Originally published in WND An Egyptian court in the southern city of Minya sentenced 683 people to death Monday in the most recent of a series of mass trials that have alarmed the international community, nine months after a military coup ousted Egypt’s first democratically elected president. The ruling came […]
Author: Andre Viljoen
Prolife activist seeks direction at Karoo Mighty Men
Cape Town pro-life activist Peter Throp, who has been praying almost daily outside an abortion clinic in the city, was one of the thousands of men who attended the Karoo Mighty Men Conference last weekend. I asked Throp what had led him to attend the event so far from his […]
Many got baptised during Mighty Men weekend
Not even the cold nights could stop men from seizing the opportunity to be baptised last weekend during the Karoo Mighty Men Conference near Middelburg. After the opening Friday night meeting in which more than a thousand men responded to an altar call to commit their lives to Jesus, hundreds […]
Youth gender issues in focus at PE seminar
The Gender Desk and Diocesan Youth Council of the Anglican Diocese of Port Elizabeth are hosting the “I’M THE ONE” Seminar on Saturday, May 10, from 08h30 to 12h30 at St Mary’s Cathedral, Central. Canon Ethel Pittaway describes the theme based on Ephesians 2:8-10 as “I’m the one saved by […]
Dream bus trip leads to transformed lives
“There is such a calm and contentment over me, a wonderful, wonderful joy,” said a Cape Town man last night as he began to receive thank-you emails from men whose lives were deeply impacted by God at the Karoo Mighty Men Conference after he sponsored their weekend travel. The man […]
Vlooi will challenge men to ‘adopt’ boys for KMMC 2015
Last year he was reborn at the Karoo Mighty Men Conference (KMMC). This year he walked 500km to the conference carrying a cross. But now he says: “It’s a new phase with the Lord — as a child of God”. I was talking to Vlooi Terblanche, 60, on the final […]
Churches across Kenya oppose law that would legalise polygamy
Originally published in BCNNN Churches across the East African nation of Kenya have expressed opposition to a bill that if signed into law would legalize polygamous marriages. As Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta considers signing the marriage bill into law, his administration faces the vocal opposition of multiple church groups. In […]
DVD series on God’s economy grew out of wilderness journey
The completion of a 9-disk DVD series called ‘Rebuilding the walls of the economy’ has been much more than an academic exercise for transformational entrepreneur Patrick Kuwana — it took a humbling time in the wilderness and the forging of a new identity in God to discover the Kingdom economic […]
Vlooi’s ‘Celebration pilgrimage’ to the KMMC: Week 2
The last week of walking through a long, flat, desolate stretch of the Karoo has been lonely and mentally tough at times but “I thank the Lord for accompanying me and for making me stronger and showing me what He is busy doing,” says Vlooi Terblanche two weeks into his […]
Your vote for a small party is not a waste
By Andre Viljoen — Editor, Gateway News [notice]See More articles in the ‘How should Christians Vote?’ category[/notice] It is not uncommon to hear Christian voters say that while they admire the Christian and family values of a certain party they will not vote for it because it is too small to make a […]