Br Dipalo Modibedi and Family

Shalom Saints of the Most High

Allow me as the least amongst the brethren to say from the bottom of my heart few words in

honouring my humble Pastor Steve.

I met Br Steve in 1988 in Soweto as a young man who had just come into the message. The first sermon I heard him preach was on the Godhead. The way this sermon had an impact in my life I still today remember exactly what he said, So much so that it became part of my notes in my later years when I preach the Godhead or testify. I then began to follow him every time when he was coming to Johannesburg even though I could only catch a little.

In 2005 when I was in the wilderness at the lowest ebb of my life after having been labelled Lucifer by the church I served for over 10years as a deacon and a minster. l visited Br Steve for a week. Br Steve really picked me up from the dungeon by quotes and The Word. I left Newcastle a week later charged and much more determined to serve God.

When coming to preach The Word I say; there will never be one like him -God gave it to him alone.He had a way of bringing out nuggets from the Old Testament so meticulously. He was very thorough in following up his subject and showing all that throughout the scriptures. He had so much depth of the message that he was a walking Message encyclopedia. He was the epitome of the message. Never joked in the pulpit. Not ashamed to confess before the

congregation, yet a pastor. He drove many to tears with this during his church dedication.

He lived the message throughout his life. Ever dedicated as a daily student of the Message.

He was never shaken by any winds of doctrine in the message community. Always willing to learn and be corrected BUT it has to be by THE WORD. If not by The Word -You will be found wanting. I will forever cherish the messages and the quotes he sent to us with such love every time. He preached the message without compromise and still shrouded in humility. We called each other Kurulus I called him senior Kurulus and he called me junior Kurulas – Kurulus means an establishment (an established Elder) -Br Steve was an establishment (household brand) of this message.

He was a man who brought dignity to the MESSAGE wherever he went. When the news of Kurulus ‘passing on hit me. I was shuttered and became a child with tears not stopping down on my cheeks. I cried “My father, My Father, The chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof “

For if there ever was a man that ever-represented THIS MESSAGE OF CHRIST truthfully and was a

true apostle, it was Rev Steve Francis, clean, straight, real Gospel, it was Br Steve.

He was my mentor, father, pastor, confidant with big heart filled with love.

Though he told me for the last three years he has been saying “I am just so tired”.

I now know what he meant by being tired and I still cannot accept that my pastor is no more. My Pastor wanted to be with His maker and he is no longer tired. There will NEVER be anyone like him. He was one in a million. I will meet him in the morning.

May God rest the soul of my gallant Pastor in peace. A great hero of the battle has gone on. May God grant comfort to his lovely wife, sister Jenney and family

Br Dipalo Modibedi and Family

Centurion Believers Assembly