Kurt & Melanie Kettner-Borough
Kurt & Melanie Kettner-Borough have been married for 35 years and have two children Kyle (28) and Lauren (25). They have been living in Spain for over 17 years and involved in full time Christian work for over 35 years. Kurt headed up a Bible College in South Africa for 7 years, was a founder and director of Mission San Diego & Beyond. Together with his wife, pastored Grace Church in San Diego, California for 7 years. Called to Spain with a short 2 years pastoring Torremolinos Evangelical Community Church and then helped kick start an English/Spanish Church in Alhaurin de la Torre. 15 years ago they started a church in a challenging area, and now pastor Puerto Banus Christian Center (The Wave).
Kurt holds a postgraduate degree from the Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa and was ordained by the Evangelical Methodist Church in the USA. He could be described as an Evangelical charismatic, but then again he dislikes labels. Kurt is a competent classical guitarist with a CD released 8 years ago. He also enjoys restoring old houses of which he and Melanie have one in the province of Granada.
Melanie has been working alongside Kurt for almost 35 years. Her background is in theatre and TV. She is a professional singer, voice coach, wedding celebrant and psychotherapist. In South Africa she was the presenter of 'Lifestyle' a Christian magazine, news programme on National Television. She also performed in the opera and ministered throughout South Africa singing contemporary Christian music. She has a passion leading people into the presence of God through worship. Currently Melanie and Kurt are presenters on Revelation TV.
Our Vision: What We Dream
- We dream of every person becoming part of a family that loves each other, believes in each other, accepts each other, encourages each other, does life together and helps each other discover our passion "element, gift, talent," develop it and use it to make a difference inside and outside our family.
- We dream of numerous small groups “LIFE Groups” meeting throughout the Costa del Sol in homes and other places; committed to each other in friendship, encouragement, progress, and joy as we study and apply the wisdom of God´s Word to our lives.
- We dream of spreading the wonderful message of God´s love and dreams for people through a constant life-giving, creative presence in the streets of San Pedro and beyond; of teams, throughout the world, coming to help us, of having our own building spacious enough to have a cafe that is always open, a youth hangout, concerts, impactful seminars and courses, a bookshop, creative arts training and enough space for hundreds of people to come together for our Sunday morning and evening English and Spanish speaking gatherings.
- We dream of creating an online presence that ministers to people throughout the world
- We dream of giving birth to numerous churches throughout Spain and the world.
Our Values: What Matter to Us
- We Believe that every person, Christian and non-Christian alike, is valuable to God and to His Kingdom.
- We Believe that "doing church as a team" is God's design for effective ministry.
- We believe that a simple presentation of Jesus Christ in creative ways will impact and transform lives.
- In Keeping with the Great Commandment, we believe every member should commit to a lifestyle of consistent spiritual growth with honest accountability.
- We Believe that every member is a minister who has been given gifts to be discovered, developed, and deployed.
- We Believe that God is worthy of our very best.
- We Believe that genuine love and caring relationships are key to the life of every endeavor.
- We Believe that the most effective evangelism happens through people inviting people.
- We Believe in identifying and training emerging leaders who are fully committed to Christ and who will reach their generation with the Gospel.
Kurt holds a postgraduate degree from the Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa and was ordained by the Evangelical Methodist Church in the USA. He could be described as an Evangelical charismatic, but then again he dislikes labels. Kurt is a competent classical guitarist with a CD released 8 years ago. He also enjoys restoring old houses of which he and Melanie have one in the province of Granada.
Melanie has been working alongside Kurt for almost 35 years. Her background is in theatre and TV. She is a professional singer, voice coach, wedding celebrant and psychotherapist. In South Africa she was the presenter of 'Lifestyle' a Christian magazine, news programme on National Television. She also performed in the opera and ministered throughout South Africa singing contemporary Christian music. She has a passion leading people into the presence of God through worship. Currently Melanie and Kurt are presenters on Revelation TV.
Our Vision: What We Dream
- We dream of every person becoming part of a family that loves each other, believes in each other, accepts each other, encourages each other, does life together and helps each other discover our passion "element, gift, talent," develop it and use it to make a difference inside and outside our family.
- We dream of numerous small groups “LIFE Groups” meeting throughout the Costa del Sol in homes and other places; committed to each other in friendship, encouragement, progress, and joy as we study and apply the wisdom of God´s Word to our lives.
- We dream of spreading the wonderful message of God´s love and dreams for people through a constant life-giving, creative presence in the streets of San Pedro and beyond; of teams, throughout the world, coming to help us, of having our own building spacious enough to have a cafe that is always open, a youth hangout, concerts, impactful seminars and courses, a bookshop, creative arts training and enough space for hundreds of people to come together for our Sunday morning and evening English and Spanish speaking gatherings.
- We dream of creating an online presence that ministers to people throughout the world
- We dream of giving birth to numerous churches throughout Spain and the world.
Our Values: What Matter to Us
- We Believe that every person, Christian and non-Christian alike, is valuable to God and to His Kingdom.
- We Believe that "doing church as a team" is God's design for effective ministry.
- We believe that a simple presentation of Jesus Christ in creative ways will impact and transform lives.
- In Keeping with the Great Commandment, we believe every member should commit to a lifestyle of consistent spiritual growth with honest accountability.
- We Believe that every member is a minister who has been given gifts to be discovered, developed, and deployed.
- We Believe that God is worthy of our very best.
- We Believe that genuine love and caring relationships are key to the life of every endeavor.
- We Believe that the most effective evangelism happens through people inviting people.
- We Believe in identifying and training emerging leaders who are fully committed to Christ and who will reach their generation with the Gospel.