South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
If you go drinking in a township tavern in Port Elizabeth, be warned, you may be on a fast track to attending church. Just this past Sunday (June 29, 2015) 36 people found themselves “compelled” to attend church in Zwide after encountering Pastor Kenny Nonkonyana and his “tavern toyi toyi” […]
Introducing people to Jesus has become a normal part of the working life of Port Elizabeth banker and family man, Gary Quantoi. “I develop relationships with people in the course of my work, and this creates opportunities, as the Lord leads, to minister,” says Quantoi who has worked at a […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Thousands of people were powerfully impacted by the message of the cross on Sunday (May 31, 2015) as they witnessed Comrades Marathon runners carrying a 2,5m wooden cross along the gruelling 88km route. Three members of Spirit Wind Running Club, Gauteng, took turns bearing the 30kg cross with a front […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]