Prepare for Purpose: South Africa

Bridging the Generational Gap in the Church

We partner with church leadership to equip & mobilise the older generation as spiritual mothers and fathers - strengthening unity, discipleship, and care across the whole church family.

Explore Bringing Prepare for Purpose to Your Church
Explore Bringing Prepare for Purpose to Your Church

There's an untapped resource of wisdom, experience and faith right in your midst...

As churches rightly invest in children, youth, and young adults, the older generation is often unintentionally moved into a season of care and maintenance, rather than one of ongoing purpose and contribution.

This sidelines one of your greatest resources - the spiritual mothers and fathers with a lifetime of lived experience.

What We Do

Prepare for Purpose exists to help churches recognise, equip, and mobilise their Legends - the 60+ generation - as active contributors to the life and health of the church.

We work with church leadership, not independently, to:

  • Reframe ageing as a season of continued calling, not retirement

  • Equip older believers to serve as spiritual mothers and fathers

  • Strengthen intergenerational connection without dismantling existing ministries

This is not about starting something new,

it's about activating what God has already placed within your church.

Why This Matters for Your Church

When older believers are equipped and released:

Pastoral Care

Pastoral care is strengthened through prayer, mentoring, and presence

Lived Experience

Younger generations gain guidance rooted in lived faith, not merely online influence

Growing Unity

Unity grows across life stages, reducing isolation and fragmentation

Increased Purpose

Older members rediscover purpose, fruitfulness, and spiritual vitality

The Church becomes healthier,

not by doing more, but by functioning more fully as a family.

Our Approach

Prepare for Purpose serves as a resource to local churches.
Each church retains ownership. We simply walk alongside, support, and equip.

The journey typically includes:

  • Vision Alignment
    Prepare for Purpose meet up with church leadership to share the biblical vision of mobilising the older generation and strengthening intergenerational connection.

  • One-Day Seminar
    A facilitated day involving church leadership, Legends, and key younger leaders — designed to challenge mindsets, stir faith, and create shared understanding.

  • Next-Step Guidance
    Practical insight and support to help leadership discern how to create ongoing opportunities for connection, mentoring, and prayer within their own church context.

Our Mandate

“And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children… to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
— Luke 1:17

We believe God is restoring spiritual fathering and mothering in His Church — not as a nostalgic idea, but as a present-day necessity.

Meet the founders

Derek and Beryl Puffett have served in ministry for decades in South Africa, Africa at large and across the globe — as pioneers, pastors, counsellors, and mentors.

Now in their eighties, they continue to practice what they preach: that purpose does not retire, and fruitfulness does not expire.

Prepare for Purpose flows from their lived experience — a deep conviction that God still has much to release through those willing to say yes, regardless of age.

They are dedicating this season to helping churches build the blueprint for a thriving multi-generational movement.

You're Invited

For Legends

If you are part of the older generation and this message resonates with you, we honour your heart.

Prepare for Purpose works through church leadership to ensure alignment, unity, and lasting impact. You can help by sharing this vision with your pastor or leadership team.

Download the Information Pack to start the conversation

For Churches

Prepare for Purpose exists to serve the local church

We invite church leaders across South Africa to explore how mobilising their Legends can strengthen discipleship, expand pastoral care, restore intergenerational unity, and prepare a people ready for the purposes of God.

Enquire about hosting a Prepare for Purpose event at your church

We serve local churches by equipping and mobilising Legends to strengthen unity, discipleship, and care across the church family

Prepare for Purpose is a registered non-profit company in South Africa

Head office situated in Constantia Park, Pretoria, Gauteng

© Prepare for Purpose South Africa (2026)