Planning for the historic Metro Prayer Day in the 48 000-capacity Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium stepped up a gear this week as organisers confirmed that the event will start at 2pm on Saturday, October 22. As the NMB Metro Prayer Day campaign gathers momentum, a mighty mushroom cloud of prayer […]
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“Prayer mushrooms” springing up all over SA
[notice]In this guest writer feature, Helen Phillips, Cape Town author of “Fly With Me” — an account of her healing from multiple sclerosis — and part-time Christian radio presenter, shares a testimony of how God gave her a vision of mushrooms that is finding fulfilment in strategic prayer groups that […]
Homeless need to be heard, says shelter administrator
Sometimes it takes an effort to listen to the stories of the destitute people who take refuge from the streets in the Metro Evangelical Services (MES) shelter in Korsten, Port Elizabeth, says administrator Ian Landman. But every one of the homeless people who ends up in this shelter for any […]
Mrs PE winners ready for year of community upliftment
Prayer and perseverance were key factors in Chantellé Ferreira’s successful campaign to win the crown in the Kingfisher FM Mrs Port Elizabeth 2011 competition. She said she prayed to God for guidance throughout the 2011 pageant, as she had in 2007 when she came second in the beauty pageant-with-a-difference which […]
Prayer and evangelism out of the ashes of 9/11 despite secular,terror barriers
Tomorrow marks 10 years since the 9/11 terror attacks that changed the world forever. The Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg, who maintains that the United States of today is a secular society, is sticking to his decision to ban prayers and clergymen from the official memorial ceremony at Ground […]
BCCSA defends dignity of women
The Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa took a stand for the protection and dignity of women in a judgment handed down this week in which a radio station was fined R15 000 for abusive remarks against women made on air. A BCCSA tribunal ruled that Heart 104.9 FM had transgressed […]
Vibrant Northern Arts Festival kicks off on September 22
Port Elizabeth’s vibrant Northern Arts Festival which will be held from Thursday September 22 to Sunday September 25 once again invites the people of the Eastern Cape to come and experience its unique blend of arts, culture and community development. This will be the 5th successive staging of the annual […]
Church in PE supports police call for big stadium prayer day
Nelson Mandela Bay church leaders representing major denominations and independent churches throughout the metropole yesterday backed a police initiative to call Christians to a historic mass prayer event at the 48 000-capacity Nelson Mandela Stadium on Saturday October 22. There was a tangible sense of expectancy at yesterday’s meeting at […]
Finnish man arranges inner healing, deliverance seminar to bless PE
A young Finnish man who experienced a breakthrough in his Christian life through an inner healing and deliverance seminar in Finland has arranged a similar seminar in Port Elizabeth. Tapio Siren, 29, who began a one year internship at Fountain Vineyard Church in PE in January has invited internationally recognised […]
Chief Justice apparent Mogoeng under fire for Christian faith
The Christian faith of Constitutional Court Chief Justice nominee Justice Mogoeng has been widely criticised, questioned and ridiculed by media, politicians and gender groups during a week in which the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) reportedly endorsed his nomination. Mogoeng, who was nominated for the top judicial post by President Jacob […]