Co-founder of the South African Satanic Church (SASC) Riaan Swiegelaar says he has left Satanism after he had an encounter with Jesus. In a Facebook video [see below] he posted on Monday in response to many questions he received about his spiritual about-turn, Swiegelaar, who was the presiding reverend of […]
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‘SA, will your YES spark the nation’s turnaround?’ asks worship movement leader, ahead of Joburg event with Sean Feucht on Saturday
South African Burn 24/7 leader Pete Gooch writes this preview/call to action regarding a free open-air worship event on Saturday with Sean Feucht, the fiery leader of the Let Us Worship movement. Let Us Worship held mass, open-air worship meetings across the United States during the pandemic when indoor church […]
DRC group committed to biblical truth holding inaugural ‘family meeting’ in Pretoria
“It’s Kairos time — a historic watershed moment in the history of the Dutch Reformed Church!,” says the Kairos Network (KN) in an announcement about its “first family meeting of believers who are faithful to the Scriptures” on July 21 and 22 at the AfriForum Theatre in Brooklyn, Pretoria. “Just […]
‘At your service!’ — Church in NMB ready to deliver
With more than 10 congregations in every ward of Nelson Mandela Bay, pastors and congregants can make a real difference in restoring services to the metro, says the NMB Church Leader Network (NMBCLN) in an email appeal to local church leaders. “We encourage all our church leaders to team up […]
FOR SA concerned that Covid still a notifiable medical condition
Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) says it is concerned that while the health minister repealed certain Covid-19 regulations yesterday, the disease remains a category-2 notifiable condition. In a press release today, FOR SA notes that despite the lifting of Regulations 16A through 16C of the Health Regulations Amendment, […]
Prayer responses to Nelson Mandela Bay water crisis
Amidst reports of dam levels plummeting, taps beginning to run dry in the Nelson Mandela Bay region, and various emergency measures mounted to provide water to citizens, two special calls to prayer were released in the last few days. The ACDP called on Christians to join its online “Let it […]
‘Entertaining an angel’ on Day Zero
On Wedensday Etheline Wiese answered a call for believers to pray at Nelson Mandela Bay’s reservoirs as taps have begun to run dry in the drought-stricken metro. She shares how this simple act of faith led to a divine encounter It is Day Zero in our Beloved City, Gqeberha. Tap […]
‘Problematic’ ConCourt ruling leaves parents with ‘no clear right’ to bury deceased unborn babies
The Constitutional Court has found that the Births and Death Registration Act (BADRA) does not prohibit the burial of the remains of a child that died in the womb during the first 26 weeks of intra-uterine existence. However, in its ruling handed down on Wednesday, the court overturned a High Court […]
TESTIMONY: Jabu Ndaba — from despairing prisoner to joyful prison evangelist
Growing up in Soweto, Johannesburg, Jabu Ndaba and his boyhood friends admired older, violent, neighbourhood criminals who hijacked cars and trucks. He says they started stealing from shops at an early age. “Sometimes we got arrested. They spanked us, then released us.” Later Jabu and his friends graduated to stealing […]
Church must act now to help resolve service delivery crisis in Nelson Mandela Bay, says Jennings
It is time for church leaders and Christian citizens in Nelson Mandela Bay to stop just talking about the ongoing service delivery crisis and to take action to “take our city back”, said Trevor Jennings of the NMB Church Leaders Network. He was speaking to Gateway News this week ahead […]

