ABOUT US

The Christian story is founded on the story of God and His activity through history as narrated throughout the Bible. This is our Biblical world view:

• The Beginning: God created a perfect world. People were the pinnacle of His creation. They were created to have a close relationship with God, and to steward the world.

• The Fall: People rebelled against God. Their relationship with God was broken, which resulted in the brokenness of the human heart.

• The Redemption: God did not abandon society, but initiated a rescue operation. Jesus came, so people would see who God really is. His rescue operation culminated when Jesus died on the cross. Then He established the church, so it would model what a restored creation looks like, and push back the forces of darkness in fulfillment of Jesus’ mission.

• The Final End: When Christ comes again, all will be renewed, the world will reach its full potential, people will be resurrected and enjoy God’s presence and the new creation forever.

Stelios PBO was founded in George in 2015 by Pierre Ferreira, Rudi Steyn and Japie Lubbe. Pierre and Rudi have extensive corporate and project management experience as qualified engineers and directors. Japie has a doctorate in optometry and is an experienced business director.

During our corporate tenure, we felt the need to contribute to our communities in solving burning issues by donating financially and applying our skills set on a part time basis. Through this process we were struck by the immense scale of the need and recognised that for our contributions to be more effective, we would need to consolidate our efforts in a strong, accountable and transparent governance structure. The platform provided by the non-profit sector led to the process of the founding of Stelios as a public beneficiary organisation. Stelios PBO now enables us to make more effective interventions to address the scale of the need within good corporate governance structures. We have since left the private sector and are now dedicating all our resources and skills on a full-time basis to address specific needs in the Southern Cape. Stelios PBO has since grown significantly and our team members are dedicated, equipped and inspired individuals.

Our region is faced with various socio-economic challenges, including the breakdown of the family unit, inadequate education and training, unemployment, substance abuse and rising crime levels.