The incalculable effects of faithfully sowing Gospel seeds among the young Discovering how a 19th century hero of mine was converted to Christ is a welcome encouragement for my greatest heroine – my wife Linda! I’ll explain why in due course. Lord Shaftesbury’s passion for Christ influenced an entire generation. […]
An East London couple, who daily walk the extra mile to serve people in desperate need, has launched an ambitious campaign to establish a safe house for the growing number of abandoned and abused children they encounter daily. Marion and Matthew Peak started their Helping Those In Need ministry two […]
Last week Marion and Matthew Peake led a Mandela Day outreach in which they fed around 4 000 children and shared the Gospel in a poor and notoriously dangerous township area in East London. Children responded by laying down firearms and knives, and the day was marked by miracles, as has […]
The Northern Cape Mighty Men Conference (NCMMC) that takes place September 22 to 24 has been blessed with a venue that is not only idyllic, on the banks of the Riet River, but which has been made available free of charge. Adriaan and Lien Naude, the owners of Seduan Farm, […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. This week I witnessed a dream being born. The young woman standing in front of this audience is Meghan Els. She’s my sister, my co-worker in the ministry, my protégé and hands down one of my closest friends. Perhaps some […]
When Sandy Peasnall realised that Valentine’s Day was on a Tuesday — a day she and Shantelle Sutton minister at the school assembly at Walmer West Primary School in Port Elizabeth — she thought it might be a good idea to give every child in the school a chocolate on […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Life hasn’t been easy for 28-year-old Syrian mother Kristina, a Christian of Armenian descent, who lived with her husband in Aleppo, Syria long before the civil war started in 2011. It was in that besieged city that Kristina gave birth to her firstborn daughter, […]
We are living in an age where children are developing a hunger and thirst for God unlike anything seen before, says Esme Schmitt, a children’s pastor who conducts conferences to train people working with and parenting children. Several prophetic words have been released of a billion children who will have […]
[notice]Margita Marx of the Kleinskool Initiative in one of Port Elizabeth’s poorest areas writes about what God is doing among children there since the citywide Switched On mission in August. Her desire is for strong prayer backing at this sensitive time. [/notice] msovereignly On Friday, August 21 [during the Switched […]
The Petra Institute in White River, Mpumalanga, has trained people from many countries in children’s ministry, but for Samantha Purchase, a trained teacher and missionary in Burundi, it was more than just another training course. It totally changed the way she dealt with children. She did several of the courses […]