It was a match dreamed in heaven when Audrey and Ron Duffield remarried each other on Saturday (October, 18) — 28 years after they were divorced. Audrey, 74, said although they had both been living in the same Port Elizabeth cottage for some years, they had lived totally separate lives […]
Author: Andre Viljoen
JOYburg gets a boost with #Firsts win
Joy activist and laughter coach, Sue Jameson’s dream of “calling out the gold” in South Africa’s largest city has received a boost with the news that she has won the Vodacom #Firsts competition and that her JOYburg dream will be launched in style. Her prize is sponsorship of her #First […]
“Urgency of the hour” felt at Jerusalem Feast of Tabernacles, says Buchan
“I experienced something different this year. I experienced an urgency of the hour,” said South African farmer evangelist Angus Buchan following his return this week from the Christian Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem. “I experienced believers from all over the world having an urgent desire to preach the Gospel and to […]
As UN targeted by Islamists in Mali, bishops urge renewed peace efforts
Originally published by World Watch Monitor While the world’s attention is fixed on IS in Syria and Iraq, it’s easy to forget that last year, French troops were rushed to Mali to prevent a jihadist-influenced coup that threatened to take over the country. This swift intervention meant that the coup […]
Bill Johnson, Cindy Jacobs support GOD TV in wake of ‘moral failure’
Originally published in Charisma News In a Wednesday broadcast from Jerusalem, GOD TV co-founder Wendy Alec spoke candidly about her husband Rory’s “moral failure.” Rory resigned in September after admitting to a breach in his marriage. The special episode was prefaced by words from GOD TV trustees Steve Beik and Canon Andrew White. […]
Adventure Week crossing new frontiers with love of Jesus
Port Elizabeth Christian youth worker Alta de Lange has been running Adventure Week children’s holiday clubs for 10 years. And the adventure just keeps on getting bigger and bolder. Having seen the love and joy of Jesus touch thousands of young people’s lives through Adventure Week and the programme spreading […]
They come to rewrite matric. They leave transformed by God
Opportunity to sponsor students After more than 40 years in education Mart and Toy van Vuuren sensed God was giving them a vision to uplift disadvantaged students. Mart, a former Teacher Training College lecturer and Toy, a former High School Principal, spent three busy years preparing to launch a Grade […]
Foot washer David Cape gets to see where some seeds fell
As Christians we are often unaware of the effect we have on other people and wonder if there is any purpose in much of what we do, said David Cape, who over the last 26 years has walked thousands of kilometres through more than 30 nations carrying a cross and […]
Dream-inspired project putting sparkle into PE state hospitals
Port Elizabeth businessman Alan Barr woke up at 5am on January 28, 2012, from a dream that he believed was from God. And 19 months later that dream is rapidly coming true with the launch of ‘Project Sparkle’ — a remarkable community-supported renovation campaign that aims to tranform PE’s three state hospitals […]
Pastor John hands Harvest leadership baton to son, Pastor Mark
Training of next generation of sons to lead church began 7 years ago On Sunday (September 7, 2014) Pastor John Scholtz, who has led Harvest Christian Church, Port Elizabeth, for the past 18 and a half years, passed the baton of leadership to his son, Pastor Mark Scholtz, in the […]