Jane Kratz

Chair

Jane has spent the past few years studying, writing, training and serving in counselling and grief care both in the US and in Johannesburg. Now based in Cape Town, she is eager to continue producing training materials, running courses, and serving in the area of grief care, while remaining in her roles as Level 2 Director and Chair of BC Africa.

Th.M. Biblical Counselling, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
P.G. Dipl. Theology in Pastoral Counselling, Stellenbosch University

Kyle Johnston

Vice-Chair

Kyle serves as a pastor at Jubilee Community Church, Cape Town. His key responsibilities are in the areas of Bible teaching, pastoral care, and biblical counselling. Kyle is a council member of the Biblical Counselling Coalition and teaches the pastoral counselling module at George Whitefield College in Cape Town.

PhD Pastoral Studies / Counselling, North-West University
M.A.B.C, The Master’s University

Dudu Mkhize

Operations Administrator

Dudu has served as Children’s Ministry Leader, Project Administrator, Outreach
Coordinator, and other administrative roles. She looks forward to completing BCA
courses alongside her work with us. She aims to grow both herself and her ability to
interact with others using a biblical counselling approach. Dudu enjoys investing in relationships and walking alongside women through all of life’s challenges.

Certificate in Project Management, Certificate in Training Facilitation
B.Th. in Childrens Ministry, George Whitfield College,
National Diploma in Commercial Administration.

Pamela McGinty

Director of Online Courses

Pamela and her husband Coby have served in student ministry at the University of Cape Town since 2007. Pamela has given much of her time to both studying and offering counselling and discipleship to young women. She is passionate about sharing a solidly biblical counselling model that is contextualised, to have an impact in the hearts of counselling students and counsellors across our continent.

MAC, Westminster Theological Seminary
Certificate in Global Trauma Recovery, Mission Seminary

Jacques Erasmus

Director of Online Instructors

Jacques Erasmus is an Assistant Pastor at St James Church Bloemfontein. He oversees the counselling programme and St James Church, and runs the training and management of the Recitation Instructors (Tutors) for BC Africa.

B.Th., Bible Institute of South Africa
CCEF – School of Biblical Counselling (SBC) completed all certificates
Currently being trained as an Online Instructor by CCEF.

Vhumani Magezi

Strategy and Africa Network Advisor

Vhumani is Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Care at North-West University, South Africa. He also serves as a Programme Leader for Public Practical Theology and Civil Society. His other roles include Africa Representative to the Coordination Committee of the International Council of Pastoral Care and Counselling (ICPCC) and President of the African Association for Pastoral Studies and Counselling (AAPSC).

PhD in HIV and Development, Stellenbosch University
MBA in Organizational Leadership, MANCOSA
MA in Development Studies, University of South Africa
MTh in Practical Theology (HIV Counselling), Stellenbosch University
BPhil in Community Development, Stellenbosch University
BA Theology in Christian Education, North-West University

Sandile Mthethwa

Sandile serves as pastor of The Message Church in Cape Town. He is passionate about engaging with people on the matters most important to them. He is studying biblical counselling in order to better communicate the hope of Christ to those in the midst of life’s troubles.

Diploma in Theology, KZN Mission Bible College
B.Th., George Whitefield College
CCEF – School of Biblical Counseling (SBC) completed 3 certificates

Advisory Board

Andrew Nicholls

Director Pastoral Care Oak Hill Theol. College
Exec Comm. BC-UK