South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
South African missionary couple Wilco and Lydia Venter were in the right country. But they were not yet on their main mission. Lydia shares how God began to open strategic doors for them in Kenya One of the things the Lord told us before we set out to Kenya, was […]
DA mayoral candidate for the City of Johannesburg in the upcoming local government elections Dr Mpho Phalatse says she is committed to living her life according to Ephesians 2:10 which says: “We are God’s workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God has prepared in advance that we […]
In this episode God tells Lydia and Wilco Venter where He wants to send them as missionaries but they have to wait 10 years for the right time to go Two days after giving my life to Christ (July 31 1991) I started seeing visions. Please note that I had […]
In Episode 1 of this inspiring testimony series South African missionary Lydia Venter shares how she and her husband Wilco came to Christ and how He delivered her from racism. In this episode she tells how God added three children to their family before they set out for the mission […]
South African missionary couple Wilco and Lydia Venter have been in Kenya since 2001. Currently they are working with One Collective in the UK and US to bring food, freedom and forgiveness to the marginalised Kalenjin people in a remote village about 210km north west of Nairobi. In this episode […]
The testimony below was sent to Gateway News by Paul Raper, a marriage registration officer and pastor who lives in Port Elizabeth. At the age of 69, when many folk you know end up in hospital having contracted Covid-19, not to make it home again, the thought of it happening […]
In this article, Thy Cameron, former Christian radio journalist and wife of a South African pastor, shares about the heartbreaking but hope-filled journey that led to her writing a book to relate a God-glorifying story that her daughter, Shirely, set out to tell a week before she died of lung […]
“I died twice and came back to talk about it.” Michele flirted with death for six years, trying to numb her pain following a sexual pervert’s attack. Attempting to protect herself, she allowed hatred of men to control her, and used mind control to manipulate others. Suffering with acute anorexia […]
Originally published in ThisLife Online which publishes stories of hope from Cape Town and beyond Like many countries in the world, South Africa is plagued by gangsterism that feeds crime and suffering and weaves a powerful drug web throughout society. At times, the problem seems unsurmountable. But Thislife Online has met […]
As a nine-year-old growing up in Bloemfontein not too far off 50 years ago, Mariette Schlebusch was a happy little girl. “A lot of us children would play together in the street — you could in those days without any security fears — and it was a lot of fun,” […]
