When Amanda Ntsumpa started the Elufefeni Primary School in Motherwell township in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) eight years ago she invited her pastor. Mac Hayward, to minister regularly to the Grade 7 class – which he has done on a weekly basis ever since. Recently she and Mac – who […]
Tag: discipleship
Siya living out his faith authentically but don’t ‘put him on a pedestal’, says sports chaplain
Double World-Cup-winning Springbok rugby captain Siya Kholisi’s “growth as a disciple of Jesus has been amazing,” says Bruce Nadin co-founder of Sports Chaplaincy South Africa and sports chaplain at Stellenbosch Football Club. “It’s so easy to go out on the field, you know, and say, I give all the glory […]
Power of love not stopped by barrel of gun in battle for souls
Part 2 of a 3-part series based on an inspiring interview with Shodankeh Johnson, a pastor, church planter and reformer from Sierra Leone, West Africa As I listened to Shodankeh Johnson sharing passionately about his vision to plant “churches that plant churches that plant churches” all over Sierra Leone and […]
Nelson Mandela Bay pastor discovers key to making disciples who make disciples
Since the day he came to Christ at a tent crusade in Mooiplaas village near East London as a primary school pupil Loyiso Matu has never stopped enthusiastically telling people about what Jesus has done for him. From that day his life followed a Jesus course, serving at tent crusades, […]
Rich music experience unfolding in poor, Gauteng township
In the densely-populated, poor and crime-ridden Gauteng township of Diepsloot, God spoke to the heart of a senior city academic, Dr Darlingtong Mushongera, to use music to uplift people and win souls for the Kingdom of God. “My prayer to God is to use music to draw them closer to […]
Church : Perhaps small is the new big — Percy Cele
The Church in general, responded with great displeasure and frustration during the implementation of Covid-19 regulations by the government which restricted normal Church gatherings and operations. The concerns have been fully warranted on the part of the Church especially considering the urgent need and importance to protect religious freedoms which […]
Discipleship follow-up event for Mighty Men, Mighty Women in W Cape
Professor Gerrie Bester of Roaring Truth ministries and a speaker at the recent Western Cape Mighty Men Conference is hosting a seminar on winning the battle in the mind in Cape Town on Saturday November 2. Intended as a discipleship follow-up opportunity for men and women who attended the recent […]
DOCUMENTARY: Fastest growing church has no buildings, no central leadership, and is mostly led by women
Originally published in God Reports For the last few years, researchers have credited the underground church in Iran as the fastest growing Christian church in the world. It has unique characteristics that defy comparison with churches in America and Europe, and in the opinion of some who know it well, […]
‘Fresh Africa’ pioneering new ways of doing church
“Church is not the mission field but the mission force.” This is according to Fresh Africa, an organisation that is encouraging churches to embrace a new way of “doing church”, which entails going out and serving communities in order to win souls to Christ, as opposed to inviting people […]
Opportunity for growth at “Release Conference”in PE
Believers in Port Elizabeth are invited to attend a week of impactful teaching at “Release Conference”which will be held at the Newton Park Library Auditorium from June 26 to June 30. “We believe that Holy Spirit will minister in such a significant way that will move you to a new […]