South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[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 […]
Many teachers in France are working to bring the Kingdom of God into schools despite great obstacles and there are churches with a strong desire to raise young revivalists in the nation, says South Africa Children’s Pastor, Esme Schmitt, after a 3 week ministry visit to France. Schmitt, of God […]
They are aged between 9 and 13. They regularly go on outreaches in their city. And God works through them with signs, miracles and wonders. They are East London’s Powerclub kids – a group of about 15 children who gather together every Tuesday with God Adventure Church Children’s Pastor Esme […]
South African ministry couple Dirk and Taleta Coetsee recently visited Singapore and Ukraine to present courses on how to help traumatised children through the medium of play. It is not the first time that the couple, from Petra Institute near White River, Mpumalanga, have been invited abroad to share the […]
[notice]A monthly interview column in which Mike Beets tunes into the heartbeat of Christian musicians and the SA Christian music industry.[/notice] After a successful twelve years as the popular character “Emma” in the evergreen Afrikaans soap “Sewende Laan”, Bertha Le Roux has decided to close this chapter of her life […]
Originally published in Charisma News The most popular book of all time may be celebrating a bit of a renaissance. Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 27, 2014) marks the first anniversary of the Bible App for Kids, developed by YouVersion in partnership with OneHope. The app has been downloaded in 200-plus […]
Port Elizabeth Christian youth worker Alta de Lange has been running Adventure Week children’s holiday clubs for 10 years. And the adventure just keeps on getting bigger and bolder. Having seen the love and joy of Jesus touch thousands of young people’s lives through Adventure Week and the programme spreading […]
The former pre-primary teacher and Stirling Presbyterian youth pastor, 27, leaves next week for Redding, California where she will enter her second year at the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry (BSSM). “My passion is for the generation to come and this year has equipped me to fulfil that passion,” says […]
Generous sponsorships provide for 40 learners from nearby farms and orphanage Jesus was the initiator of Plumb Line Christian Academy in the farming district of Tarkastad and He remains the centre of this unique school, according to Kitty Phillips, the administrator and visionary of the school. Kitty says the name […]