GK1 Church-
Durbanville

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About Kobus & Karen Theron:

Apostle Kobus Theron has been a fulltime minister of God for over thirty years, with his wife, Karen, always by his side. They have two children who are both married, and are the proud grandparents of 4 beautiful grandchildren. They currently live in Durbanville,Cape Town, South Africa.After receiving clear instruction from God just over 3 years ago, Kobus and Karen wereclear on the assignment God gave them, to start the GK1 church and movement wherethe vision is to establish a thousand-plus successful GK1 churches, each consisting of a thousand-plus successful and happy GK1 people.

Background:

Over the last 35 years, Kobus has played a distinct and pioneering role in helping to produce many successful and happy Kingdom disciples, families, churches, businessand other types of secular organisations.During these years he also fulfilled various ministry leadership roles, such as youth pastor, senior pastor of a local church and managing director of a life coaching company. Kobus regularly features on Radio Tygerberg and various other radio stations, where he has a programme, named "More than conquerors". He also regularly appears on Kruiskyk TV and on other national TV programs. He is widely recognised as a Kingdom Culture specialist and recently released his first book on the subject, The Kingdom Way of Life. Currently he is the visionary leader and Apostle of the GK1 church working with Karen and a team of Kingdom builders. His wife, Karen is a director in the organisation and part of her portfolio is heading up the admin and finance departments.

Qualifications:

After he matriculated and completed his two years of national service, he studied and completed a three-year diploma in theology at the Theological College of South Africa.He was ordained as a Fulltime Minister of God, in November 1986, by the Lighthouse Church Ministry Team. He was also officially acknowledged in November 2014 as an apostle (apostolic minister of God), by the Lighthouse Church. He holds an internationally recognised Doctorate degree in Ministry from the Divinity College Consortium, affiliated to Ballsbridge University.

About Chester & Desiré Wright:

Chester Wright has been involved in the ministry for over twenty-five years. He is married to Desiré and has two grown-up sons, one of whom is married. Chester’s sons live in Port Elizabeth, and Chester and Desiré have recently moved to Cape Town. In April 2021, when the inaugural meeting of GK1 Church was held, Chester and Desiré had a strong word and prophetic confirmation to join Kobus Theron and GK1 Church.

Chester has been involved in many areas of ministry over the last thirty years. He started as a youth leader and ministered in East London. In the early 1990s, Chester was part of Kobus Theron’s team in a church in Durbanville. In following God’s leading, Chester and Desiré returned to Port Elizabeth with a passion and a desire to see the Kingdom established and true disciples emerge. Chester joined an Apostle and helped build and develop Kingdom Life Ministries in Port Elizabeth. Chester functioned as a minister and a prophet and was responsible for the teaching arm of the church. He has also actively been involved in Kingdom Financing and Corporate Consulting and Training for over twenty years. Desiré has flowed in the prophetic for the last 20 years, in the ministry, and by the Spirit, in her Gallery and Framing business. She is also very creative and, as an artist, draws her inspiration and ability from the Holy Spirit.

In March 2022, Chester was ordained into full-time ministry at GK1 Church, with Chester receiving the mandate from God to be the Principal of the newly established GK1 Bible School. With Kobus Theron, Chester and the team are equipping people and ministers to become mature disciples (followers) of Christ who are successful and happy in every area of their lives.

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