{"id":13,"date":"2013-03-07T17:26:39","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T17:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glorydivine.co.za\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-02-27T11:30:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T11:30:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/glorydivine.co.za\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">WELCOME TO A CHURCH WITH A DIFFERENCE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We are living in times where people are searching for answers and there<br>is a renewed focus on faith and a genuine hunger for God. People are<br>searching for a church that is Christ centred, multi-cultured, loving and<br>filled with the glory and presence of God. A church that will focus on the<br>whole family through love, care, bible centered teaching, uncompromised<br>preaching and building genuine relationships.<br>If you are reading this today then you have found your spiritual home and<br>your searching has ended.<br>Glory Divine is operating in the Langlaagte area since 2001. Apostle<br>Ryan is a humble, down to earth person and together with his family and<br>dedicated leadership team, the church is now equipped to cater for all<br>your spiritual needs.<br>The church has impacted communities both in the East and West Rand and<br>people are fellowshipping with us from as far as Pretoria. Glory Divine<br>has become one of the West Rand\u2019s most talked about churches because of<br>its impact on the community and its remarkable impact in people&#8217;s lives.<br>The church has grown from strength to strength and has stretched its<br>wings to countries all over the world. People fly in from various places<br>just to come and be mentored by Apostle Ryan.<br>Glory Divine is a Rainbow nation church with the blood of Jesus running<br>through our veins. We don&#8217;t look at each other based on race or colour of<br>our skin but through the eyes of God and we see each other as one nation<br>under God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>OUR STATEMENT OF FAITH<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and the New Testaments, in<br>their original writings, as fully inspired by God and<br>accept them as the supreme and final authority for faith and life.\u2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Persons \u2013 Father<br>Son and Holy Spirit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With regards to sexual behaviour, we believe in heterosexual<br>relationships between natural man and natural woman<br>within the confines of lawful matrimony and this is a fundamental<br>guide in performing all marriages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins a<br>substitutionary sacrifice according to Scriptures and that all<br>who believe in Him are justified on the grounds of His shed blood.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe in the bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, His<br>ascension into Heaven, and His present life as<br>our High Priest and Advocate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe that divine healing was provided for the Old and New<br>Testament and is integral part of the Gospel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe in the personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe that all who repent of their sin and receive the Lord Jesus<br>Christ by faith are born again of the Holy Spirit<br>and thereby become children of God.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe in the baptism in the Holy Spirit, empowering and<br>equipping believers for service, with accompanying<br>supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit; and in fellowship with the Holy<br>Spirit. We believe in the divinely ordained ministries<br>of Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor and Teacher.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With regards to submission to authority, we believe in the principle<br>of being in authority because you are under authority.<br>As such, it is understood that Glory Divine World Ministries<br>membership shall be subject to submission to authority<br>in matters pertaining to doctrine and personal behaviour.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ appointed two ordinances \u2013<br>Baptism in water and the Lord&#8217;s Supper to be observed<br>as acts of obedience and as perpetual witnesses to the cardinal facts of<br>the Christian Faith, that Baptism is the immersion of<br>the believer in water as a confession of identifification with Christ in<br>burial and resurrection and the Lord&#8217;s Supper is the partaking<br>of the emblems symbolic of the Saviour&#8217;s broken body and the shed<br>blood, in remembrance of His sacrificial death, until He comes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We believe that all leaders and those who become members are to<br>abide by the statement of faith.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GDWM is open to further truth, which the Holy Spirit may<br>illuminate from scriptures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>OUR VISION<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>To be a local church with a global focus. Our focus is to impact the life of an <\/strong><strong>individual, thereby impacting the community and ultimately impacting the nation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>OUR MISSION<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>In order to realise its vision, Glory Divine will train, develop and empower leaders <\/strong><strong>and families to become practical in their approach to meet the total need of man <\/strong><strong>\u2013 spiritually, materially and financially. <\/strong><strong>The strategy will be, <\/strong><strong>\u201cGive a man a fish and he will go hungry but teach a man to fish and he will never go <\/strong><strong>hungry again.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>VISION MOTTO<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Uncovering Potential, Discovering Purpose and Recovering Dreams!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>MISSION MOTTO<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Committed to Ministry \u2013 Serving Christ<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Committed to Maturity \u2013 Growing in Christ<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Committed to Membership \u2013 Serving the Body<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Committed to Evangelism \u2013 Sharing Christ<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>FIVE FOUNDATIONAL PILLARS OF GDWM<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Loving through fellowship<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Maturing through discipleship<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Expanding through Ministry<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Stronger through Praise and Worship<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Larger through structure and retention<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>OUR CHURCH DEPARTMENTS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Glory Divine Inspirations <\/strong>\u2013 Our praise and Worship Team<\/p>\n<p><strong>Glory Divine Hands of Compassion <\/strong>\u2013 Feed the poor, outreaches and care givers<\/p>\n<p><strong>Glory Divine Kingdom Kids <\/strong>\u2013 Preparing our future generation<\/p>\n<p><strong>Glory Divine Deacons Ministry <\/strong>\u2013 Ministry of helps, serving the body of Christ<\/p>\n<p><strong>Glory Divine Stewards\/ Ushers Ministry <\/strong>\u2013 Welcoming and serving Ministry<\/p>\n<p><strong>Glory Divine Impacting Women <\/strong>\u2013 Preparing Women for Excellence<\/p>\n<p><strong>Glory Divine Impacting Men <\/strong>\u2013 Preparing Men for Excellence<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ge<\/strong><strong>tting Over Average Life Youth <\/strong>\u2013 Preparing young adult for Ministry and Excellence<\/p>\n<p><strong>Glory Divine Production House <\/strong>\u2013 Filming, Editing, sound engineering and technical crew<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>ETHICS &amp; DISCIPLINE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>GDWM holds to scriptural pattern concerning discipline, where the primary aim is to take action to correct the person concerned with a view to bringing him\/her to repentance. Such discipline may involve a period for recovery, but the ltimate goal should be the redemption and restoration of the person involved.<br \/>Areas where discipline is necessary is when it concerns doctrinal matters, where a person violates the statement of faith of GDWM and teaches incorrect doctrine or causes disunity in the body of Christ resulting in divisive behaviour (Titus 3:10; Romans 16:17)<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WELCOME TO A CHURCH WITH A DIFFERENCE We are living in times where people are searching for answers and thereis a renewed focus on faith and a genuine hunger for God. People aresearching for a church that is Christ centred, multi-cultured, loving andfilled with the glory and presence of God. 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