Each year around October/November the Global Leadership Summit inspires and challenges thousands of people at venues throughout South Africa with practical tools for upgrading their leadership both inside and outside the church. The Karoo town of Graaff-Reient which held its first GLS last year will host one of 20 summit […]
Author: Andre Viljoen
Uganda’s ’77 Dogs’ revival service celebrates 1st anniversary
On Monday nearly half a million people attended the first anniversary celebration of Uganda’s remarkable 77 Days of Glory ( “77 Dogs”) all-night service which started at the Miracle Centre Cathedral in Kampala on September 18 last year and has been held every single night since. In a WhatsApp message sent […]
How an encounter with Jesus turned an ex-Muslim, ex-street kid into a global, revival minister
Pastor Ddiba Assadi leads a vibrant church in Kampala, Uganda and is one of the leaders at the centre of an amazing move of God in the city. This is his incredible testimony. In 1985, at the age of 12, Ddiba Assadi and his elder sister visited a church in […]
Bill Johnson returning to SA to build on momentum of inaugural visit
Influential revivalist, author and church leader Bill Johnson will be back in South Africa in April for the Kingdom Come SA conference in April — and he will be accompanied by his son, Eric who is a senior leader at Bethel Church in Redding, California. After Bill Johnson’s participation in […]
Mighty move of God in Uganda approaches one-year mark
Multitudes of people outside the Miracle Centre Cathedral in Kampala during phase two of the 77 Dogs move of God. Up to half a million people attend daily all-night services Every single night for almost a year thousands of people have attended all-night services at the Miracle Centre Cathedral in […]
God opens many doors for SA family to touch Tanzania
Three years ago Gateway News reported on a Port Elizabeth family who relocated to Tanzania on a mission from God. We recently caught up with them in PE during their annual holiday visit. Pastors Denvar and Rene Marks and their daughters Mercedes, now-14, and Jorda, now-12, were all sure that […]
Fulani family of six come to Christ through direct act of God
Six members of a family belonging to the Fulani tribe — a predominantly Muslim, nomadic, cattle-herding people frequently in the news over violent conflicts with farmers — recently became Christians after Jesus revealed himself directly to them in a village in Nigeria’s middle-belt Plateau state. This was disclosed to Gateway […]
Church moving resolutely to forefront of struggle against corruption, state capture
Two years ago there were hardly any church leaders speaking out against corruption in government but this week church leaders were at the forefront of marches against corruption throughout the country, ahead of Tuesday’s no-confidence vote which President Jacob Zuma survived by a narrow margin. Nowhere was this remarkable shift […]
Dagga legislation on trial in major court case from Monday
Doctors for Life appeals for financial support to fight legal battle to protect youth, society On Monday (July 31 2017) the constitutionality of South Africa’s dagga legislation will be on trial in a major court case which is expected to run for most of August and eventually go all the […]
The amazing story of the ‘miracle safari’
This is the story of the “miracle safari” – a recent 4 200km mission-impossible road trek from Johannesburg to Mombasa, to meet a tight business deadline. But, to appreciate this prayer-powered story, we need to step back more than 40 years to the day that Steve Kalue was born in […]

