Could God be reviving the 18th Century Moravian Awakening which reached South Africa’s Khoi people when German missionary George Schmidt arrived in the Western Cape in 1737?
Kudi Christi, who leads a small congregation called The Stable, in St Albans, on the western outskirts of Gqeberha, believes so. He said he is greatly encouraged by what happened over the Easter weekend when he took a group of believers on a visit to the historic Genadendal Mission Station established by Schmidt.
He said that for many years he and his prayer group have believed that God was going to reawaken historic revivals across the nation and they frequently visited historic mission sites where they have prayed for the return of old revival fires.
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Over Easter he took people from his congregation and from various parts of the Western Cape, including areas where he has conducted evangelistic crusades, on a visit to Genadendal. He said a number of the people joined the pilgrimage after learning of it through word of mouth.
He said that “Heaven opened” when the pilgrims got to a famous pear tree which Schmidt had planted and where he, and later, his disciple, a Khoi woman, Vehettge Tikkuie (later known as Magdalena), had faithfully read the Bible to the local Khois over many decades.
He said the Easter pilgrims, who were Coloured people and ancestors of the historic Khoi people, encountered Jesus when they touched the pear tree. They laughed joyfully, fell down in the Spirit and spoke in clicking tongues reminiscent of their Khoi ancestors. Some of them received healing and some had visions. Both adults and young children were touched by the Lord, he said.
Kudi said he believes the pear tree experience is a sign of God connecting people to the foundations of work that He did in the past and which He is reviving again. “He’s putting them into his plan, so that they go home with a new eagerness to follow His plan and be used by Him.”
He said that word of what happened over Easter had spread and as a result he took other groups to Genadendal and each time, at the pear tree “God connected people to the foundations of what He is doing in South Africa”.
Kudi said that his prayer group has been studying historic revivals around the world and in South Africa for years. He said they had asked God if they could not experience such things in their time. For some time they had been sensing that God was saying He was going to do it again.
A standout feature of the Moravian Awakening was a 24/7 prayer meeting that began in the German village of Hernhut in 1727 and continued for over 100 years. The movement sent hundreds of missionaries worldwide, including to South Africa.
Visit kudichristi.com for more information on the Eastern Cape ministry.
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