Gert Joubert
Hi, I am Gert, the leader of the Rise Ministries, ministering in the prophetic and a teacher of the pure Word of God in the power of the Holy Spirit. I love the Word of God and wants to see all God's people flow in power and speaking words of Spirit and Life. Sonja, my wife and co-leader also teaches the Word and leads the worship in an awesome way. God has called us to bring the Word and equip the saints, and to bring the message of Jesus - how he 'our Savior Jesus Christ, has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, to which I was appointed a preacher . . .' - 2 Tim 1:11
and that 'now, through the church, that the wisdom of God will be made known'. As Rom 8:10 states, 'creation is waiting for the revealing of the Sons of God!', that is us, His bride, ruling right here and right now on earth (Rev 5:10).
A Short History:
I was born in South Africa and found Jesus at a high school campmeeting for young people. After that there was no stopping me in spreading the gospel. (Both Sonja and I preached the good news to our school friends, were called into our respective headmaster's office and told not to preach on school campus to anyone!) I intended to study to be a preacher and yet ended up studying law, theology and languages.
Married
I met my best friend (after Jesus), Sonja while she was studying music and we got married in 1979. We received the most wonderful 5 children that one could ever ask for!! Working as a lawyer, then later in the Police force as the head of the legal division God promoted me to a very high rank to honour his name and play a small part in the miracle of a peaceful changeover of government. In the meanwhile, we were ever passionate for the gospel of Jesus, wanting to go to France to do a work for God. God's plans was somewhat different and after many years of amazing, innumerable, will-take-pages-to-write of miracles, we came to London!!! We had to leave our wonderful daughter Liezl and her man of God husband George with their little ones in South Africa, (as well as most of our closest relatives) safely in His hands. George and Liezl are leading a church in Centurion and building the Kingdom! With them are our 3 beautiful grandchildren - Arwen, Warren and Dillon! Already warriors for the Lord!
Gods Champions
God truly prepared us for many years. We both started going to Hatfield Christian Church in Pretoria before we met one another, and was greatly blessed and influenced by the ministry of the Late Pastor Ed Roebert and his wife known as 'auntie Pal' and family. Later we were involved with Errol and Suzette Arde in their amazing prophetic ministry for a time, then back at Hatfield Christian Church where Sonja was very involved with the worship, and thereafter for 3 years drove 2 and a half hours to Stillfontein, EVERY weekend, to go to Spirit Word Ministries - with Kobus and Annelise van Rensburg - seeing amazing healings, miracles and thousands of cripples walk. The most amazing part of it being the teaching of the Word of God by this mighty man of God and his wife - teaching and bringing to LIFE the unadulterated Word of God. (Watch SpiritWord TV channel 24/7.) It totally changed our lives and renewed our Love for Jesus, and the WORD has become above all to us! God speaking directly to His people as though He is physically right here! Which He is! In the Spirit! Bless God for all His wonderful servants.
Coming to London
The first to come to London was our 2 sons, Stefan and Dian. That sort of led up to our coming and realizing that this was what God wanted. So we came! God did the impossible and we received our indefinite leave to remain in England! I had to do a pupillage year, but God just closed the door totally, opening a most amazing door for us by giving us time and time to just be in the Word and 'bush' - that is walking in the forest and prayer! TOTALLY safe in this wonderful country!! But it did mean that Sonja and I had to 'play' that is, play piano or 'busk' on the streets and towns and underground to make a living, even through the winters! What an awesome experience and we love it! Later I practised as an international lawyer, working from home, but still I had a lot of time available to really study the Word.
All the children also had to either sell cds or busk, like Stefan did, and that was how Heidi also met her amazing husband, Sebastian - a Argentinian Spanish guitarist - busking at the London Eye. Dian was in the Marines - another amazing door God opened for him at that time. Now a man of the Word.
Sonja and I too, started singing as well and now it has turned into continuous thread, touching the hearts of many, seeing many find Jesus, or just being renewed in strenght and their passion for Jesus! What an honour to be able to do this!!
'If you do not earn enough income in the next year, you could be refused leave to stay in England!'
It was as though God almost closed up all doors for me to do any legal work and that meant that we could possibly be asked to leave the country. We needed a solution. God gave Gert the idea of starting a specialised international legal consulting firm and God gave Dian the idea of starting shared christian houses for his friends who was really suffering - sharing rooms in houses where they had to fight drugs, evil people and just lived amongs godless people. He started the first house in Leyton. After that we got more houses which we ran for years as part of the international legal firm and now is managed as Kingdom houses by our son Dawid and his beautiful wife Safia. Safia is British. So we at least got one Brit in the family!
Settlement
What an awesome God! We had to fight 2 court cases, thousands of pounds, etc and just kept standing on this word: 'Forever his word is SETTLED in the heavens!' and that is exactly what transpired in 2010 October.!!!! We got SETTLEMENT! Now, at last we are free to do whatever we want to, having no obligation to do a specific type of work any more.
Ministry
In the 3rd year that we were here we felt we had to start with meetings even if it was only Sonja and I. We did that for a while at our house, then later at the music school premises of Stefan and his beautiful little French wife, Celine in London Central.
Later we rented a small hall at City Temple in Central London, but when that door closed, we moved back to the house, cleared out the bottom rooms, so that we literally lived in a 'ministry'.
We are presently meeting in the RS Lounge on Thursday evenings, but trust that we will expand soon to other evenings to cater for all the facets of ministry. The RS stands for 'Rising Sun' and the building is right in the forest and on a large street, close to the A406, Whipps Cross, and Snaresbrook Underground Station. We can sing and make music ALL day and night without anyone ever moaning! That is quite something in London!
On the washbasins in the restrooms are the name - 'rising sun' imbedded! Prophetic - HE is rising! 'The rising sun, with healing in His wings!'
'Superchurch'
Thank you for enjoying all this with us! God is so so awesome! This is the time for his people to a-rise and be Christ on earth! We would want to ask you to participate or partner with us in this work that 'it may accumulate to your account in the heavenly realm! And in this way you can also share in the reward! I am now preaching and teaching and prophecying in a full-time capacity and believe God that it will increase and take millions of people forward! As one girl called it while we were still in the house - a 'domestic super church'! Now, we are on the move and want to keep the 'superchurch' thing but lose the 'domestic' part! We want to reach the whole of Europe and the whole world via internet and video and by traveling - taking the fire where-ever and to whosoever that needs whatsoever! If you would want us to come and serve at a church or a home meeting, we will be honoured.
Where The Rise currently meet:
The RS Lounge (First Floor Lounge)
Woodford New Road
London
E17 3PR
Thursday evenings 7:00 pm
'We will know nothing among you, but Jesus Christ and Him Crucified!' 2 Cor 9:8

'We will know nothing among you, but Jesus Christ and Him Crucified!' 2 Cor 9:8
SONS OF GOD OPERATING HERE ON EARTH
We have a desire to see revival and thousands, no, millions to be empowered, changed by the power of the Holy Spirit, reaching out to a lost world. Being Sons of God here on earth, seeing the power of God flow through his children,building the Kingdom of God!