A campaign of three months of revival prayer from August 1 until October 31 will be launched at the three crosses on the Fountain Vineyard Christian Fellowship fields at 22 Newcombe Road Walmer Heights, Port Elizabeth from 3pm to 4pm on Sunday. The theme for the three months will be […]
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‘Forgive us for hating instead of loving you,’ Black woman writes to SA Whites
This past weekend Nikiwe Apenteng did something that has been building up inside her for years — she sent a message “to all the Whites who are in South Africa” asking them to forgive Black people for hating them and refusing to forgive them “for what your forefathers did” in […]
Our choices affect our democracy — Nelson Mandela Bay church leaders
A media statement released this week by the Nelson Mandela Bay Church Leader Network in response to the anarchy in parts of SA. Also see a NOT ON OUR WATCH video below which church leaders made to promote a mass mobilisation shopping centre tour of the metro which will start […]
Man of prayer and pilgrimage Bishop Eric Pike remembered for compassion, Celtic Christianity
Frankie Simpson editor of iindaba, the newspaper of the Anglican Diocese of Port Elizabeth, and the Rev Canon Robert Penrith pay tribute to former Bishop of Port Elizabeth Eric Pike who died on June 17 at the age of 84 Frankie Simpson writes: How does one write about a saint […]
PE Christians unite in 12 hours of prayer on Youth Day
On Youth Day, June 16, Christians in Port Elizabeth kept prayer and worship going on the square in front of the City Hall from 7am to 7pm as a number of churches and ministries in the city led half-hour slots. “We had a wonderful prayer meeting,” said Richard Crompton, senior […]
Youth Day united prayer at NMB City Hall
This Youth Day on June 16, 22 church leaders from across Nelson Mandela Bay will each pray over the city from the City Hall Square between 7am and 7pm. Prayer topics are:1. The end of the Covid Epidemic2. Rain3. Revival among the Youth 4. The scourge of Crime to End5. […]
WATCH: The Church can bring healing, transformation in SA — Frank Chikane
Originally published in NGKOK.co.za “Unload the corrupt from society, send them in peace to jail. They must do so freely. And tell them not to play a Samson on us by bringing the pillars of society down en route to jail, ” Rev Frank Chikane, former director-general of the presidency […]
Jesu Club is good news for job seekers
More than 50 people, including 40 job seekers, attended the launch of the Jesu (Joy Employment & Skills Upliftment) Club at Joy to the Nations church in Walmer, Port Elizabeth on Wednesday morning. The club, which is a project of the church, in partnership with other ministries and organisations in […]
TESTIMONY: Goodwill flourishes as damsel comes to rescue
At the end of last week as Port Elizabeth was still suffering the consequences of a protracted, violent taxi strike, a Gateway News reader sent us the testimony below, explaining that “in light of all the negative press surrounding taxi strikes, etc. I thought I’d share a good news story” […]
Prayer and thanksgiving event at Kouga Dam next Saturday as ‘day zero’ alarms sounded
UPDATE: This event has been cancelled due to latest Covid regulations: BUT PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR RAIN!!! A call for Christians to join in a prayer and thanksgiving event at the Kouga Dam has been made by a Port Elizabeth church as the region’s largest dam is at 4.25% capacity […]
