Emmanuel Baptist Church, Roodepoort

Pastors: Brian Stone & Gus Pritchard

Address of the church building: Cnr Ontdekkers Road & Abbott Street, Florida Park, Roodepoort

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Augustine Lecture: "What went wrong with Capitalism?"

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  • May 11, 2012

Date & time: 23 May at 7:00 PM

Venue: Church building of Emmanuel Baptist Church,  Cnr Ontdekkers Road & Abbott Street, Florida Park, Florida, Johannesburg

Topic:  Capitalism.  The talk will take a critical look at the foundations, nature and workings of capitalism, investigating where it has failed us and what a Biblically informed way forward might look like.

Speaker:  Dr Michael Schluter, an economist, author and social entrepreneur.  He is the Chief Executive of Relationships Global, promoting the understanding of relational issues in areas such as business, family, finance, education, healthcare and justice.  Also, Michael has launched several charities and gained public recognition for his work when Queen Elizabeth II awarded him a CBE in 2009.

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Re Bloemfontein Church Plant (Bloemfontein, South Africa)

20 February 2012

It is with gratitude to God that we, as members of the Emmanuel Baptist Church, Johannesburg, can testify to the fact that the Church Plant in Bloemfontein has commenced.  Richard Raven and his family moved to Bloemfontein in October 2011 and immediately commenced with an outreach Bible Study on a Wednesday evening.  He also started a Prayer Meeting on Sunday evenings with a time of Bible study. 

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News from the Ravens (from Bloemfontein, South Africa)

NOVEMBER 2011

“Who is like the Lord our God, Who dwells on high, Who humbles Himself to behold the things that are in the heavens and in the earth?” (Ps 113:5-6)

Once again there has been a prolonged silence from our end.  The Lord has sustained us by His grace and much has happened since our previous newsletter in April.

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The photo shows Richard sharing about the church plant in Bloemfontein (South Africa) at the recent Sola 5 conference in Livingstone.

Note: The letter from the Ravens embodies news about the church plant under the oversight and support of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Roodepoort (South Africa) where Richard Raven is also an elder.

Emmanuel Baptist Church News and Prayer Letter

Since we (Emmanuel Baptist Church – Florida Park, Roodepoort, South Africa) last communicated with the Sola 5 Association of Churches, we have continued to experience God’s wonderful goodness to us as a local Church, and are overwhelmed by His faithfulness. 

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