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 […]
Eastern Cape
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 […]
‘Outrageous’ support for Matthew Lunch for PE homeless, poor
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 […]
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 […]
