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Grace Unlimited
Alan Lester has lived close to addicts for over twenty years; sixteen of which were marked by involvement in establishing and managing a home for addicts. He has been involved in multiple ministries including singing and preaching in prisons and on the streets of Kempton Park. He has spent 10 years in theological study, focusing on Biblical Counseling at the Bible Institute of South Africa, Christ Seminary, and recently at Grace School of Ministry under Dr. Wayne Mack.
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Grace Fellowship Church
In 1992, Dr John MacArthur of Grace Community Church, Los Angeles, toured South Africa, preaching in a number of different cities. At that time, various people approached Dr MacArthur and expressed interest in starting Bible-teaching churches in their own communities. In 1993, Grace Church sent a church-planter to assist these people. With his help, Grace Fellowship Pretoria began holding services in September 1993, with seven people attending the first service. By July 1994, Grace Fellowship had grown to an attendance of about twenty-five. At that time, the church called Joel James, a graduate of The Master´s Seminary and intern at Grace Community Church, to be their pastor-teacher. Joel assumed the preaching and shepherding duties of Grace Fellowship in February 1995. The past decade has seen Grace Fellowship's attendance grow to about 200 on Sunday mornings. After many years of meeting in various school halls, Grace Fellowship moved into their own building in November, 2005.
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