[notice]This week marks the start of the 16 days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children (November 25 to December 10) and Gateway News Volunteer Reporter Debbie Hemmens took the opportunity to look at how three Gauteng-based NGOs are tackling the gender violence problem.[/notice] The 16 days campaign […]
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Young Christian leaders will sleep in jail during Robben Island Freedom Imbizo
Freedom Mantle, the youth of the South African Christian Leaders Initiative (SACLI), will be journeying with 20 young South Africans, between 18 to 35 years of age, on Robben Island as they deeply engage the possible futures of their generation and country after 20 years of democracy. The core theme of this […]
#imagine youth movement to host four festivals in April, 2015
Expanding on the positive results of the 2014 #imagine Experiences, four weekend-long youth festivals are planned for next year, says #imagine Movement in a media statement. From April 10 to 12, 2015, up to 20 000 teenagers and youth leaders will be gathering in four locations across South Africa to […]
Call to prayer at Pretoria launch of Wailing Women Worldwide
Women with a heart for prayer are invited to attend the Pretoria launch of Wailing Women Worldwide at Rathanile Hall, Mamelodi East on Saturday November 29, says evangelist Moshidi Makola on behalf of Shape Ministries who will host the event. The focus of the day will be on teaching about […]
Rick Warren on gay marriage: ‘The Church must not cave in’
Originally published in Christian Today “Marriage can only be between a man and a woman,” Rick Warren told an audience at the Vatican yesterday. Speaking before Pope Francis’ Humanum conference in Rome, the bestselling author and pastor of Saddleback church in California passionately defended traditional marriage. “The Bible says you […]
Children, going home and the Munroes
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Something very profound happened to me and my son as I was picking him from preschool this past Monday. It’s a fairly big school with different classes and so when I went to his class he was there with his teachers and […]
Mentors and dads will play role in crowning daughters of the King in SA
Reflections on inaugural “Becoming a Modern Day Princess” leadership training [notice]Debbie Hemmens reports back on the recent SA launch of the “Becoming A Modern Day Princess” mentorship programme for young girls with a leadership training session by programme founder Doreen Hanna.[/notice] Our pre-teens and teens often listen to the media […]
It’s worth making sacrifices for family relationships
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Anything of value in life requires some level of sacrifice; some level of letting go of the comfortable. We should be willing to sacrifice going without for a short while so we can benefit from something more valuable in the long term. […]
Cape Town churches get behind Youth Transformation 2015 stadium event
A vision to hold a mass “Youth Transformation” gathering at Newlands Rugby Stadium, Cape Town, on April 27 next year took a significant step forward yesterday when about 200 church leaders attended a unity meeting to launch the event to the Church. Kyle Driver, founder of Youth Transformation Africa (YTA), […]
A remarriage dreamed in heaven
It was a match dreamed in heaven when Audrey and Ron Duffield remarried each other on Saturday (October, 18) — 28 years after they were divorced. Audrey, 74, said although they had both been living in the same Port Elizabeth cottage for some years, they had lived totally separate lives […]

