Senior leaders of churches in Nelson Mandela Bay met in the Port Elizabeth City Hall on Tuesday to urgently address the breakdown in governance in the metro where a council meeting could not be held last Thursday because of a lack of a quorum. The church leaders reminded councillors of […]
Eastern Cape
East Cape churches outcry against religious regulation sheds new light — FOR SA
The differences between churches and the CRL Rights Commission reached a new level last weekend when the Weekend Post newspaper led with a report on threats by major churches in the Eastern Cape to campaign against political parties which support the CRL’s religious regulation proposals. Freedom of Religion SA, which […]
PE holding first ‘Walk For Freedom’ against human trafficking
Port Elizabeth will have its first Walk For Freedom on Saturday October 14, along with hundreds of cities across 50 nations, participating in the global anti-human trafficking fundraising and awareness campaign. Operated by A21, the 2017 Walk For Freedom will see people dressed in black, walking silently, in single file, […]
PE churches getting Activ8ted for mission conference next weekend
Churches and ministries afilliated to the Nelson Mandela Bay’ Switched On alliance are hard at work preparing for the Act1v8 (Activate) missions conference which will be hosted at various Port Elizabeth churches from Friday September 15 to Sunday September 17. Switched On, which was birthed during a citywide evangelism outreach […]
Worship songs and prayers uplift patients at PE hospital
When Gateway News received a lovely recording [Listen below] of nursing staff at Life St George’s Hospital, Port Elizabeth, singing the Lord’s Prayer in a urology ward, we decided to investigate. We found out that at the change of the morning and afternoon shifts the nursing staff in the different wards […]
New citywide missions conference launching in PE in September
A new Port Elizabeth citywide missions conference called Activate that will be launched with meetings at different venues in the city from September 15 to September 17 will seek to build on the excellent foundation of the Bless The Nations missions conference that has been held in the city for […]
Church moving resolutely to forefront of struggle against corruption, state capture
Two years ago there were hardly any church leaders speaking out against corruption in government but this week church leaders were at the forefront of marches against corruption throughout the country, ahead of Tuesday’s no-confidence vote which President Jacob Zuma survived by a narrow margin. Nowhere was this remarkable shift […]
Prayer and anointing protected classrooms from fire, says teacher
Pascale Collier, who teaches French at Woodridge College, near Port Elizabeth, believes that prayer and oil anointing played a role in protecting classrooms that were spared when a devastating fire destroyed half the school buildings in early June. She recalls visiting the school after the weekend fire and telling a […]
Finding my amazing real dad! — Testimony
Ntomboxolo Matiwane asked Port Elizabeth businessman and former school friend Thamsanqa Ngamlana to share his testimony. This is his emotional rollercoaster of a story. Having been raised by a single parent under challenging circumstances I will not lie and say I was never a happy child. I had been taught […]
Opportunity for growth at “Release Conference”in PE
Believers in Port Elizabeth are invited to attend a week of impactful teaching at “Release Conference”which will be held at the Newton Park Library Auditorium from June 26 to June 30. “We believe that Holy Spirit will minister in such a significant way that will move you to a new […]