[notice] PETE GOOCH, Port Elizabeth organiser of the international prayer and worship movement, Burn, sets the scene for the next Burn event in the city, on Friday, July 15. NB: NOTE THE DATE CHANGE FROM THE 1st TO THE 15th OF JULY. He also highlights some other essential worship dates […]
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“War Piper 4 Mighty Men” to gather Christian warriors along 1 500km route
James McGowan aka Piperjames aka South Africa’s royal bagpiper aka War Piper 4 Mighty Men will walk 1 500km from Cape Town to Mooi River to pipe-up support for the Kwazulu-Natal Mighty Men Conference (KZN-MMC) in October. The colourful piper who has played at Queen Elizabeth’s dinner table, the wedding […]
SA worship that aims to touch nations
Music Review by Shelley Wasserman DUNAMIS –No Place Like Home ‘No Place Like Home’ is a praise and worship CD/DVD from the worship team of the ‘Dunamis International Family Church’ based in Germiston, South Africa. The Dunamis band started recording their songs and making CDs in response to a prophetic […]
BCCSA nod to Naked News slammed by Christian organisations
A ruling yesterday by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) that e.tv’s Naked News programme does not contravene the Broadcasting Code of Conduct has been sharply criticised by Christian values activists. BCCSA tribunal chairman Professor Kobus van Rooyen SC dismissed complaints that the late-night programme which features naked […]
A hard and twisty road to biker ministry calling
When Port Elizabeth policeman Mornay Rossouw lay battered in hospital after a serious crime scene accident he was sceptical when a friend told him God had a plan for his life. Seven years later, during a service at the Biker’s Church in PE, he was struck by the truth of […]
Malema and Nelson Mandela compared: who will save South Africa?
From Pastor John Preller, Port Elizabeth Dear Editor We didn’t deserve Nelson Mandela, but we were blessed with his compassion, vision and wisdom, guiding our fledging democracy through the treacherous currents that threatened to abort the birth of our Rainbow Nation. Will we deserve what we tolerate with Malema’s poisonous […]
::Harbourlight:: making music and touching hearts
Johannesburg-based Christian melodic rock band ::Harbourlight:: are making a name for themselves in the Christian music scene in South Africa. They recently came to Port Elizabeth in April and played at well-supported events at Lighthouse Family Church and Harvest Christian Church. Meeting the band::Harbourlight:: is made up of four guys […]
“Israel alone at its hour of greatest peril”
Originally published (on June 17 2011) in the Jerusalem Post [notice]As was the case in May 1967, when the combined Arab armies gathered with the express purpose of wiping the Jewish state off the map – today again, Israel is alone at its hour of greatest peril, writes Caroline Glick, […]
Be visible and make a difference, Bishop tells “Mighty Men”
The Mighty Men Conference (MMC) movement must continue to grow and make a positive impact on South Africa, the Anglican Bishop of Port Elizabeth, Bethlehem Nopece said at a Coastal MMC breakfast in Port Elizabeth today. He urged the Port Elizabeth-based Coastal MMC to make a special effort to target […]
Sudanese military, militias kill Christians in South Kordofan
Special to Compass Direct News KHARTOUM, Sudan, June 17 — Military intelligence agents killed one Christian, and Islamic militants sympathetic to the government slaughtered another last week after attacking churches in Sudan’s embattled South Kordofan state. Christian sources said a Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) Intelligence unit detained Nimeri Philip Kalo, […]