My name is Franziz Nadja Philip, I live in South Africa, Gauteng. I was born in Namibia, on the 18th July 1972 on a small farm called Grootfontein, to a Namibian German mother and a German father. I am privileged and honoured to share my birthday with our late President Nelson Mandela!
I have been involved with Christian Community work for over 20 years now. I studied Missiology and Biblical Theology at Living Word Community Church Bible College and did various outreaches in Africa, i.e. Zambia, Gazankulu, Lesotho, Swaziland etc. I have worked in children’s and youth ministry for over 25 years.
I married Stephen Philip in 1997, together we established a Non-Profit Organization in the uKhahlamba area. Our main focus is to provide community assistance to rescue and care for abandoned and orphaned children, who are infected and affected by the HIV Aids. Our work has taken us into rural townships and areas where poverty is extreme. Due to our strong networking relationships, with the likes of the KwaZulu Natal Social Welfare Department, various NGO’s and churches who had aligning visions, our work was greatly sustained and well accomplished.
In 2003 we adopted our first black African child who was born in KwaZulu Natal and came to us when she was 16 days old, her name is Rebecca and she is now 11 years old. Then in 2009 we adopted our second black African child at 4mnths old, her name is Ruth and she is now 6years old. Our girls has been the best gift we have received from God, to raise these two precious souls who have brightened our lives immeasurably.
Then in 2005 we left the uKhahlamba area and headed for Johannesburg to volunteer at a well-established Children’s home as house parents of multiracial children that were between the ages of 5-18. In total together with the project in the KwaZulu Natal we have personally looked after and lived with over 25 plus children who we knew intimately and personally. This was a great honour!
2007 I began my own business within the Recruitment industry, in hopes of being able to contribute financially to those who are in poverty. My attempt actually took me further away from the call of my heart and so I released the business and recently together with a partner established a new Ministry called L.I.G.H.T Ministries SA, which is currently being registered as a Non Profit Organisation.
I have been in ministry part and full time, since the age of 18 years old. I am now currently the spiritual leader of a new small church we have planted under the auspices of L.I.G.H.T Ministries SA. My main gifting’s lie in the area of Apostolic and Prophetic. I have it in me to pioneer new works for God. I also together with our Church love praying for the sick and feeding the poor. We have seen God do many miracles…all glory goes to Him! A great passion of mine is working with the Holy Spirit to heal the broken hearted, together with the gifts of the Holy Spirit we see wonderful results to assist this process.
L.I.G.H.T Ministries has been established to provide for many on various levels, but our main passion besides feeding and healing, is training. Training folk in the Scriptures! Not only do we see the necessity of the Word being preached and taught but we see how important it is for Scripture to be caught….for others to love the Word too and teach it.
A vision we are currently looking to establish is the “Bread & Butter” feeding project. Where we would like to hand out food parcels to those that are unemployed. The idea is to provide each individual a parcel of basic necessities, including bread, milk, sugar, soap and toothpaste etc…
At a later stage we are aiming to purchase a Farm, to expand our projects on. Some of these projects include establishing a Church as the core, a Bible School, a Healing Centre, a Children’s Home, we would like to establish Feeding and Clothing Schemes, Skills Development Centres, Agricultural Projects and the establishment of small Businesses to generate income to provide self-sustainability. On the education side, a home schooling centre for ages 7years to 18years old, as well as a Baby Centre, the list goes on!
My desire is to see the darkness give way to the Light, to bring Jesus to a dying world and bring a dying world to Jesus! Amen
I’m originally from the Seattle area, but I am currently living in the suburbs of Chicago. I have moved around quite a bit due to my work, which has been primarily in communications and fundraising.
I’ve been employed by Christian ministries and para-church organizations for my entire professional career. It is not something I set out to do initially, but in retrospect it seems clear the Lord has called me to work for the Kingdom in various ways. However, I don’t always consider my work my ministry. To be sure, ministry does happen all the time in my profession, but I have always considered my *ministry* to be that which I do for the Lord which receives no material compensation.
That is why I am enrolled in the Christian Leaders Institute. I want to be even better equipped for ministry in my personal life. If I am some day called to take more of a leadership role in a church or another para-church organization, I want to be trained, equipped and ordained for the task. These are interesting days, to be sure. Perhaps even the final days before the Lord returns. I want to make the most of the time, because the days are evil. I want to ‘double-down’ on my commitment to the Lord and His work, and that is why this wonderful free training is such a great blessing.
French Ministry Training
French Ministry Training is something CLI is seeing a need for in the world. French is a spoken language in over 40 countries. CLI is in the process of translating classes into French in order to provide French ministry training everywhere.
Over 20 countries in Africa have French as the official language. Graduates of CLI in French Africa report the desperate need for French ministry training. One graduate, Domoina, lives everyday in a place where the Muslim religion is active and spreading. This graduate writes “my goal is to reach people in my country and in French countries, mainly in countries where Muslims still misunderstand the place of women in the family and society. According to the Muslim religion’s point of view in 10 years, Madagascar will be ‘muslimed’.” CLI wants to raise up more leaders in Africa by offering CLI classes in French.
Africa also is a place where Christianity is growing very rapidly. One problem is that many of the ministers have little training for being a pastor in a church. CLI is adding French in order to allow French ministry training to be available everywhere in Africa.
The French Ministry Training is needed in Africa but also in France, Haiti, Belgium and so many more countries. Adding the French language to CLI will allow for millions of more leaders to have the opportunity to be trained for the ministry.
The French program is being lead by Dr. Paul Mpindi, who has a passion to help French speaking people all over the world. Mpindi’s “Mission French Africa exists to preach and teach the Gospel to win French speaking African Muslims to Christ, to disciple African Christians in Biblical stewardship, and encourage the Body of Christ in America.” Mpindi’s vision and the CLI mission connect at a strategic level and French Ministry Training will be available at CLI soon. To learn more about Mission French Africa click here.
Watch Dr. Paul Mpindi talk about the CLI Partnership. Click here