A Despatch wife and mother of two toddlers, Illona de Wit, is organising a Bible reading marathon in the Despatch Main Town Hall from 5am on Friday October 26 to approximately 8pm on Monday October 29. “The Lord placed the Bible Reading Marathon in my heart, and my heart’s desire […]
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‘Trophies of grace’ on streets of East London
“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” –1 Corinthians 1:18 What do you say when a businessman gets saved by Jesus in his office because of the words of a preacher on […]
Crossing the Jordan in flood season — Tendai Chitsike
Gateway News columnist Tendai Chitsike shares on the amazing world-impacting “student church” he leads in Grahamstown, and their daunting new challenge of acquiring a church building against unforseen odds. By the grace of God, in the year I arrived to study at Rhodes University in 1997, God used some wonderful […]
Nelson Mandela Bay men invited to Kingdom Manne Camp
Once again, Nelson Mandela Bay will be hosting the annual Kingdom Manne Camp, with this year’s event taking place from September 14 to 16 at Dawson Farm, on the corner of Kraggakamma Rd and Lakeside Rd on the outskirts of Port Elizabeth. Men from all denominations and churches around the […]
PE church leaders meet over City Hall power struggles
Senior church leaders in Port Elizabeth held a special meeting today to discuss their grave concern at the repeated disruption of municipal service delivery in Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) as a result of power struggles between local government political coalitions. The battle for control of City Hall which has frequently […]
Goodbye ‘rock fame’, hello adventures with God
Jean du Rand was making a name for himself in Afrikaans rock music while still in his teens but God had other plans for him and now, at the age of 26, he is about to release some Afrikaans worship songs “with a difference”. I chatted with Jean during a […]
Anticipation builds as Kwela’s “Dorp van die Jaar” prepares to host next Mighty Men Conference.
Jeffreys Bay, Kwela’s “Dorp van die Jaar 2018″, is bracing once again for the biggest Christian gathering the Kouga region has ever seen: the Mighty Men Conference Eastern Cape. The previous conference, held in March 2018 near Humansdorp, was met with much praise from thousands of attendees. The next conference […]
Struggle icon Zondeni Sobukwe was humble ‘mother of prayer’
Liberation struggle icon Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe — widow of PAC founder Robert Sobukwe — died at her home in Graaff-Reinet at 2am yesterday, aged 91‚ following a long illness. The Sobukwe family will remember “Mama Sobukwe” for “her humility and the simplicity with which she approached and viewed life”, the family […]
Amazingrace rides on to share Gospel, support radio station
The Amazingrace ride is back again – this time with cyclists pedalling a 300km route, starting in Jeffreys Bay on September 8, to raise funds for Kingfisher FM’s signal and to tell people about Jesus at towns along the way. This year’s ride will start on September 8 and include […]
They have faith for crazy miracles and they carry radical love
Micah Corbett leads a team of young people who are so full of faith that they look for the most difficult cases during their weekly visits to the Frere Hospital in East London — and they see salvations and healing miracles every week. Most of them had never shared the […]