Author: Bonnie Mentel

Passion Conference breaks age barrier in SA

Strobe lights and a passionate Old Testament scripture reading kicked off the conference in Centurion Wednesday night. Chris Tomlin, an American Christian Contemporary Music Artist, performed as the crowd sang along with him in worship. “I have never worshiped Jesus from a cricket stadium,” Louie Giglio, pastor, speaker and founder […]

Reaching the world port-by-port

[notice]Operation Mobilisation Ships CEO Peter Nicoll is in South Africa training on leadership development. Bonnie Mentel met him in Pretoria where they chatted about unusual ministry opportunities opened up by the ship, Logos Hope which has had more than 3 million visitors in the last three years.[/notice]Operation Mobilisation (OM) Ships […]

East London youth “experience” persecution

[notice]Simulation training exercise brings home harsh reality of abuse of Christians in Eritrea and other persecution hotspots.[/notice] OM teams recently met at two churches in East London and ministered to the youth, while challenging and mobilising them for missions. “We taught them about the persecuted church and how to live […]

Sharing Jesus in the Middle East

[notice]Muslim woman’s step-by-step journey of discovering who Jesus really is.[/notice] Shantelle* has been on assignment with Operation Mobilisation (OM), in the Middle East since 2010. Since then, she has learned that Muslims have at least three popular misconceptions concerning Christianity. First, they think that Christians believe in three gods; Jesus, […]