Port Elizabeth Christian youth worker Alta de Lange has been running Adventure Week children’s holiday clubs for 10 years. And the adventure just keeps on getting bigger and bolder. Having seen the love and joy of Jesus touch thousands of young people’s lives through Adventure Week and the programme spreading […]
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Unity Project restoration initiative takes to the road again
The second leg of a trip to alert the nation about what God is doing with The Unity Project begins on Wednesday 8 October when Erna Goedhart takes to the road again. The Unity Project is a specific plan that God started giving to Erna on 16 April 1998 for […]
EL development centre raising funds to expand impact in informal settlement
The Lathitha Development Centre in East London is a beacon of hope, shining a spotlight on individuals, families and the community in Mzamomhle Informal Settlement in Gonubie. Now Lathitha, which means light, is launching a Thundafund crowd funding campaign on Monday (April, 13) to raise funds for the upgrading and […]
SA and world youth take stand in pro-life events on International Life Chain Sunday
Up to a million Christians in approximately 1 800 locations worldwide took part in the various Life Chains on October 5, International Life Chain Sunday. A National March for Life, organised by the National Alliance for Life, took place in Umhlanga, Durban, with about 2 000 marching, reports the Christian […]
NMB Christians urged to join 7-day revival prayer initiative
A seven weeks campaign of non-stop prayer for revival which began in Cape Town on September 1 is due to conclude in the Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) on Sunday, October 19, says NMB Prayer Network Coordinator, Pastor Joan Keeling. She urges all believers, churches and schools in NMB to participate […]
They come to rewrite matric. They leave transformed by God
Opportunity to sponsor students After more than 40 years in education Mart and Toy van Vuuren sensed God was giving them a vision to uplift disadvantaged students. Mart, a former Teacher Training College lecturer and Toy, a former High School Principal, spent three busy years preparing to launch a Grade […]
‘No Apologies’ Asi lays down sexual abstinence message to SA learners
Asisithi Mbewu, the 23 year old facilitator and trainer of Focus on the Family’s No Apologies programme, is passionate about the “abstinence works every time” message that has already reached 1,5 million learners in South Africa and beyond since 2002. No Apologies is a character based life skills curriculum that […]
Foot washer David Cape gets to see where some seeds fell
As Christians we are often unaware of the effect we have on other people and wonder if there is any purpose in much of what we do, said David Cape, who over the last 26 years has walked thousands of kilometres through more than 30 nations carrying a cross and […]
Glimmer of hope for East London homeless
Lennox Kwakweni lives on the East London Esplanade, more precisely, on the sea side of the little wall that borders the pavement, where there is no protection from the wind and cold coming off the sea. I know him by his Xhosa name but he prefers to use his English […]
Mighty Men breakfasts in PE, Cape Town
Two Mighty Men breakfast gatherings are being held — on Saturday, October 4, in Port Elizabeth and on Saturday, October 11, in Cape Town — ahead of next year’s Karoo Mighty Men Conference in April and the Western Cape Mighty Men Conference in September 2015. The Cape Town breakfast will […]