More than 700 women are expected to attend the annual Arise Women’s Conference at Word of Faith Christian Centre, Port Elizabeth from September 8 to 11. The conference theme is “Sisterhood – Am I my sister’s keeper?” and a lineup of dynamic speakers, including Wyona Norman from the UK, Lefokane […]
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Australia to remove Christ from textbooks
Originally published in Fox News Radio Christians in Australia are accusing national education officials of “Christian cleansing” in response to pending changes in school books that would remove references to the birth of Jesus Christ. The government would replace the terms BC, Before Christ, and AD, Anno Domini, with non-religious […]
Retief Burger at Hoogland, PE, tonight
Talented South African worship artist Retief Burger and his Luidkeels Orkes will be leading an evening of praise and worship at the Hoogland Dutch Reformed Church, Charlo, Port Elizabeth this evening (Friday, September 2). Local musician Alison Gooch will open the evening’s worship. Light meals will be served from 6.30pm […]
Global Leadership Summit profiles: 6 & 7/12
[notice]It is 5 weeks to the launch of the 2011 Global Leadership Summit (GLS) in South Africa. Today we profile the sixth and seventh profiles of the 12 expert speakers who will challenge and inspire summit delegates around the world with the end goal of empowering local churches to transform […]
FAMSA reaching out to MXit users via JamiiX
FAMSA PE is making its emotional support services more accessible through the use of the innovative JamiiX platform which allows people to interact with counsellors via MXit and other chat platforms. The JamiiX system, which was developed by RLabs in Cape Town, was pilot tested at a local school before […]
Jesus Daily is most interactive page on facebook
Jesus Daily, a facebook page that posts daily sayings of Jesus as well as lots of prayer requests, has held its position as facebook’s most engaging page for a remarkable 18 weeks. With 3 419 397 in the last week’s count the page is way ahead of all contenders. With […]
Cricket is vehicle for Gospel, says new EP Cricket coach
New Eastern Province provincial team cricket coach Christo Esau talks about his faith, cricket in the Eastern Cape and Proteas cricket, in this interview with Kingfisher FM presenter Gareth Burley. Earlier this month Eastern Province Cricket announced the appointment of Christo Esau as the coach for the EP provincial team. […]
God-inspired vision to pack PE stadium with 48000 prayers
A group of Christians from various parts of Port Elizabeth unanimously agreed today that the metropole was ripe for change and that God was confirming a vision to hold a mass prayer meeting in the Nelson Mandela Stadium on Saturday, October 22. Today’s meeting at the Mount Road Police Station […]
Bid vir die Springbokke
Ds Freddie Ayford, leraar van dié VGK-gemeente Huguenot, vra voorbidding vir Peter de Villiers (nasionale rugbyafrigter en lidmaat van die gemeente) en die nasionale rugbyspan op Sondag. Volgens ‘n berig in die NG Kerk van Wes- en Suid-Kaapland se Vrydagnuus nuusbrief, gaan die kerk tydens die erediens vir (soos hulle […]
Hope In The Darkness: Praying police officers
[notice]Helenvale in Port Elizabeth has gained notoriety as the worst gangster violence hotspot in the city and one of the most dangerous places in South Africa. But for the people who live there, this small, poor, Northern Areas suburb is home. This article, is the fourth in a series of […]