The ten-member team from South Africa received at the Dimapur airport on Thursday. The team will conduct seminars in Dimapur and Kohima on the concept of ‘Kingdom in Business’ .
Dimapur, November 24 (MExN): A ten-member team from South Africa will be leading seminars in Dimapur and Kohima on the concept of ‘Kingdom in Business’ – a concept that seeks to advocate that every creation was created by God for a purpose, for the good of community co-existence, profession and economy, self-growth and growth of the community.
The seminars envisage highlighting the importance of every vocation and the individual’s role is the greater plan of all things as planned by God and His will. The seminar will be held at the Niathu Resort in Dimapur on November 25, and at Hotel Japfu, Kohima on the 26th, at 10.00 am.
The seminars are founded on Proverbs 16:4 in the Holy Bible: “The Lord has made everything for his own purpose”. God hasn’t made anything that doesn’t have a purpose.
According to explanation given for the concept, people working together in interdependency can overcome many physical, social and emotional problems. “In kingdom development, community, above all else, is about right and restored relationship. It is about right relationship between human and God. It is about rightly restored relationships of human to fellow human based upon human’s correct relationship to God. And it is about right relationships of human to God’s creation, the world,” the note says.
The concepts states: “Kingdom development, like community development, is a process whereby people enter into in order to become what God, from the beginning of time, meant them to be. These are whole communities experiencing life to the full. These are people who work together to solve their problems with interdependency on one another, yet with total dependency on God.”
The challenge that the seminars throws is whether “a child of God”, a follower of Jesus, can change his views and approaches to his profession, work, development, and his responsibility. The note states: “When we are helping a village become better organized in order to solve its problems, when we are leading a group of farmers, in an exercise to learn better how to feed and provide for their families, or leading a group of children on how to learn better, when we are helping in health, water and literacy, we are imparting a taste of the Kingdom of God!”
The team of experts will be led by Tony Johnson (New Zealand) and Rigby Wallace (South Africa). During the seminars, lectures will also be given by Paul Maughan, from South Africa. Maughan is a senior lecturer and the course convener for courses on corporate reporting and understanding financial statements at the University of Cape Town.
The other speakers include Christo Bredenkamp (UAE), Managing Director of Synergy Business Intelligence, and a marketplace coach who has worked in strategic management positions for De Beers and Anglo American.
Two prominent journalists, Angelique Arde and Mathew Paul Jones will also be speaking at the seminar. Arde has had more than fifteen years of experience working for ‘The Independent’ in London and South Africa and also for TIME magazine in Hongkong. She has made tremendous contribution in advocacy work against Human Trafficking from, into and through South Africa. Her heart’s desire is to live the Gospel of generous justice.
Mathew Paul Jones is an Independent Freelance writer, whose clients have included Forbes, Emirates and Gulf Air etc. He is also the author of internationally published travel guidebooks such as Insight Pocket Guide, Dubai and Berlitz Pocket Guide Dubai. The focus of the seminar will be on a target group of people from the field of media, business, education and church.
The seminars envisage highlighting the importance of every vocation and the individual’s role is the greater plan of all things as planned by God and His will. The seminar will be held at the Niathu Resort in Dimapur on November 25, and at Hotel Japfu, Kohima on the 26th, at 10.00 am.
The seminars are founded on Proverbs 16:4 in the Holy Bible: “The Lord has made everything for his own purpose”. God hasn’t made anything that doesn’t have a purpose.
According to explanation given for the concept, people working together in interdependency can overcome many physical, social and emotional problems. “In kingdom development, community, above all else, is about right and restored relationship. It is about right relationship between human and God. It is about rightly restored relationships of human to fellow human based upon human’s correct relationship to God. And it is about right relationships of human to God’s creation, the world,” the note says.
The concepts states: “Kingdom development, like community development, is a process whereby people enter into in order to become what God, from the beginning of time, meant them to be. These are whole communities experiencing life to the full. These are people who work together to solve their problems with interdependency on one another, yet with total dependency on God.”
The challenge that the seminars throws is whether “a child of God”, a follower of Jesus, can change his views and approaches to his profession, work, development, and his responsibility. The note states: “When we are helping a village become better organized in order to solve its problems, when we are leading a group of farmers, in an exercise to learn better how to feed and provide for their families, or leading a group of children on how to learn better, when we are helping in health, water and literacy, we are imparting a taste of the Kingdom of God!”
The team of experts will be led by Tony Johnson (New Zealand) and Rigby Wallace (South Africa). During the seminars, lectures will also be given by Paul Maughan, from South Africa. Maughan is a senior lecturer and the course convener for courses on corporate reporting and understanding financial statements at the University of Cape Town.
The other speakers include Christo Bredenkamp (UAE), Managing Director of Synergy Business Intelligence, and a marketplace coach who has worked in strategic management positions for De Beers and Anglo American.
Two prominent journalists, Angelique Arde and Mathew Paul Jones will also be speaking at the seminar. Arde has had more than fifteen years of experience working for ‘The Independent’ in London and South Africa and also for TIME magazine in Hongkong. She has made tremendous contribution in advocacy work against Human Trafficking from, into and through South Africa. Her heart’s desire is to live the Gospel of generous justice.
Mathew Paul Jones is an Independent Freelance writer, whose clients have included Forbes, Emirates and Gulf Air etc. He is also the author of internationally published travel guidebooks such as Insight Pocket Guide, Dubai and Berlitz Pocket Guide Dubai. The focus of the seminar will be on a target group of people from the field of media, business, education and church.
