There are more than 68 OOO deaf people in the Eastern Cape. Less than 0.5% of them enjoy the privilege of being ministered to in a way that they can actually understand. “It leaves us with an urgent and clear call to respond to the situation and to answer responsibly […]
Tag: Gospel
The deaf will see the Gospel in PE
Port Elizabeth is the next target for a ministry that aims to make the Gospel accessible to every deaf person in South Africa, says Deaf Friendly CEO, Pastor Dirk Venter. During a recent visit to PE, Venter said he received “not one, but four, clear confirmations” that the city would […]
Looking Back – 10 Significant Events That Changed the Christian World in 2011
[notice]Special Report by Mike Burnard of INcontext Ministries[/notice] 1. MOHATTAM GATHERING On 11 November 2011, more than 70 000 Christians in Egypt joined together in an unprecedented all night prayer meeting in Mohattam, Cairo. This historic event took place in the midst of renewed demonstrations and Coptic Christians facing increasing […]
Divine Commonwealth Conference in Nigeria breaks new ground
Report from Day 1 — By Chris Sugden The Divine Commonwealth Conference (see website), the first of its kind in the Church of Nigeria is being held in the National Christian Centre in Abuja. It was opened on Monday night by Archbishop Nicholas Okoh and is being attended by 5 […]
Powerful secularising spirit challenging church, warns Anglican leader
[notice]The leader of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (FCA), Archbishop Eliud Wabukala of Kenya, addressed the recent FCA conference in Durban. The FCA is a network of orthodox mainstream Anglicans which represents 40 million of the 55 million churchgoing Anglicans worldwide and Wabukala is considered by some as the counterpart […]
Walk The Talk movie bringing hope in Christ to prisoners
Walk The Talk, a short South African movie about an ex-prisoner who finds hope when he hears the message of the gospel on the radio, is bringing hope in Christ to real-life prisoners in Cape Town. During 27 screenings of the movie — 24 of which were in Pollsmoor Prison […]
Cricket is vehicle for Gospel, says new EP Cricket coach
New Eastern Province provincial team cricket coach Christo Esau talks about his faith, cricket in the Eastern Cape and Proteas cricket, in this interview with Kingfisher FM presenter Gareth Burley. Earlier this month Eastern Province Cricket announced the appointment of Christo Esau as the coach for the EP provincial team. […]
PE artist amazed as painting success paves way to share gospel
[notice]Conversion gave Duncan Stewart the boldness to pursue his talent and discover God’s purpose for it[/notice] Port Elizabeth artist Duncan Stewart vividly remembers waking up on the morning of Saturday, September 18, 1998, to an overwhelming awareness of the presence and holiness of God. Six months before, as a […]
Archbishop urges Christians to defend true Gospel
Unless Christians acted now to defend the church and the true Gospel, liberal forces that preached a false Gospel would prevail within 10 years, the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney and General Secretary of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (FCA) said in Port Elizabeth yesterday. Speaking at a meeting of the […]