Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s wish for the Church in South Africa is for it to repent and to speak out with one voice against wrongdoing in its midst. Speaking after the launch of the first ever Judicial Accountability Session in SA, Mogoeng said he believed the Church has become “lukewarm […]
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PE church leaders meet with mayor
A delegation of senior Port Elizabeth church leaders met with Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Mongameli Bobani and members of his leadership team in the mayor’s office this morning. Items discussed during the two and a half hours indaba were organisational stability, corporate governance, disruption of local council meetings, service delivery, […]
Christians embrace ‘positive alternative’ to Halloween
Originally published in The Telegraph Christians traditionally have an uneasy relationship with Halloween, but many of them are increasingly embracing the event by holding parties designed to add a religious significance to the festival. Organisers say they are increasingly also attracting non-Christian children whose parents don’t want to let them go […]
Church Under The Tree now under a roof
Last Sunday, on a cold and wintry Cape Town day, I visited a church that started under a tree at the Brackenfell Station in July 2010. We visited the congregation — still known as Church Under The Tree or Lazarus Ministries – where the members, who include many homeless people, […]
‘Going to church helps you to live longer’
By Sarah Oladokun–Originally published in Christian Today. The research study titled Church Attendance, Allostatic Load and Mortality in Middle – Aged Adults by Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, found that middle-aged people between the ages of 40 and 65, who attend worships services decrease their chances of an early death […]
Questions for a nation in quest — Michael Cassidy
A monthly column by Michael Cassidy, evangelist, author, Christian leader and founder of African Enterprise whose ministry in Africa and the world has spanned more than 50 years. It is good sometimes to ask significant questions which point us to what we want to be and where we want to […]
Pastor Jimmy Crompton celebrates 50 years in ministry
Dr Jimmy Crompton, a well-respected spiritual father of Port Elizabeth and senior pastor of the Word of Faith Christian Centre, celebrates his 50th year in ministry this week. And excitement is running high at Word of Faith and its 19 branch churches in Nelson Mandela Bay which are preparing to […]
Are you tired of doing church?
[notice]A monthly column for young ladies by Kate Fitz-Gibbon[/notice] Do you sometimes feel powerless at church? Like what you experience is not enough? Your soul longs for more but you can’t quite put your finger on what more is? Tired of religious services with no life? Want more of the […]
Pastor chains himself to pole in anti-Mugabe protest
Originally published in IOL A pastor, who in December last year went on a solo demonstration against Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe in the resort town of Victoria Falls, has pulled another stunt. This time, Remnant Church leader Patrick Phillip Mugadza — now commonly known as the “Mugabe-must-go-pastor” — chained himself […]
Church pressure mounts for president to resign
Zuma affair on table at pastors’ meeting in PE, consultation forum in Soweto Calls by church leaders for President Jacob Zuma to stand down continued to grow over the past week despite appeals by some for the president to be shown Christian forgiveness following his televised apology to the nation […]