I believe, over time, that this nation can be transformed. This is my missional calling – join me! ~ Madz Dyzel
More About Madz
Madz obtained her BA Hons Degree in Theology and Counselling in the UK at the Waverly Christian Counselling Centre and London School of Theology in 2002. It was during that time that a passion for teaching others to understand the interface between theology and psychology was birthed.
After working as a full-time youth pastor for three years at St Martins Church in Durban, Madz had a clear vision of wanting to start a counselling ministry that strategically would become a bridge between local communities and church, Grace Family Church Umhlanga gave her that opportunity in 2007. It was here that Grace Counselling was birthed, a ministry that Madz founded and established as one of S.A.’s most effective lay counselling ministries.
As the director of Grace Counselling Madz focused on the key role of training up lay counsellors, assessing counselees who had turned to the local church for counselling aid, and mentoring pastoral counsellors from other local churches.
In 2009 God gave Madz a very clear missional approach to how she could better address the above common core problems by empowering local churches with counselling resources so that they could all offer hope to the needs of the communities that surround them.
Madz lead Grace Counselling for nearly 13 years, where she trained thousands of volunteer lay counsellors for a large number of churches in the KZN region. As well as establishing a thriving lay counselling ministry at Grace Family Church with over 150 volunteer lay counsellors seeing an average of 80-90 cases a week at a number of sites around Durban.
In 2019 she felt called to take this missional approach nationally and therefore started EDIFY. Her heart is to see EVERY LOCAL CHURCH IN SA invested in some level of counselling training resources so that we can holistically offer hope by meeting the needs of local communities.
Consulting & Counselling
For churches wishing to start and maintain thriving pastoral lay counselling ministries Madz is offering to mentor and consult.
Madz grew this ministry from the ground up and understands the complexities of each stage. Her heart is to strategically aid other churches to do the same. She will empower you with strategic team development, administration processes, phone assessment procedures, team mentoring and how to partner with professionals.
Madz also has a heart specifically for counselling those in full-time ministry as she understands the complexities of this space and seeks to offer biblical wisdom and faithfulness to calling, whilst unpacking the complexities of our emotions.
Public Speaking & Preaching
Madz is an animated public speaker and speaks on a variety of platforms on topics such as Spiritual Wholeness, mental health, blended families, love languages, communication tools plus much more. Please make a booking if you would like her to speak at your Church or Event.
Go to the Resources page to listen to some of her talks.