Rachelle is five years old and did not speak when she first came to the soup kitchen at Faith Hope Love Ministries in Greenbushes, Port Elizabeth. She ignored the other kids and only spoke to her mother and showed with her hands what she wanted. Rachelle now has verbal diarrhoea… […]
Author: Marieke van der Merwe
“Discipleship in the Wild” gap year programme starting in 2015
When you pass the little town of Tarkastad between Cradock and Queenstown on the R61 in the Eastern Cape, you might not picture it as the place your teenager would want to stay – for a year. But this might just be the place where he or she could have […]
21Partnership hosting Fire Conference in PE
A new end-time apostolic movement, the 21 Partnership under the banner of “One Voice, One Vision “, is inviting Port Elizabeth church leaders from all denominations to join them at their Fire Conference from October 17 to 19, 2014 at the Dower College sports field. According […]
Men of God hanging out in PE taverns!
Taverns are not where one would expect to find men of God, but members of the Men4Peace Network recently started visiting taverns in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth, in an attempt to bring change to the crime and violence situation. “Crime such as domestic violence, rape and robberies are perpetrated by men, […]
Invitation for prayer gathering to intercede for trafficked women and children
Capetonians from all denominations are urgently called to join in a prayer gathering on Saturday evening, October 11 to intercede for women and children being oppressed, exploited, enslaved and trafficked. This will take place at the Franschoek Dutch Reformed church from 18:00 to 21:00 and is the closing event of […]
Media Campaign Against Human Trafficking presents international human trafficking conference in Cape Town
A music concert, soccer match, film festival and a gala evening are all part of the International Human Trafficking for Africa Conference from October 13 to 17, 2014 at the Rocklands Centre in Simonstown, Cape Town. Organised by MeCHAT (Media Campaign Against Human Trafficking), the conference aims to motivate individuals […]
Beheading video clip inspires renewed call to preach Gospel throughout Africa
Corrinne Sandenbergh, director of STOP (Stop Trafficking Of People), urges believers to go out in Africa and preach the Gospel. This comes after trying to makes sense of a disturbing video clip she saw while attending the recent Human Trafficking and Gender Based Violence, Micah consultation in Livingstone, Zambia. During […]
Indigitous event will focus on mobile evangelism in Africa
The explosion of mobile phones in Africa is opening up new ways of doing evangelism. The potential for this will be investigated at a two-day event in Pretoria on October 17 and 18, 2014. The event is the initiative of the movement, Indigitous, whose aim is to connect people to […]
Rain tested faith at PE women’s conference
It was cold and rainy, but despite the weather, about 150 women from Kleinskool, just outside Port Elizabeth, made their way to a conference with the theme “You can” on Women’s Day. It was presented by Nerina Smith from Women-on-the-Move Ministries in Cape Town and Nancy Chasa from Clarkson. The […]
From prostitute to preacher
I gave Sharon Chasa (40) a lift to Plettenberg Bay on my way down from PE to Cape Town last year September. From the moment she stepped into my car, I knew that I had picked up a passionate Jesus follower. She had just been on an outreach and was […]