{"id":21,"date":"2015-05-11T17:43:01","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T17:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sovereignministriessa.com\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2015-09-29T20:39:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T18:39:19","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sovereignministriessa.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-1431366855457\" class=\"builder-section builder-section-first builder-section-text builder-section-last builder-text-columns-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div id=\"builder-section-1431366855457-column-1\" class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #7e0b80; text-decoration: underline;\">Vision and mission<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>To allow God to manifest Himself and His Kingdom through us (Luke 4: 18-19), into other people&#8217;s hearts and lives. (Matthew 6: 9-13)<\/li>\n<li>To follow God in a walk in the Spirit, by faith, according to the principles and ways of God&#8217;s Kingdom. (Galatians 5:16)<\/li>\n<li>To obey God&#8217;s desire that we are disciples and witnesses, and make disciples in a mission to further God&#8217;s Kingdom. (Matthew 28: 18-20)<\/li>\n<li>To allow Christ to come in all His fullness in us and others. (Colossians 1:24-29, 3:4 and Philippians 3)<\/li>\n<li>To be a spiritually reborn church, in that we find our spiritual identity, and become a Christ-centered church, through teaching and preaching the message of the Cross, thereby harvesting souls and thereafter making a real difference in people&#8217;s lives by way of one-to-one counselling (advice, guidance and ongoing support), in a sustained way (we do not want to be so Heavenly-minded that we are no Earthly good), to all our members, via churches &#8216;planted&#8217; both locally and internationally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #7e0b80;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sovereignministriessa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/new.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"985\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sovereignministriessa.com\/index.php\/about-us\/new\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sovereignministriessa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/new.png?fit=795%2C1057&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"795,1057\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"new\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sovereignministriessa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/new.png?fit=770%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-985\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sovereignministriessa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/new.png?resize=300%2C399&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"new\" width=\"300\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sovereignministriessa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/new.png?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sovereignministriessa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/new.png?resize=770%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 770w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sovereignministriessa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/new.png?w=795&amp;ssl=1 795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Personal profile<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7e0b80;\"><strong>Full name:<\/strong> <\/span>Antony Robert Gous<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #7e0b80;\"><strong>Date of birth:<\/strong><\/span> 6\/9\/1965<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #7e0b80;\">Place of birth:<\/span><\/strong> Cape Town, South Africa<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #7e0b80;\"><strong>Schooling:<\/strong><\/span> Matric &#8211; 1983 (S.A.C.S, Cape Town, South Africa)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #7e0b80;\"><strong>Tertiary:<\/strong><\/span> B.A H.D.E &#8211; 1988 (U.C.T, Cape Town, South Africa)<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #7e0b80;\">Other:<\/span><\/strong> Business Management Diploma &#8211; 1997 (Damelin, Cape<br \/>\nTown, South Africa)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/sovereignministriessa.com\/index.php\/core-spiritual-tenets-of-my-faith\/\">Click here to view the core tenets of my faith<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vision and mission To allow God to manifest Himself and His Kingdom through us (Luke 4: 18-19), into other people&#8217;s hearts and lives. (Matthew 6: 9-13) To follow God in a walk in the Spirit, by faith, according to the principles and ways of God&#8217;s Kingdom. 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