Dear Kingfisher family
We just completed the In-House training of 2025.11.25
What we do, is that we invite three key leaders from different parts of the world to come and stay with us for three weeks. We live together, work together and read the gospel of Matthew from beginning to end, leaning from Jesus himself how to follow and how to make disciples. Living so closely together all of us grow as we need to apply what Jesus taught in our relationship with each other.
I would like to share excerpts from their feedback as a testimony to what the Lord has done:
The Kingfisher Ministry approach to disciple-making is informal, yet deeply impactful—personal, heart to heart, and centred on sharing real life together. This method reflects the way Jesus walked with His disciples: not only teaching with words but demonstrating truth through daily living. He invested His life fully into people, and through your example, we experienced that same spirit of intentional investment.
What made the training particularly transformative were the practical, life-centred methods: walking along the seashore, car conversations, sharing meals, observing God’s creation, and pausing for feedback. These experiences made discipleship relational, experiential, and practical, reminding me that it is a lifestyle, not a program.
Personally, the training was transformative. It encouraged me to trust God in everyday moments, step out of my comfort zone, and embrace obedience. I plan to apply these lessons by creating opportunities for relational disciple-making, integrating Scripture, feedback, and servant-hearted practices into daily life, and nurturing growth in others step by step, just as Jesus did.
Toshirenba
I learned that Jesus gave a great deal of attention to the neglected of society, Like the Little Children, The Poor, Women with questionable Characters, Divorced Women, the Sinners and Those Considered Ritually Unclean by the Jewish Religion. This clearly set a pattern on how I am to do discipleship ministry, especially, being a leader of a Church.
The Chapter on the Beatitudes and seeing how they set a rhythm and determine what Jesus would later teach and how he handled His ministry has been life changing for me! I now look at the Book of Mathew and the whole of God’s Word differently! I See clearly how the New Testament writers especially Mathew, drew on the Old Testament Scriptures as he writes on the life and work of Jesus Christ and how we can make disciples!
During the In-house Training, we did a lot of things together as couples, and this has greatly Impacted on how I look at my marriage and ministry. I am not leaving my wife behind in any way!
Dalitso
All of us had been impacted by following Jesus as a disciple group day by day. Whether having some of our sessions in public at a simple eatery at the harbour, walking a nature trail for a few kilometres or deep discussion around the dinner table at home, the Lord used the opportunity to teach us, shape us and showing His love for us.
The best of all was that there were two very young children with us this time. We had to think like Jesus about little children and practise what we preach!
Your brother,
Piet Steyn