No, Port Elizabeth’s international cricket stadium is not getting new floodlights. But the 20 000 seater St George’s Park Cricket Oval is confirmed as the venue for the opening rally and final celebration of Switched On — the citywide evangelistic outreach in August, 2015. The opening rally will be from […]
Author: Andre Viljoen
Fishers of men splash out in Algoa Bay
Chokka fishermen became the catch of the day when father and son Allan and Brad Verreynne swam out to their boat moored 500m off Hobie Beach, Port Elizabeth, and presented the Gospel to them. Thirteen crew members responded and prayed the sinners prayer, says the chokka boat skipper, Gavin Ratcliffe, […]
ISIS fighter converts to Christianity after Jesus dream
Originally published in The Gospel Herald In a powerful story of redemption and grace, an Islamic State militant known for his brutal killing of Christians has converted to his victims’ religion after dreaming of “a man in white” who offered him a dramatic message, according to one missionary’s account. “One […]
“Young blood” taking over as War Piper for Mighty Men
When James McGowan – better known as Piperjames or Pipey – was asked to pipe Angus Buchan onto the stage at the Mighty Men Conference (MMC WC) in March 2011, a new tradition was forged. And from that moment the accomplished, veteran piper enthusiastically took on the calling of “War […]
Retirement is for the wheels of my car, says 80-year-old church planter
Ivan van Vuuren, 80, and his wife, Margaret, 72, are getting ready to establish a new church in Hoedspruit, Limpopo, alongside the Kruger National Park. In fact, God has given them a dream to plant several churches in order to reach the lost — and to establish a mission trip […]
Ghana looking to Bible for national strategy
Senior political, business and church leaders in Ghana are meeting next week to explore how to lead their country according to Biblical principles, says South Africa based Transformational Entrepreneur, Patrick Kuwana. “I am really quite excited to see what comes out of it as I am hopeful that what Ghana […]
“Loaves and fishes” type miracle in Brakpan
You can’t feed 85 hungry people with 25 litres of soup. But Jesus can, a Brakpan soup kitchen team found out when they prayed and then served their inadequate supper to 85 people and everybody enjoyed three servings. Recounting the modern-day “loaves and fishes” type miracle, Sonja Gerber, who regularly […]
God adventures abound as ministry meets global, local challenges
Global Challenge is an expanding Kingdom ministry that defies any attempt to put it in a box. It began with a challenge by founder Anna Marie Franken to 20 young Christians to join her on a year-long round-the-world adventure mission trip. And eight years later the God adventure continues with […]
Tell the truth
[notice]A monthly column by farmer, preacher and writer for Jesus, Angus Buchan[/notice] There is no such thing as a white lie. A lie is an untruth. In John 17:17 (NKJV) the Word of God says, “sanctify them (purify them) by Your truth. Your word is truth”. If you need to […]