Many Christians around South Africa took time to celebrate Ascension Day today with marches, worship gatherings, outreaches and special campaigns. While the day, which commemorates when Jesus ascended in exaltation to Heaven, is no longer a public holiday in South Africa, many believers heeded a call to publicly “lift Jesus […]
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WATCH: Thousands attend Ascension Day celebration in PE
There was a joyous atmosphere on the Market Square in front of the Port Elizabeth City Hall this afternoon as several thousand Christians participated in an Ascension Day celebration initiated by city church leaders and hosted by PEFM 87.6 radio station. More than 100 church leaders worked together to arrange […]
PE pastors unite in campaign to reclaim Ascension Day
Nelson Mandela Bay church leaders have called on local Christians to attend an Ascension Day service on the square in front of the Port Elizabeth City Hall from 3pm to 5pm on Thursday May 30. “We need to reclaim one of Christianity’s most sacred days,” says Apostle Neville Goldman of […]
Prayer drought in Cape Town Civic Centre breaks on Ascension Day
About 100 City of Cape Town staff and four councillors attended an Ascension Day service in the Cape Town Civic Centre building last Thursday — bringing a much-welcomed and refreshing break to more than a decade of prayerlessness in the city’s municipal headquarters, said veteran ACDP councillor Demetrius Dudley. “Everyone […]