Deon Vanstaden

Deon Vanstaden was born in South Africa and at a very young age felt the calling to ministry. After completing seminary in 1986 with the Full Gospel Church of God, he worked for almost ten years in a secular job doing sales and construction. In 1996 he went back into full time ministry serving with his father-in-law who had been a pastor for more than 50 years. As they traveled and ministered together, Deon was involved with a ministry called “Word In Action” that reached thousands of men and woman with the good news of salvation. He ministered at both men's and women’s retreats and saw many people changed and saved. He was also involved with the training of small group leaders so that they could do the follow-up of the new converts and help them grow by encouraging them in their gifting.

Deon visits Excel once a month to share his knowledge of the Bible with our students and meet with them one-on-one.