A Port Elizabeth family is desperately trying to raise a substantial amount of money to pay for major arterial bypass surgery that their teenage daughter needs to have in America as soon as possible. Victoria Park High School Grade 12 pupil Ashleigh Botha, 18 has Intimal Fibromuscular Dysplasia (FMD), an […]
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Young PE women celebrate their worth in Christ
On the weekend of May 13 and 14 Walmer Methodist Church hosted 90 young women from all over the Bay at the Worthy Young Women’s Conference. Amongst the speakers and conference delegates, 13 different churches were represented. The first-ever Worthy Young Women’s Conference was held in 2008, the second in […]
Port Alfred youth get behind drive to feed hungry
Port Alfred Soup Kitchen, in association with the international organisation Stop Hunger Now, packaged 50 436 meals last Saturday (May 14)th in less than 7 hours. They required 200 volunteers for the packaging operation at Port Alfred High School. Instead they got more than 400 volunteers from various schools and […]
New forum will speak for church in Nelson Mandela Bay
A new church leaders’ forum, known as the Nelson Mandela Bay Consultation of Christian Churches (NMBCCC), has been established to promote partnerships in which church leaders in the metropole can listen, speak and act together. The establishment of the forum was part of “an amazing move of the Holy Spirit” […]
Now, the Naked News on Kingfisher FM…
First Barry removed his shoe, then Luthando uncovered the bare facts, as the Kingfisher FM Good Morning Show presenters treated listeners to a well-deserved send-up of the e.tv show that has sparked protest actions by Christians opposed to airwaves porn. The e.tv Naked News programme, featuring women presenters who strip […]
Uniting Reformed Church urges members to participate in elections
Members of the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA) have been urged to vote in the local Government elections next week despite any temptation to ignore the elections as a result of poor service delivery by political leaders. The call is made in a pastoral letter published yesterday by […]
Porn protest marches to e.tv studios in Cape Town, Joburg
Christians, led by several women’s groups, will march to the e.tv studios in Cape Town and Johannesburg on Saturday May 21 to hand over a memorandum urging the broadcaster to remove sexually explicit programmes, says Africa Christian Action (ACA) in a media statement released today. The march organisers urge Christians […]
It’s time for SA Christians to join a movement for good!
[notice]Call to transform SA with help of new forgood social networking technology[/notice] Heartlines and African Enterprise (AE) have joined forces to promote a groundbreaking social networking tool which AE national team leader Miles Gijjam says provides the church with an opportunity to take a lead in social tranformation in South […]
JASA admitted as friend of court in sexual age of consent action
The Pretoria High Court has ordered that the Justice Alliance of South Africa (JASA) be admitted as a friend of the court to assist the State in opposing an application to strike down sections 15 and 16 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 32 of […]
Millions of Christians support e.tv switch-off campaign — Naidoo
Millions of Christians are joining an “e-tv mass switch off” campaign in protest over the channel’s screening of the show, Naked News, and other pornographic content, says Family Policy Institute director Errol Naidoo. Naidoo initiated the switch-off campaign on Thursday last week after e.tv dismissed calls by Christians for the […]