Literacy and numeracy support materials were donated to nine schools in the Port Elizabeth district of the Department of Education (DoE) this week to assist their Grades 1–3 teachers with the implementation of the Foundations for Learning campaign. These schools are part of a circuit team pilot project which is […]
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Race against time to raise funds for US surgery for PE teen
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 […]
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 […]
Burn 24-7 founder to lead worship event in PE next Friday
Worshipers from throughout Port Elizabeth will pursue the presence of God together next Friday as Burn 24-7 founder Sean Feucht leads a Burn gathering in the city. Feucht, who is the founder of grassroots global worship and prayer movement Burn 24-7 is back in South Africa to fan the flames […]
David Wilkerson dies in car crash
David Wilkerson, 79, author of the The Cross and the Switchblade and founder of World Challenge Ministries and Times Square Church in New York City, died in a car crash in Texas yesterday. His wife, 70-year-old Gwendolyn Wilkerson, was seriously injured in the collision between their car and an 18-wheeler […]
Obedience to God leads to global movement of hope and transformation
[notice]In a recent interview in Port Elizabeth, Gateway News spoke to Cape Town social media and IT entrepreneur Marlon Parker whose innovative use of social media is making a positive impact around the world[/notice] Four years ago university lecturer and PhD student Marlon Parker felt God challenging him to use […]
Michael Cassidy pioneering new Christian discipleship project
At the age of 75 African Enterprise (AE) founder Michael Cassidy is finding fresh purpose in pioneering a project aimed at leading people to Christ through a strategy of spiritual multiplication. Inspired by successful Christian discipling strategies in India and motivated by a clear call from God to change his […]
PE artist amazed as painting success paves way to share gospel
[notice]Conversion gave Duncan Stewart the boldness to pursue his talent and discover God’s purpose for it[/notice] Port Elizabeth artist Duncan Stewart vividly remembers waking up on the morning of Saturday, September 18, 1998, to an overwhelming awareness of the presence and holiness of God. Six months before, as a […]
A journey of faith, hope and perseverance
“Gateway City” prophetic word confirms calling to bring lasting hope to families and renews assurance that God has great plans for PE Six years ago a young Cape Town Christian youth worker had a vision in which God told him to move to a place in the Eastern Cape called […]