By Graham Ries, organiser of Matthew Lunch By divine design, and divine design only, order will come out of chaos. The Lord has blessed this year’s Matthew Lunch outrageously. Food, clothing and money worth nearly R45 000 has poured in from all over with cash donations ranging from R10 to […]
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African Catholic Church holding Provincial Synod in Uitenhage
By Rev Nceba Dladla The African Catholic Church will hold its National (Provincial) Synod at St Thomas Parish, African Catholic Church (ACC) in Helen Joseph Street, KwaNobuhle in Uitenhage from September 23 to 28, 2014. The Provincial Synod which is the highest decision-making body of the 106-year-old African Catholic Church […]
God’s ‘Mighty’ word to a would-be father
Port Elizabeth lay pastor Shawn Swiegelaar and his wife Michelle had all but given up hope of having children. But then God spoke to Shawn at the Karoo Mighty Men. This is Shawn’s testimony. “I have been married for 18 years now and both my wife (Michelle) and I are […]
National restoration and reconciliation initiative launched in EL
“I need you!” That was the heart cry of Erna “Nobuntu” Goedhart at the national launch of the Unity Corporation Project in East London on Thursday last week. The glittering function at the Two Swans wedding venue was attended by over 200 guests from local and provincial government, traditional leaders, […]
Encouraging words from Joshua Mills at EL conference
The ruling spirit over South Africa is the Holy Spirit. That was the word God gave Joshua Mills, of New Wine International, as he stepped off the airplane in Johannesburg arriving for his second visit to the country with his wife, Janet. And that was just part of the encouragement […]
Dream-inspired project putting sparkle into PE state hospitals
Port Elizabeth businessman Alan Barr woke up at 5am on January 28, 2012, from a dream that he believed was from God. And 19 months later that dream is rapidly coming true with the launch of ‘Project Sparkle’ — a remarkable community-supported renovation campaign that aims to tranform PE’s three state hospitals […]
Pastor John hands Harvest leadership baton to son, Pastor Mark
Training of next generation of sons to lead church began 7 years ago On Sunday (September 7, 2014) Pastor John Scholtz, who has led Harvest Christian Church, Port Elizabeth, for the past 18 and a half years, passed the baton of leadership to his son, Pastor Mark Scholtz, in the […]
Healings aplenty as new church moves into Kwanobuhle hall
On Saturday (September 13, 2014) Pastors Akwa and Xabisa Obong will officially open the doors of the new home of the recently established Word of Faith Church in the Kwanobuhle Multipurpose Hall in Kwanobuhle, Uitenhage. The congregation developed out of home visits since the beginning of the year by Pastor […]
Joshua Mills in East London, Pinetown
Joshua and Janet Mills of New Wine International will be ministering at God Adventure(GA) East London at Gathering of the Coals (GOTC) and the annual Supernatural Lifestyle Conference next week. Mills is an international keynote speaker and author, song writer and singer having written more than 600 worship songs. Together […]
Human trafficking and exploitation – you too can make a difference
“Too many of us are silent on the issue of human trafficking” said Marcel van der Watt, one of the speakers at the third annual Anti-human Trafficking Conference held at Fountain Vineyard Church in Port Elizabeth on August 30, 2014. Previously involved in the investigation of human trafficking and organised […]