Aug Conference 2024 - Apologetics SA

OUR SPEAKERS

Dr Ray Ciervo

Author of Apologetics for the Rest of Us.

Dr Ray’s heart is to help believers strengthen their faith and become more confident in explaining it to others. He does this by helping people to know what they believe and why they believe it to become better witnesses for the risen Lord Jesus. Dr Ray has been in Christian ministry for nearly fifty years. In this time, he has planted churches, taught in a variety of locations and in the last few years has worked as an apologist. Dr Ray is the author of Apologetics for the Rest of Us: A Beginner’s Guide. He has travelled extensively in Europe, South and Central America, Africa, and the USA. He presents several conferences each year helping believers get answers to their questions about culture, history, and Scripture. He holds two degrees in apologetics, a Master’s degree and a Doctor of Ministry.

Dr Ray has been married to Joanne for fifty years and they have two adult sons called Joe and Ray. Their daughter, Jennifer, passed away in 2019. They also have seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Monique Duson

President at the Center for Biblical Unity.

Monique Duson is the President at the Center for Biblical Unity. She has a background in social service and children’s ministry. She has worked with a diverse array of under-served communities. She worked as a Missionary to South Africa for over four years, serving children and teachers impacted by drugs, violence, and trauma. She spent two decades advocating for Critical Race Theory (CRT), but through a series of events, began to clearly see the contradictions of CRT with the historic Christian worldview.

Monique is now convinced that CRT is not the best way to achieve racial unity and actively speaks out against the use of CRT within the church. Monique has a BA in Sociology from Biola University. She is working on a MA in Public Theology at Birmingham Theological Seminary.

Natasja Kotze

Founder of SMILE IMPACT

Natasja enrolled in Bible School in 1989 and has been in full-time ministry since 1991. She and her husband led the Waterberg Training Centre in Bela-Bela from 1993 to 1997. They then returned to Pretoria and accepted the position of congregational pastors at Hatfield Christian Church. In 2005 they were commissioned to serve the people of Centurion at Hatfield Christian Church South.

Currently, she is the executive pastor and under her leadership the church established SMILE IMPACT, a community service and development Public Benefit Organisation. Natasja graduated with a B.Th. (Hons) in 2017. She completed a MA in Philosophy at Southern Evangelical Seminary this year and is looking forward to pursuing her Doctorate. Natasja has been married to Louis for 32 years and they have four sons.