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= Vincent G. Valentyn = Vincent G. Valentyn grew up in a nominal Christian home where the family attended a Dutch Reformed church. He however, believed on the LORD Jesus Christ at the age of 16 when he was confronted by the love of God as presented in the gospel of Jesus Christ and soon afterwards was baptized into water and the Holy Spirit and almost immediately started in ministry. At the age of 20 he was appointed as the associate pastor to the then moderator of the Full Gospel Church of God (RSA) the late J. J. Vos. During this time he also served on the youth leadership team and started to travel nationally to speak at multi-cultural youth events in the denomination. After serving as an associate pastor he was commissioned to plant a new church for the Full Gospel Denomination upon the completion of his seminary training. After the successful completion of this assignment, he departed from the denomination during 1987 in pursuit of a fresh encounter with God. It was during this time of searching and contemplation that he was powerfully impacted upon by the kingdom of God under the ministry of the late Bryn Jones (CMI) UK. He spent the next 10 years under the apostolic fathering of Kobus Swart (Southern Harvest Ministries in relationship with CMI) based in Somerset West, South Africa, where he was first introduced to kingdom living and apostolic ministry. It was during this time that he started to travel in Southern Africa (South Africa & surrounding na7ons) as part of an emerging apostolic team under the leadership of Kobus Swart, learning how to work apostolically into the Church on the African continent. During 1995 he started to travel intercontinentally, learning the complicated and demanding work of an international ambassador of the kingdom of God. During 1997 Covenant Ministries International UK & USA and Southern Harvest Ministries (RSA) split up into several new apostolic orbits. At this time he chose not to enter into relationship with these new entities but rather to work as an individual in the nations where the LORD granted him grace to work.