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Imprint provides resources to further its mission of training pastors and churches to develop a healthy ecclesiology. These include print resources, training videos, written article, and an audio podcast.
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Purposeful Publishing
Imprint is not primarily a publisher, but a ministry committed to training pastors, with the goal of strengthening the church in Africa. Trustworthy, biblical resources are, however, an indispensable tool in this regard. To this end, Imprint publishes material that furthers its vision of training pastors, and makes the resources that it publishes available through its store.
Preaching Workshops
The Charles Simeon Trust preaching workshop is an opportunity for pastors and church leaders to strengthen their expositional skills. These workshops provide practical training to increase participants’ confidence and ability in rightly handling God’s word, allowing participants to grow in their conviction of the power of the Scriptures and their eagerness to teach it to their people.
Weekenders
The annual weekender is a partnership between Imprint and Brackenhurst Baptist Church, where church leaders from across Africa are given opportunity to experience the life and inner workings of a healthy church. It provides a model by which church leaders can evaluate their own churches and observe and discuss the biblical and practical dynamics of a healthy church.
Conferences
Imprint hosts occasional conferences and workshops to help pastors and their congregations grow in healthy, gospel-centred living. These conferences aim to facilitate spiritual growth, foster Christian community, and offer training and teaching in practical areas of the Christian and local church life. Conferences are by no means the primary focus of Imprint and only serve to further its training goals.
Imprint Out Loud Podcast
Episode #81—Lobola: A Token of Honour
Lobola—also known as iLobolo—is one of the most significant and widely discussed practices in South African culture, yet it is frequently misunderstood. At its heart, lobola is not a transaction for purchasing a wife. It is a token of appreciation from a man to the...
Episode #80—Christians and Absolutes: When Certainty Becomes a Problem
God calls Christians to live by absolutes— unchangeable truths, rooted in Scripture. God exists. God is unchangeable. These absolutes form the foundation of our faith. Yet we must exercise great care when making absolute claims, ensuring that what we declare as...
Episode #79—Could Christ Sin? Reflections in Divine Impeccability
The question of whether Jesus Christ could have sinned during his earthly ministry is one that has occupied the minds of theologians throughout church history. At first glance, it may seem like a purely academic exercise, but upon closer examination, this question...
Episode #78—The Fellowship of Believers: Understanding Christian Fellowship Beyond Friendship
You may have heard someone objecting to church membership along these lines: “I don’t have anything in common with them, so why must I even come to the same church?” This question reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of what Christian fellowship truly means....
Episode #76—Does God Speak to Us Today? Holding Scripture Tightly and Impressions Loosely
The question of whether God speaks to us today is one that often creates tension between different theological traditions. It touches on deep concerns about revelation, cessationism, and the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit. Yet perhaps much of the difficulty lies in...
Episode #76—Dying Well: A Christian Perspective on Death and Medical Ethics
At its core, death is fundamentally about separation. It represents the separation of body from spirit, the spiritual separation of the soul from God. Scripture tells us that our days are numbered, but we don’t know when that separation will occur. This biblical...
Written Articles
Learning to Lament (Part 5): The Place of Hope
Take some time to read Lamentations 3:1–39 before continuing with the post below. I have said the difference between crying, which is human, and lamenting, which is Christian, is that crying is without hope, whereas lament is hopeful. Lament is prayer. It is directed...
Learning to Lament (Part 4): The Place of Honesty
In the last post, we looked at truth and honesty, where truth is the objective doctrinal, theological, biblical reality of who God is. The God who has revealed himself and his attributes to us in his entirely sufficient, infallible, inerrant, authoritative, inspired...
Learning for Lament (Part 3): Aspects of Lament
The ceaseless passage of time that makes up our lives is often likened to water flowing under a bridge. “Lots of water has passed under the bridge since—.” Sometimes, it is peaceful: “When peace, like a river, attendeth my way.” Sometimes, it is joyful, like a...
Learning to Lament (Part 2): Lament Versus Crying
“To cry is human; to lament is Christian,” said Mark Vroegop. But what is lament, and how is different to crying? We all cry, for various reasons, in this broken and painful world, and many tears are common to Christians and non-Christians alike. The tears shed when...
Learning to Lament (Part 1): IntroductionLearning to Lament (Part 1): Introduction
This series of articles was birthed when our brother, Tommie van der Walt, asked me to write an article on pastoring the suffering. Perhaps he considered me qualified as a result of the grief and suffering we as a family have experienced. In January 2008, my...
To My Fellow Tired African Christian: Why the Gospel Remains Africa’s Greatest Hope
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.“Ja, the gospel is great and all, but we need more than that! This message of salvation isn’t moving Africa...
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