A united front of Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) church leaders has called on the State President and other political leaders to take urgent action to resolve a major service delivery crisis in the metropole. In an open letter to the national, provincial and local leaders, the church leaders say that […]
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PE petrol attendant reaches out to homeless
Port Elizabeth petrol attendant Hilton Essau has a heart for the poor and uses some of the money that he earns from tips to buy food for homeless people he has befriended. Essau who is also a pastor at Fishers of Men Apostolic Body in Extention 32, in the Northern […]
iChurch coming to PE soon!
A vision of a church that has been burning in the hearts of a group of Christians in Port Elizabeth for the past two years is coming to a beachfront cinema soon. iChurch will launch at the Nu Metro cinema at the Boardwalk at 9am on Sunday, August 5. It […]
Arab Christian leader to share on “Arab Spring Revolution”
An Arab Christian leader serving in a closed, Islamic-ruled country will brief South Africans next week about the Arab Spring Revolution from a Christian perspective. He is a keynote speaker at INcontext Ministries’ youth and young adult oriented 23:59 Missions Conference which is being held in Kimberley (July 9), Port […]
Missions are on God’s heart, says young leader after India trip
David McGillivray, a 20-year-old leader at Oxygen Life Church in Port Elizabeth who will be attending the INcontext Ministries 23:59 Missions Conference next week, recently experienced a life-changing and faith-growing missions trip to Mumbai, India. He was part of a church team that went to support a local pastor working […]
Church leaders condemn political killings in Nelson Mandela Bay
Politically motivated killings in ANC circles in Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) were condemned by local church leaders this week in a statement released by Bishop Bethlehem Nopece, Anglican Bishop of Port Elizabeth, on behalf of the NMB Consultation of Christian Churches (NMBCCC). Referring to the recent murder of a senior […]
US bible scholar to lecture in PE on New Testament and human sexuality
A US-based Bible scholar and missionary, Dr Rollin Gross will present a public lecture on the New Testament and human sexuality at St Nicholas Church, Charlo Port Elizabeth at 7pm on Wednesday (July 4). And on Tuesday (July 3) at 7pm, he will talk on “Why study the Bible?” at […]
“23:59” will challenge young to sacrifice all for Gospel
Calling a new generation to missions in a changing world INcontext Ministries, a ministry focusing on global trends and events from a mission perspective, is bringing a challenging one-day missions conference geared towards youth and young adults to Kimberley, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg in July. “The single biggest challenge in […]
PE’s Bless The Nations Conference reaches 25-years landmark
The Bless The Nations Conference — the premier, annual world missions event in the Eastern Cape — will celebrate its 25th anniversary next week. Delegates from more than 100 churches are expected to attend the multi-denominational event at the Hoogland Dutch Reformed Church, in Lorraine, Port Elizabeth, from Friday June […]
Jeugfokus by NG sinode in Oos-Kaapland
Deur Erika Ferreira Bring die kerk tot waar die kinders is, doen “huisbesoek” by kinders, en bemagtig ouers om self hul kinders se geloof te vorm, is van die raad wat verskeie kenners aan die Oos-Kaapse Sinode gegee het om so relevant vir die jeug te wees. Die jeug en […]