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 […]
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Time fixed for Karoo Mighty Men Conference 2015
The dates have been set for the fifth Karoo Mighty Men Conference (KMMC), which will take place from April 24 to 26, 2015 on the outskirts of Middelburg in the Eastern Cape on Rusoord Farm. If past years are anything to go by the event will be marked by the […]
Pro-life doctor urges Christians to lay charges against illegal abortion advertisers
Dr Faan Oosthuizen does not compromise when he talks about abortion or Christians’ general unwillingness to stand up against abortion. “God commands us: Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; Defend the rights of the poor and needy; Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those […]
MMC Central plans to build on a strong foundation
Mighty Men Conference Central South Africa (MMC Central SA) plans to build on the strong foundation of faith in Jesus, which was laid at its first event at the Bundu Game Lodge between Riebeeckstad and Odendaalsrus near Welkom on the weekend of June 27 to 29, 2014. “Like a wise […]
Mighty Mens “Amen” comes to the Free State
It is through the organising of busloads of men to go to Mighty Men Conferences outside the Free State and the friendships and brotherhood that developed out of attending the events, that a resolute desire to hold a Mighty Men Conference in the Free State grew, according to Garth Batteson […]
First Mighty Men Central SA at Welkom at end of Month
It has been a long time coming but it is finally happening — the first Mighty Men Conference in the central region of South Africa will be held at Bundu Game Lodge just outside Welkom from Friday, June 27 to Sunday, June 29. After Mighty Men movement founder Angus Buchan […]
Zola Budd dedicates her Comrades run to Pierre Korkie
Originally published in ecna.com Veteran athlete Zola Budd says she will dedicate her Comrades Marathon run to Pierre Korkie, who coached her in the late 1990s. She will run the ultra-marathon on Sunday with a yellow ribbon to honour the former Bloemfontein teacher who has been held by […]
Encountering Jesus in the Karoo: Latest KMMC reports
Glorious Karoo sunsets, the tangible presence of God and a multicultural gathering of some 20 000 spiritually hungry men made for a memorable and life-changing weekend on Rusoord farm near Middelburg last weekend. The links below give a small taste of the wonderful things God did in the hearts of […]
Many got baptised during Mighty Men weekend
Not even the cold nights could stop men from seizing the opportunity to be baptised last weekend during the Karoo Mighty Men Conference near Middelburg. After the opening Friday night meeting in which more than a thousand men responded to an altar call to commit their lives to Jesus, hundreds […]
Partnership with church leaders launched at KMMC
This year’s KMMC took a huge step forward in partnering with local churches when a meeting of church leaders who attended the conference was held. According to Dave Turner, one of the local organisers of the KMMC and a lay pastor in Middelburg, it was an extremely positive gathering, the […]