Collen Mbongeni Kounane is a young man who was born and bred in Soweto in 1985 in Gauteng, South Africa, at Baragwanath Hospital. He was raised by two parents (his father, Gilbert Jacob Kounane, and his mother, Cynthia Diako Phutsisi) with three siblings (his sister, Lebogang; half-sister, Sibongile; and late brother, Themba Phutsisi) and close nephews, Siphe Sihle and Tshegofatso, and all the family and relatives of Moloi and Sithole. And he is married to Grace Ntshieng Molefi. He matriculated in 2003 at Tetelo, where he was also a leader of the Student Christian Movement (SCM). Outside he had a team, and they used to gather together in developing each other spiritually in Soweto. It was where the growth of his calling was awakened. And his first fellowship he served at the church in Soweto called Palm Bible Church under the leadership of Pastor Benny Mzongwane until he was caught up with his calling to spread the Word of God. He is an apostle, author, motivational speaker, and successor of a ministry called Hope of Grace Ministry, which operates around South Africa and even abroad, designed to enhance and develop the churches to be in one body in Christ and also to introduce the eternal Gospel of encounters with God and the manifold unsearchable mysteries of God.
