Ministry History
A Brief Overview of our ministry's history:
Firstly let's explain this page. It is basically
intended to be a timeline or a chronicle of Clean
Heart Ministries, which we will update as God grows
the ministry.
Ministry for most is not a clear path, as God works
in mysterious ways and we believe He raises up (or
calls, if you prefer) anyone who is to minister. In
many instances the "called" have no intention of
ministering as we see in the Bible (people like
Moses and Jonah for example). It is often a very
confusing experience to be called to ministry, as
often the "called" are most profoundly aware of
their "poverty" related to their calling. It seems
it is often because of this deep awareness of being
unsuited to their calling that God works in their
circumstances and ensures they are equipped for
their calling by His hand alone. Our story may not
be as dramatic as others, but we've certainly seen
God's hand move and guide us over the past twenty
odd years to get us to this point.
Late 1980's till 2011:
A steady involvement in Christian activities from
Sunday school teaching, lay preaching, workplace
ministry and internet Christian fellowship and
ministry in various forms kept us marginally active
in the local and global Christian community. In the
back of our minds and deeply buried within our
hearts the calling to ministry remained, but we had
moments where God's calling on our lives surfaced
from time to time. Events too vast to document
played pivotal roles in maturing our Christian walk
and forming a desire to serve God within us. The
distant call of the preceding years became a "shout"
by the beginning of 2012.
Early 2012:
With absolutely no connection to the "wacky" fringe
group "buzz" around the 2012 end of the world
theories, we found God's call reaching our ears and
filling our lukewarm hearts. The initial call was
only fleeting concepts that steadily became more
frequent as we took stock of our lives and the
situations surrounding us. From our viewpoint this
is where our call to this ministry was conceived,
but only by the middle of 2012 would certain events
lead us to acknowledge God's call actively in rapid
steps.
Wednesday, 13 June 2012:
This day marked a sequence of events that would lead
us through immense emotional turmoil and deep
introspection. The events of the day are not as
important for us to share (as they are personal), as the consequence it had on us. After
being lead to re-evaluate our lives we sought God
with repentant hearts, sadness and a resolute focus
to follow His leading with absolute abandonment at
any cost. A significant birth process had begun and
in the days to follow Clean Heart Ministries was to
become the outcome of that deeply personal and
significant day in our lives. In a couple of days
after the 13th the initial framework and concept for
the website had been developed and a logo was made
and a search for hosting the site was quickly
started.
Monday, 18 June 2012:
In a quick sequence of events on this day, we
borrowed money to pay for the website hosting and
registering the domain. Some initial pages and the
basic menu system were populated on the newly
registered domain. A Facebook, Linkedin and
Twitter
presence
were also decided on and our Facebook presence
was launched on the same day. Registering with
search engines, creating email accounts and a
plethora of technical issues followed in the days
after. Populating the website with contact details
and some content have also followed and continue.
God put the brakes on everything by Friday the 29th
June 2012 and lead us to return to Him in prayer to
re-establish our focus and rest in His presence
before continuing. We expect that this pattern of
working and coming back to our Father will continue
as we move forward and we would strongly start
doubting everything if we were not called back to
spend time with God on a regular basis, for without
His guiding hand we have no business continuing in
any form of ministry.
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