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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 #87—Growing Old in the Church: Finishing Well to the Glory of God
Ageing is an unavoidable reality. Each birthday reminds us that time moves steadily forward. But in the Christian life, ageing is more than a biological process—it is a deeply spiritual one. It raises important questions: What does it mean to grow old faithfully? What...
Episode #86—Côte d’Ivoire Debrief: Reflections on a Preaching Workshop in Abidjan
What does it look like to invest in the preaching health of the church in West Africa? A recent visit to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, offered some insight into that question. Tommie and I travelled to Côte d’Ivoire—a French-speaking country on the west coast of Africa—at the...
Episode #85—Am I Drifting? Recognising and Recovering from Spiritual Decline
There are seasons in the Christian life that feel like wading through quicksand. The Bible sits unopened. Prayer feels hollow. Church becomes a chore. These are not simply bad weeks—they may be signs of something more serious: a heart growing cold toward God. But how...
Episode #84—Be a Man: Four Pillars of Authentic Masculinity
Masculinity is a word that provokes strong reactions. In some circles it is celebrated; in others, treated as inherently suspect. But amid the noise of the cultural debate, a quieter and more constructive conversation is possible—one focused not on dominance or...
Episode #83—Six Pillars of Church Ministry: A Framework for Faithful, Fruitful Church Life
What does a healthy church actually look like—and how do you build one deliberately rather than by accident? At Midrand Chapel Baptist Church, we have spent years wrestling with this question. The framework I and my fellow elders arrived at is disarmingly simple: six...
Bonus Episode #12—Ten Minutes with Jesus—or Three Million Rand
A trending social media question has recently done the rounds: If you are a committed Christian, would you choose ten minutes with Jesus in person, or three million rand? At first glance, the “spiritual” answer seems obvious. Surely any genuine believer will choose...
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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