Cape Town and PE will soon be blessed by a talented bunch of on-fire worshipers all the way from Knoxville Tennessee ! You may think you have never heard their music , but you probably have – the song “Come Away” by Jesus Culture was written by these guys (actually […]
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Christian heritage – Martin Luther
[notice]The first article in a series that examines our Christian heritage with a focus on reformation. What did the reformers achieve? And what do they say to us today?[/notice] There is a character in the Bible which most of us are familiar with. His life was synonymous with […]
Indonesia not for sissy Christians, PE man finds
[notice]Port Elizabeth family man and businessman, Shaun Krummeck, 30, wrote this account for Gateway News of his recent mission experience in Indonesia, a part of the world where he and his wife, Christine feel that God is calling them to serve. The couple, who have a 20-months-old son, Seth, have […]
God’s plan for PE prayer day for matrics
A Port Elizabeth woman is taking steps in faith to arrange a citywide day of prayer for matrics at a date and a time that she believes God has revealed to her. Sandy Peasnell has approached the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium management about hiring a 12 000 people capacity open […]
Youth Bytes rugby DVD great tool for discipling youngsters
DVD Review by Andre van Wyk, youth pastor (and team) YOUTH BYTES: South Africa – TRY HARD – A RUGBY STORYGenre: Visual Bible Study Youth Bytes is a series of 20 DVDs (40 episodes) designed to give anyone working with young people a powerful tool to engage their faith through […]
Blast near church in Kirkuk, Iraq injures 13
By Damaris Kremida – Compass Direct News A car blast outside a Syrian Catholic church in Kirkuk, Iraq yesterday morning left 13 wounded as police located and disarmed two more car bombs targeting churches in the city, according to area sources. Online video images of the attack against the Holy […]
Kidnapped Christian girl in Sudan escapes, traumatised
By Compass Direct News Hiba Abdelfadil Anglo, 16, has escaped from a gang of Muslims who kidnapped her last year, but it may be a long time before she recovers from the trauma. As she told Compass how the kidnappers beat, raped and tried to force her to convert from […]
Taking on human trafficking and prostitution
South Africa sent its clearest warning yet to human traffickers when the Pretoria Regional Court sentenced Adina dos Santos to life imprisonment for trafficking 3 teenage girls into prostitution. Reports of young women being lured into prostitution with false promises of jobs have increased steadily in South Africa. Two Chinese […]
Significant drop in police murders since 1994
The number of police officials murdered in South Africa has declined by 61.9% since 1994 according to figures published by the South African Institute of Race Relations. In 1994 there were 265 murders of police officers. The number of murders remained above 200 a year up until 1998. In 1999 […]
Muslim extremists torch churches in Zanzibar, Tanzania
By Simba Tian – Compass News Direct Muslim extremists on Saturday (July 30) burned down a church building on Zanzibar island off the coast of Tanzania, church leaders said, just three days after another congregation’s facility on the island was reduced to ashes. In Fuoni on the south coast […]