Julius Magan will be ministering in Alexander Bay on the 1st of July, contact the church office for more details.
ABOUT JULIUS:
Julius was born on 3rd April, 1959 in Natal, South Africa
Julius was born into a very musical family, he decided from a young age to be the exception and refused any formal music training. After having completed his schooling in Port Shepstone, Julius went farming for a short period before embarking on his compulsory ( as it was for all young men at that time in South Africa) term of military service in the South African Defence Force. It was during the latter part of his military service, in 1981, that Julius was invited to attend a Rheinhardt Bonnke church service. Julius’ life was radically transformed and it was from that very night that he knew he was called for the ministry, he knew it would just be a matter of time before he’d stand in full time ministry.
The following year Julius attended Bible College in Durban, for a short period before being directly involved with evangelizing to the lost. It was here that he discovered his evangelistic heart, while working with and ministering to the street people on Point Road, Addington and various other places in the Durban area. It was here too, that he discovered the power of worship / music as a means to touch and reach the hearts of the hurting and unsaved.
It was during this time in Durban that he met , Theresa, who was to become his wife at the end of 1984. Julius and Theresa have now been married for over 24 years and have 3 children. After having married in 1984, Julius and Theresa settled in Rayton, a small country town outside Pretoria. For the next few years Julius was involved in the property business, running a few estate agencies of his own. While living in Rayton, Julius’ churched approached him about getting involved in and leading the Praise and Worship for them, this proved to be instrumental in paving the way to full time ministry. A short time later Julius obediently bid the business world farewell and followed the call of his heart into ministry. This proved to be one of the most difficult periods as he learnt to trust and rely completely upon the Lord for his family’s most basic needs, but as Julius learnt early on in his walk with the Lord, God is always faithful. Today, many years of ground breaking work later, he has many heart- rendering testimonies of God’s faithfulness and power in their lives.
Julius and his family now live in Kroonstad, after having relocated from Pretoria almost 7 years ago as a result of the Lord showing them that Kroonstad, and not Atlanta, USA, was where He wanted them. Julius had been asked to take a position in Atlanta, Georgia and it was during this time of seeking the Lord for direction concerning this offer of immigrating to the USA, that both he and Theresa knew that, that was not where the Lord wanted them at the time. Now , almost 7 years later, Julius is reaping and experiencing the rewards of trusting the Lords guidance in that situation.
Today all of Julius’ children passionately serve the Lord, for which he and Theresa are extremely grateful to the Lord, since there are so many distractions and influences upon our young people today. Theresa, Julius’ wife, is also an important part of the ministry as she handles the administrative part of the ministry. Shane, their eldest son, travelled with and played guitar for Julius for a year after having completed his schooling in 2004. Shane has also featured with Julius on his last four CD’s, Beautiful, Dream Maker, Daardie Deur and the latest, The Worship Sessions Volume one. Matthew, will also be spending a year travelling with Julius before embarking on his studies. He will be more involved on the technical side of the ministry. Megan, 13, who has also featured with Julius on his last two CD’s, has slowly started ministering in song , when possible, with her dad. She, like Shane, share Julius’ gift and passion for music and worship.
Julius spends a great deal of time travelling and ministering in churches of all denominations across South Africa and our neighbouring countries including abroad when time allows. Julius has a heart first and foremost for the people of Southern Africa.
His Ministry:
Julius is an evangelist at heart and music and worship is a major part of the message that Julius brings, and at times is the message. Julius’ heart is not merely to sing a song, perform or to entertain. His driving force is to see people truly meet with their Saviour and come to know Jesus Christ in a more personal and intimate way. The family and family values are of great importance to Julius, it is his desire and joy to see families restored and healed by the Lord as they open the door to, and seek the voice of the Holy Spirit in their lives.
Julius spends much of his preparation time at the feet of the Lord and its there that the Holy Spirit speaks to Him, during these times of intimacy in worship. He believes a heart that is surrendered to the Lord, is a heart that will seek the presence of the Lord. His worship can therefore best be described as “free flow” or “new worship”. A distinct characteristic of Julius ministry is the spontaneity as he relies on the Holy Spirit, often most of Julius’ ministry of worship /song is completely unplanned and unrehearsed. Not knowing where he is going makes him so much more dependent and reliant on the Lord and His Holy Spirit. Julius is driven, in ministry to find the song from the Fathers heart.
Each ministry is exciting and unique as he relies on the creativity of the Holy Spirit. For many, the result of Julius being totally spirit led is life changing. Many of Julius’ passionate worship songs are birthed during ministry as he yields to and hears from the Fathers heart.
An element of faith is most certainly required for true worship and is just as essential in Julius’ unpredictable, unconventional style of worship. Worship is not the way you play an instrument or sing, or even what you sing, it’s the way you touch God. This is all too true in Julius’ form of worship and ministry, as it’s his constant desire to touch the Fathers heart through intimate worship. As Julius ministers to the Lord through his simple songs and passionate worship - lives are so often radically changed by the power of God’s presence - and no man can ever take the glory for that.
Julius doesn’t often do traditional Christian songs, he believes that God desires and loves to hear from His children in their own personal expression of worship to Him. During Julius’ worship and ministry, it’s his desire to create an atmosphere or sound that will usher in the presence of the Lord that will ultimately reach the unreachable and touch the untouchable.
Julius has been given a gift, which he expresses in spontaneous worship that takes the hearer into the presence of the Lord, and it is there that healing and restoration begin.
Lives must change in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ otherwise all is done in vain.
It is not easy to classify Julius’ style of music or worship, apart from saying it is uniquely his own, ultimately it is pure worship.
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