Lauren Jacobsza

Lauren is a passionate bible scholar, theologian and expositor. Focusing on ancient near Eastern culture, society, and linguistics, she teaches over 23000 people each week through the ministry she co-found with her husband Tim. Together with her husband, she has travelled across borders to preach and teach the word of God at different home congregations, churches, summits, forums, conferences, on radio and television. She is the author of three award winning books, two for adults and one for children. Her passion is women and the girl child, assuch she serves chair for the Rea Thusana Foundation, a safe haven for homeless women in Cape Town and is an advisory board member for a global advocacy organisation working with refugee girls called She Saves a Nation. Lauren is also deeply passionate about seeing women set free from false beliefs which have disempowered women for generations. She started her career as a psychologist, and trauma worker for abused women before becoming a freelance journalist specialising on justice issues relating to women. She has worked advocating against gendercide in China from 2011 through to 2014, and wrote prolifically about gender–based violence, education rights for girls and about female ritual servitude practices in West Africa. Her work has appeared in dozens of national and international publications. Due to public interest in her work, Lauren has been interviewed on numerous occasions on Smile 90.4FM, Cliff Central Radio, Cape Talk, National Radio Pulpit,Midcities FM, Radio Tygerberg, Radio CCFM, Radio Disa, Sky Radio and Tv (Ghana), Radio Cape Pulpit. And she has had featured interviews in Lig Magazine, Leef, His Favor Magazine (U.S.A.),Bella, IOL, Strength and Honor, and Arise Magazine (U.S.A), She Leads Africa, Phenomenal African Women, GLANS and Wordmothers (USA), Creative & Kin, Charlotte Readers (U.S.A), What’s Her Name Podcast, Noggin Notes Africa, Relate your Research, and Kingfisher FM.

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