A group of approximately 20 enthusiastic young members of the Youth Back to God (YBTG) movement ministered to vulnerable people of all ages at the Emmanuel Centre in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth last Saturday. Their goal in conducting services for a group of preschoolers and disabled teenagers and a second group of […]
Eastern Cape
Ex-AWB stalwart turned around by the grace of God
To see Bertus Deysel cuddling and kissing a little black child in his arms, it is hard to believe that 22 years ago he was a uniformed member of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), a far-right separatist political and paramilitary organisation. Today, he is the loving father figure at the Emmanuel […]
Celebration as giant cross erected in King William’s Town
Hundreds of people from around South Africa came together on Saturday, June 18 to Good News Christian Centre (GNCC) in King William’s Town to celebrate the inauguration of a 14 meter high steel cross and an electronic board which shines out scriptures day and night. Balloons were flying in the warm […]
Insiggewende seminaar oor die Bybel en selfdegeslagverhoudings
Deur Ds Gideon Aggenbag Op Saterdag, Junie 11, het Blouwaterbaai Familiekerk in Port Elizabeth ‘n insiggewende seminaar oor Die Bybel en Selfdegeslagverhoudings aangebied. Ek was aangenaam verras deur die wye verskeidenheid dissiplines wat betrek is en waaroor verskeie sprekers hulle kennis en ondervinding met ons gedeel het. André Bekker het die […]
Faith Hope Love Ministries starts second soup kitchen
From pre-born babies to the elderly, God is bringing miraculous healing and restoration through Faith Hope Love Ministries (FHLM) in Greenbushes, Port Elizabeth. The private, self-funded Christian outreach which started in 2007 and has been providing weekly meals to 300 children, started a second soup kitchen this year — catering […]
Meshoe on election trail in Eastern Cape
By Judy van Aardt On Saturday June 11 ACDP leader Rev Kenneth Meshoe addressed an impromptu meeting in the East London home of Frans and Judy van Aardt who gathered about 35 people at short notice after learning that Meshoe was visiting their on a local government election campaigning road […]
PE Church demonstrating Jesus unity with multicultural soccer competition on June 16
The Christian leadership in Nelson Mandela Bay will be demonstrating unity in diversity with a multicultural football competition on Youth Day, Thursday June 16 — the 40th anniversary of the Soweto student uprising. Sixteen teams from around the Bay and from the visiting Operation Mobilization ship, Logos Hope, which is […]
Logos Hope steams into PE for first time
The world’s largest floating bookshop, Logos Hope, arrived in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday (June 1 2016) for its fourth stopover on its maiden voyage to South Africa. For volunteer crew member Jemma Coetzee, 20, of Port Elizabeth, the arrival was “exciting and overwhelming” as she was welcomed by her parents […]
‘n Kosbare klippie van Middelburg
Deur Fanie Laubscher “Watse klippie lê op jou lessenaar?” Een van my kliënte vra die vraag. Ek kyk na die klippie en glimlag. Voordat ek kan antwoord besef ek nou vir die eerste keer die dankbaarheid en ervaring wat die klippie verteenwoordig. Hierdie jaar het ek my seuntjie saamgevat na […]
Bless The Nations returns to its nautical roots in PE
Conference and missions course on board ship When the 29th annual Bless The Nations conference starts aboard the Logos Hope in the Port Elizabeth harbour on June 17 and 18, 2016, it will be a case of returning to the historical roots of the enduring missions mobilising event. A 1987 […]