helpfulness as pastor to pastors and his valiant stand for the truth.
Raymond’s previous conference messages are available here.
Gary Morrison (UK)
Closing date for bookings: 9th January 2009
Those younger than 21 years of age will need to contact us to make a booking. See below for contact details.
Please fill in the following form to complete registration (if you’re viewing this in an email or RSS feed, you will need to click here):
cforms contact form by delicious:days
Pastor Irving Steggles (+27 82 889 0987) (info@africanpastorsconference.com) or
Nick and Sheila Court (Step Wise Youth Ministry) (+27 72 959 5743)
From the south:
From the R21, pass the ORT/JHB airport and come off on junction 32, (Bronkhorstspruit), and go east on the R25, at the junction with the R50 turn right and then at the four way stop resume travelling on the R25. You will pass the Welbekend Police station on the right and a petrol station near to the four way stop intersection with the M30 Garsfontein Road, turn right towards Witpoort. The turning to Ora et Labora is approx half km from the 4 way M30/R25 intersection. The name sign is on the left in a small cluster of trees (Right OPPOSITE is a Shooting Range Sign which stands out more!) Take the Ora et Labora dirt track, rough road, pass the first set of farm buildings on the right, proceed and take the right hand fork of the road into Ora et Labora.
From the north:
From Pretoria – take the M30 Garsfontein Road, pass the Pretoria East hospital and keep going for approx 20 to 25 km, until you come to the M30/R25 intersection. Cross over the R25 to continue on the M30. (there is a petrol station on the right), the road is signed for Witpoort. The turning to Ora et Labora is approx half km from the 4 way M30/R25 intersection. The name sign is on the left in a small cluster of trees (Right OPPOSITE is a Shooting Range Sign which stands out more!) Take the Ora et Labora dirt track, rough road, pass the first set of farm buildings on the right, proceed and take the right hand fork of the road into Ora et Labora.
The APC are not in a position to send a formal invitation to attend the Conference to any outside South Africa. Pastors are welcome at Conference but will need to deal with their own immigration and travel arrangements. They may quote this website for confirmation that there is a Conference taking place. Please contact us if you require more information
The following message was preached by Ronald Kalifungwa on November 21, 2008 in the Orapa Conservation Center (located in the beautiful Orapa game park), Botswana.
There are two download formats available: good quality and high quality, respectively (see below):
Standard Podcast [55:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1)
Standard Podcast [55:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1)The following message was preached by Ronald Kalifungwa on November 20, 2008 in the Orapa Conservation Center (located in the beautiful Orapa game park), Botswana.
There are two download formats available: good quality and high quality, respectively (see below):
Standard Podcast [59:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5)
Standard Podcast [59:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5)The following message was preached by Ronald Kalifungwa on November 19, 2008 in the Orapa Conservation Center (located in the beautiful Orapa game park), Botswana.
There are two download formats available: good quality and high quality, respectively (see below):
Standard Podcast [43:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (7)
Standard Podcast [43:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (7)The following message was preached by Irving Steggles on November 20, 2008 in the Orapa Conservation Center (located in the beautiful Orapa game park), Botswana.
There are two download formats available: good quality and high quality, respectively (see below):
Standard Podcast [70:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1)
Standard Podcast [70:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1)The following message was preached by Irving Steggles on November 20, 2008 in the Orapa Conservation Center (located in the beautiful Orapa game park), Botswana.
There are two download formats available: good quality and high quality, respectively (see below):
Standard Podcast [70:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1)
Standard Podcast [70:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1)