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Leaving a healthy mark on the church in Africa

  1. Where the Battle Rages: Preaching the Text to the Moment

    3 DAYS AGO

    Where the Battle Rages: Preaching the Text to the Moment

    Martin Luther once wrote: “If I profess with loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God, except that little point which the world and the devil are at the moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ.” These words should lodge themselves in the preacher’s conscience. They do not allow for the comfortable middle ground of… Source

    19 min
  2. The Gift of Boredom: Rest, Idleness, and the Wisdom of Doing Nothing

    14 APR

    The Gift of Boredom: Rest, Idleness, and the Wisdom of Doing Nothing

    Do we know how to do nothing? This week on Imprint Out Loud, Tommie and Anton explore the lost art of boredom—what the Bible says about rest, why our screens have quietly stolen our stillness, and how idleness can flip from gift to danger. They draw on Jesus’ instruction to his disciples to “come away and rest,” the Sabbath rhythms built into creation, and Paul’s warnings about undisciplined living, to chart a course between two ditches: lazy passivity on one side, and anxious productivity on the other. Here is Episode 88 of Imprint Out Loud. ========== Listen to more episodes ========== Follow us online! Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Website

    16 min
  3. Growing Old in the Church: Finishing Well to the Glory of God

    7 APR

    Growing Old in the Church: Finishing Well to the Glory of God

    What does it mean to grow old faithfully in the church?  This week, Tommie and Doug explore the biblical vision for ageing, showing how older believers can continue to bear fruit through Christlike character, discipleship, and intentional service. It also challenges younger Christians to pursue wisdom from those who have gone before them, while addressing pride, generational gaps, and the importance of finding identity in Christ rather than in roles. The conversation calls every believer to live with eternity in view and to finish well by serving the Lord each day. Here is Episode 87 of Imprint Out Loud. ========== Listen to more episodes ========== Follow us online! Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Website

    21 min
  4. Côte d’Ivoire Debrief: Reflections on a Preaching Workshop in Abidjan

    31 MAR

    Côte d’Ivoire Debrief: Reflections on a Preaching Workshop in Abidjan

    What happens when pastors who have never encountered expository preaching sit down with the tools to read the Bible on its own terms? Tommie and Anton report back from a week in Ivory Coast, where they ran a Charles Simeon Trust preaching workshop with local church leaders. From chaotic traffic to small-group breakthroughs, they reflect honestly on what the trip taught them about missions, ministry, and their own preaching. Here is Episode 86 of Imprint Out Loud. ========== Listen to more episodes ========== Follow us online! Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Website

    25 min
  5. Am I Drifting? Recognising and Recovering from Spiritual Decline

    24 MAR

    Am I Drifting? Recognising and Recovering from Spiritual Decline

    How do you recognise when you are falling away from your relationship with God, and what can you do to return to a vibrant faith? This week on Imprint Out Loud, Tommie and Anton discuss the reality of spiritual decline. They explore the deceptive nature of the heart and emphasise the importance of external accountability through church community. By examining indicators of spiritual stagnation—such as loss of appetite for spiritual disciplines and secret sins—they encourage listeners to reflect on their spiritual health honestly and provide practical steps for rekindling their relationship with God. Among other things, they talk about how to recognise signs of falling away, the impact of secret sins, the role of church community, practical steps for returning to faith, and the importance of future hope. Spiritual decline can be subtle and can often go unnoticed by the individual, but if we are alert and willing to take the necessary proactive steps, we can cut off the decline at its root and embrace with renewed vigour a vibrant relationship with the living God. Here is Episode 85 of Imprint Out Loud. ========== Listen to more episodes ========== Follow us online! Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Website

    24 min
  6. Be a Man: Four Pillars of Authentic Masculinity

    17 MAR

    Be a Man: Four Pillars of Authentic Masculinity

    What does it mean to be a man? This week, Anton Beetge, a pastor at Brackenhurst Baptist Church, joins Tommie to unpack what authentic masculinity actually looks like—not the cultural caricature, and not the watered-down alternative the world often pushes instead. Drawing on a short video by a former special forces doctor, Tommie and Anton work through four practical, interconnected pillars every man can build on: Physical—Men were made for exertion. If your work doesn’t demand it, manufacture it. Strength training, bodyweight exercise, and consistent physical effort aren’t optional extras, but foundational. Chemical—Testosterone isn’t just a gym topic. It’s central to a man’s mood, clarity, and resilience. The best way to keep it healthy isn’t a prescription but an active life. Mental—Confidence comes from competence, and self-mastery comes from practice. Delaying gratification, voluntary discomfort, and fasting are small acts of denial train that the will for the moments that really matter. Mission—Drifting through life on autopilot is not a masculine virtue. Men need a purpose that gets them up in the morning—and for Christians, that starts with the call to make disciples and ripples out into every area of life. This episode is for men who want to grow—and for the women in their lives who want to help them get there. Here is Episode 84 of Imprint Out Loud. ========== Listen to more episodes ========== Follow us online! Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Website

    33 min
  7. Six Pillars of Church Ministry

    10 MAR

    Six Pillars of Church Ministry

    There are many ideas today of the work in which local churches should be involved—many of them deeply unbiblical. In this episode, Tommie sits with Chris Woolley, an elder at Midrand Chapel Baptist Church, to discuss a deceptively simple framework that has transformed how his church thinks about ministry. Rather than running disconnected programmes, Chris and his fellow elders identified six biblical categories that every healthy church should be engaged in—and discovered that the order in which you build them matters enormously. The six categories are evangelism, corporate worship, every-member ministry, leadership development, infrastructure, and missions. Together they function like building blocks. A church plant begins with evangelism, then gathers for worship, then develops mutual care among members, then grows leaders, then puts supporting structures in place—and ultimately reproduces itself through missions. Chris explains how this framework helps his church ask the right questions: Where does a proposed new ministry actually fit? Which areas are being neglected? Are resources being allocated in line with convictions? He also shares how the categories have proven useful not just institutionally but personally, giving individual members a way to evaluate their own discipleship and growth. The conversation covers practical ground: what evangelism looks like when it’s every-member rather than event-driven; why corporate worship is broader than Sunday mornings; how counselling belongs under the one-anothers; and why missions is the apex of the framework rather than an optional extra. If your church is feeling busy but unfocused, or if you want clearer language for talking about ministry priorities, this episode is well worth your time. Here is Episode 83 of Imprint Out Loud. ========== Listen to more episodes ========== Follow us online! Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Website

    25 min
  8. Ten Minutes with Jesus—or Three Million Rand

    5 MAR ·  BONUS

    Ten Minutes with Jesus—or Three Million Rand

    Would you choose ten minutes with Jesus in person, or three million rand? What sounds like a simple spiritual test quickly becomes a profound theological discussion about revelation, the Holy Spirit, and the sufficiency of Scripture. In this episode of Imprint Office Talk, Tommie and Banele explore the difference between general, special, and supreme revelation—and why Christ’s incarnation is supreme, yet not lacking for believers today. They consider whether longing for a physical encounter with Jesus may actually reveal a misunderstanding of what we already possess through the indwelling Spirit and the completed canon of Scripture. The conversation challenges the idea that a brief, extraordinary experience would fuel lifelong faith, reminding us that the apostles themselves saw Christ and still struggled. Ultimately, they reflect on the extraordinary privilege believers now enjoy: daily communion with Christ through his word, prayer, and the gathered church. Is what we have in Christ enough—or are we chasing spiritual highs? Here is Episode 12 of Imprint Office Talk. ========== Listen to more episodes ========== Follow us online! Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Website

    20 min
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Leaving a healthy mark on the church in Africa

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  • Creator
    Imprint
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    50
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2023 Imprint
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    Imprint Out Loud

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