South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Christian news reporting in South Africa is the poorer after freelance journalist Alf James, 62, died last Sunday in the Life Rosepark Hospital in Bloemfontein, where he spent nine weeks in the intensive care unit following a sudden illness. Alf leaves his wife Brenda, who runs their farm near Middelburg, […]
A new Port Elizabeth inter-church, collaborative group called City of Compassion has launched a drive to collect blankets, winter woollies and Bibles for poor, homeless and unemployed people in the city. Group visionary, Patricia van Niekerk of the Salvation Army, Central, said she believes the Holy Spirit gave her the […]
With elections looming, Daan Botha, a member of the Nelson Mandela Bay Church Leaders Network and a pastor at Harvest Christian Church recently presented the first part of a timely two-part teaching entitled “The Sword and the Keys”. Emphasising that his message was biblical equipping and not political training, Botha […]
On Friday morning the rain poured down in solid sheets on the farm Mooi Uitsig, Jeffreys Bay, as we prepared for the opening of the Mighty Men Conference that evening. The roads were a sea of mud as heavy earthmoving graders and trucks struggled to repair them just hours before […]
Last weekend, there was a great celebration at Mooi Uitsig farm near Jeffreys Bay — the venue of the Mighty Men Conference in a week’s time — as the Cross of Hope lit up for the first time. The cross was erected again after the installation of brand-new solar lighting. […]
The Church of Christ the King in Gelvandale, together with the inter-leading hall, were full to overflowing last Saturday as members and guests of the Anglican Diocese of Port Elizabeth gathered to celebrate the consecration and installation of their new Bishop, The Rt Revd Dr Edward Daniels. The Archbishop of […]
There will be great celebration on the farm Mooi Uitsig outside Jeffreys Bay on Saturday as a giant crane raises the 14m steel Cross of Hope just two weeks before the Mighty Men Conference begins. Everyone is welcome to come and watch the huge cross as it lifts off the […]
A “Love of my Life” event — to encourage, equip and rejuvenate pregnant women — is taking place at the Unicorn Café and Salon at the Walker Drive Shopping Centre, Port Elizabeth from 9am to 12pm on Thursday February 28. “Pregnancy is a beautiful time in a woman’s life but […]
With only three weeks to go before the Mighty Men Conference, there is a hive of activity on the farm Mooi Uitsig as teams of volunteers help to prepare the venue which will host an estimated 15 000 people. Tractors are levelling roads, volunteers are laying water pipes, crews are […]
Women are invited to a time of spiritual refreshing and fellowship at the My Beloved — Beauty from Ashes Ladies’ Conference at Lombardini wedding venue near Jeffreys Bay on Saturday March 9. “We are thrilled to be hosting this event for the second year. Last year this event had such […]