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Erlo Stegen
Erlo Hartwig Stegen (1935 - 2023). South African missionary and revivalist of German descent, born on Mbalane farm near Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, to Hermannsburg missionary descendants. Raised Lutheran, he left school after grade 10 to farm but felt called to ministry in 1952, evangelizing rural Zulus under apartheid. After 12 years of preaching with few lasting conversions, he experienced a transformative revival in 1966 at Maphumulo, marked by repentance and reported miracles. In 1970, he founded KwaSizabantu Mission (“place where people are helped”) in Kranskop, which grew into a self-sustaining hub with farms, a water bottling plant, and schools, serving thousands. Stegen authored Revival Among the Zulus and preached globally, establishing churches in Europe by 1980. Married with four daughters, he mentored Zulu leaders and collaborated with theologian Kurt Koch. His bold preaching drew 3 million visitors to KwaSizabantu over decades.
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Erlo Stegen emphasizes the importance of seeking and doing God's will, sharing his personal journey of how God led him into marriage. He recounts his initial resistance to God's plan, which resulted in physical sickness, prompting him to submit to God's will. Stegen highlights that following God's blueprint for our lives leads to fulfillment, while resisting it only brings harm. He reassures that no matter one's past, God can renew and transform lives when we come to Him for cleansing. The message encourages believers to actively seek God's direction in their lives.
Seek and Do God's Will
"I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted." (Job 42:2). The bridegroom related how God lead him into marriage. God has kept him so that he could enter marriage as a pure young man, being 25 years old. He met the Lord Jesus as his personal Saviour at the age of 17. When he felt that he should get married, he first resisted it and felt that he was too young. God started to speak to him in stronger ways, so that he even got sick. Eventually he bowed saying, "Forgive me Lord for I have been resisting your will". He went to Rev Stegen and shared the matter, who then spoke to the girl to go and pray about it. After she had prayed and been convinced in her heart that the matter was from the Lord she answered in the affirmative. God has His will. If you go according to His will you will live but if you resist His will you only hurt yourself. God has a plan, a blueprint for your life. Do not resist His will. Seek His will for your life and do it. The beauty of the Gospel is that even if you've lived an evil life, God makes all things new and renews your life if you come to Him to cleanse your life.
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Erlo Hartwig Stegen (1935 - 2023). South African missionary and revivalist of German descent, born on Mbalane farm near Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, to Hermannsburg missionary descendants. Raised Lutheran, he left school after grade 10 to farm but felt called to ministry in 1952, evangelizing rural Zulus under apartheid. After 12 years of preaching with few lasting conversions, he experienced a transformative revival in 1966 at Maphumulo, marked by repentance and reported miracles. In 1970, he founded KwaSizabantu Mission (“place where people are helped”) in Kranskop, which grew into a self-sustaining hub with farms, a water bottling plant, and schools, serving thousands. Stegen authored Revival Among the Zulus and preached globally, establishing churches in Europe by 1980. Married with four daughters, he mentored Zulu leaders and collaborated with theologian Kurt Koch. His bold preaching drew 3 million visitors to KwaSizabantu over decades.