Just over a year ago Eastern Cape businessman Robbie Hift had a vision from the Lord to erect a giant steel cross to deter suicide jumps off the 140m-high Van Stadens Bridge west of Port Elizabeth. The public responded with an outpouring of practical and financial support and today the […]
Author: Andre Viljoen
Friends pursuing God’s heart for reconciliation in Central, PE
Reconciling people, churches and ministries in Central, Port Elizabeth, to each other and to Christ is the passion of two young women who spearhead a new initiative called MOR For Central. Chantal Coetzee and Leanne Goodberry say that their calling to serve in the historic heart of the city is […]
Special purpose for SA in God’s global revival plan — Graham Power
The Global Day of Prayer movement which spread to every nation in the world over a period of 10 years, and the Unashamedly Ethical movement which is currently taking root in different nations, are part of a plan that God is directing, said businessman Graham Power, at an informal city […]
NMB Just1Hr movement starts to roll with monthly Challenge
Eighteen people responded to an invitation last week to attend the first monthly “Just1Hr Challenge” meeting of people who are willing to give an hour of their time each month to work on community projects in Nelson Mandela Bay. “I was pleasantly surprised by the response to this pilot meeting,” […]
GLS still inspiring leaders and growing after 19 years
Half way through its run at 12 venues in South Africa the Global Leadership Summit (GLS) in SA is on course for record attendances and I have heard of people saying it’s the best GLS they have ever attended. Certainly there was a great vibe at the fully-subscribed GLS event […]
Faithful PE street feeder’s prayer is answered
Amazing testimony of perseverance in obeying call of God When Port Elizabeth domestic worker Joyce Ncamisa lost her pride-and-joy — her law-student son, Thembisile — in a fatal workplace accident in 2001 she felt God tell her that there were a lot of street children who needed her help. Soon […]
Carte Blanche interviews church after biased media report on spanking probe
Watts up with ‘Godincidence’ on plane? A “damaging” and inaccurate Sunday Times report about the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) investigation of his church over its corporal punishment doctrine prompted Carte Blanche to request an interview with him, said Joshua Generation Church (JGC) Senior Pastor, Andrew Selley. He […]
Afrika Mhlophe completes book on Ancestral worship
Port Elizabeth pastor, Afrika Mhlophe, believes that his new book, ‘Christianity and the Veneration of the Dead’, will help to set people free from the deception that dead people can influence the lives of living people and will help them discover what the Bible says on the issue. In the book, […]
Go and see entertaining ‘Nothing for Mahala’
Movie Review by Andre Viljoen NOTHING FOR MAHALA Genre: Comedy Directed by Rolie Nikiwe Screenplay by: Darrel Bristow-Bovey A Heartlines co-production Nothing For Mahala is a really funny, entertaining South African movie that opens in cinemas throughout South Africa on Friday. Go and see it! If you have heard anything about […]
Blessing back from US with vision to provide solar power to shanty towns
Blessing (Lehlohonolo) Motale, 33, is completing his electrical engineering degree with renewed enthusiasm because he has discovered his God-given purpose in life: to provide solar electricity to poor communities. He discovered his life’s mission while at the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry (BSSM) in Redding, California where he studied for two […]