South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Homeless ministry Acts of Bravery certainly had a brave start. While on his way home from a night shift at work, Dylan Coert was approached on a Port Elizabeth street by a homeless man who feared he was dying. Coert led the man to the Lord and called an ambulance. […]
Message from Dave Pederson, Senior Pastor, Fountain Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Walmer Heights: Last Sunday we had hand bag thieves yet again visit our church. I understand they’ve done this to other churches and institutions as well. In the interests of security we hereby publish confirmed pictures of the three primary […]
Senior Port Elizabeth church leaders in Nelson Mandela Bay this week called on the metro’s newly elected councillors to turn voters’ faith in them into action. In an open letter issued yesterday on the eve of today’s first meeting of the new council headed by the DA’s Athol Trollip as […]
[notice]A story in two parts of God’s relentless pursuit and guidance of one of His sons. Read Part 1[/notice] Open doors After JP Flugel took a bold step of faith in 2008 and resigned his well-paid job to serve Bluewater Bay Community Church full-time, God responded at once, creating a […]
[notice]A story in two parts of God’s relentless pursuit and guidance of one of His sons. Read Part 2 [/notice] Darkness to light Over the past year J P Flugel has experienced God using others to humble him, heal old heart wounds, radically expand his ministry vision — and confirm that […]
Giving their 67 Minutes for Madiba at the Boardwalk Hotel, Port Elizabeth on Saturday July 16, 20 of the city’s senior Christian leaders, once again, proved that they do ‘walk the talk’. They were part of the “Stop Hunger Now” initiative and manned a table forming a production line which […]
Port Elizabeth student Khanya Aba, 23, is excited about the prospect of leading a normal life after she undergoes a kidney transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town on July 19. Khanya, who suffers from acute kidney failure and has been a diabetic since she was six, will be receiving […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]