Despite being impressed by the claims of Christianity at a meeting he attended at school, a UK teenage pupil didn’t think it was for him because he was Jewish. But when the speaker assured him that this was no barrier, Nick Howard committed his life to Christ, and subsequently discovered […]
Author: Andre Viljoen
Constrained by Love to share the Gospel on a plane under the shadow of genocide
For God so loved the world…. 20 years ago evangelist Michael Cassidy got on a plane in Entebbe, Uganda and sat next to a stranger; a lovely but desperately sad looking young woman from Rwanda. It was just after the genocide in Rwanda when about 75% of the Tutsi minority […]
Nelson Mandela Bay will be Switched On — to Jesus!
Openness of schools to Gospel overwhelms film crew Five days into the week-long Switched On mission in Nelson Mandela Bay reports are coming back of people responding to the Gospel message that is being proclaimed in every corner of the city in the greatest evangelism outreach every undertaken in the […]
Ex diplomat has a God-inspired dream for tackling social injustice and poverty
God has a dream for South Africa – a dream in which the ever present nightmare of social disaster gets managed as risk, birthing a major new business sector and leading the way in poverty eradication. It is a dream which former career diplomat turned carer for Aids orphans, Robert […]
Not a single fight in 75 years of marriage
Originally published in Testimony1.com An elderly Christian couple from Wisconsin, USA, was featured on Time magazine and other US media recently when they revealed to a local news network that they never had even a single argument in their 75 years of blissful marriage. Arlene and Richard Baughman, age 96 […]
Biggest-ever NMB evangelism thrust launches on Sunday — but soul-winners already off the starting blocks
The biggest evangelism thrust ever undertaken in Nelson Mandela Bay (Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage and Despatch) will officially “Switch On” on Sunday (August 16, 2015). But in reality fired-up evangelists who couldn’t wait that long have already been out winning souls. And at a pre-launch pastors’ breakfast and meeting this morning […]
Religious freedom wins as Zizipho reinstated and MP apologises
Religious freedom was the winner this week as University of Cape Town Vice Chancellor Dr Max Price ordered that “expelled” SRC Vice President Zizipho Pae be reinstated and DA MP Marius Redlinghuys apologised to her for comments he made to her in response to her Facebook post reacting critically to the legalisation […]
SA film captures what extraordinary God can do with ordinary people who say ‘Yes’
Darryl Reid remembers a Friday night meeting at his local church (Breakthru Life Church, Johannesburg) about six years ago when a member of a visiting Bethel Church team prophesied that God was going to use him in filmmaking. “My thoughts were, ‘how far off the mark is this guy..?’ writes […]
WATCH: Scientist proves that God exists — Video Of The Week (July 31, 2015)
[notice]In Video of the Week we post a weekly video clip to inspire, inform, edify or entertain. Readers are welcome to email suggested clips of the week to news@gatwaynews.co.za[/notice] Originally published in Testimony1 Dr Gerald Schroeder2 is a scientist with over 30 years of experience in research and teaching. He […]
Cape Town prayer warriors gather in ‘surprising’ force
Prayer leaders in Cape Town are encouraged by a stronger than expected response to a recent call to prayer warriors in the city to join in a united prayer gathering around the themes of unity and 24/7 prayer for revival. A venue at the Lighthouse Family Church in Parow that […]

