Tom Houston

Tom Houston was pastor of the Nairobi Baptist Church in 1961 when Michael Cassidy went through Nairobi at the end of his extended exploratory journey round Africa as the ministry was being launched. Tom, a great pastor and theologian with a razor sharp mind, gave...

Francis Schaeffer

Francis Shaeffer was one of the great Christian apologists of the 20th Century. Michael Cassidy learnt of him through Nina (née Wynne) Baber who had visited L’Abri while travelling in Switzerland. Michael invited him to Cambridge University where he had one of his...

Clarence Roddy

Professor of Homiletics at Fuller Theological Seminary, Clarence Roddy greatly encouraged Michael Cassidy in his preaching and taught him much about sermon preparation and presentation. He once said, “Mike, that sermon went all the way from Dan to Beersheba and died...

Michael Green

British theologian, priest, and Christian apologist Michael Green has had a significant influence on Michael Cassidy’s life since they met at Cambridge University where they were both studying in the sixties. Michael invited him to the South African Congress on...

Calvin Cook

Michael always called Calvin Cook “the father of the African Enterprise South African ministry”. Presbyterian minister, one time moderator of the Presbyterian Church of South Africa and Professor of Religion (Wits University) and of Church History (Rhodes University)....

David and Annemie Bosch

David and Annemie Bosch were close friends, colleagues, and co-belligerents with Michael Cassidy in bringing the Christian faith to relevantly address the missiological, social and political needs of South Africa between the seventies and the nineties. David was a...