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 […]
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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 […]
When the role of Jesus is replaced by ‘men of God’ — Afrika Mhlophe
In December last year, I wrote a piece about Lethebo Rabalago, a so-called prophet who gained notoriety for spraying his congregants with the insecticide Doom to heal them. Now the latest ‘prophet’ to bring disrepute to the Christian faith is Timothy Omotoso. This Nigerian national was recently the subject of […]
Thinking God’s thoughts before we engage in social justice
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] In the light of the recently ended Justice conference and my recent reading of the book Rethinking Social Justice by Darrow Miller, I thought it would be appropriate to pen some thoughts on the issue of social justice […]
‘The Last Reformation’ — from Christians to disciples of Jesus
Alf James interviews Torben Sondergaard, a Danish author and leader of ‘The Last Reformation’, a discipleship training movement that is making an impact around the world. He also talks to a South African couple who train disciples in New Zealand and a South African man who attended a recent Kickstart […]
Tale of two disciples — Charles Gardner
Rocky turns to the Rock, and runner finds a new direction I never expected to have something in common with tough-guy movie star Sylvester Stallone. But it turns out that — in more ways than one — we have walked the same path! Both of us have slept at a […]
Engaging the culture in 2017 and beyond
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] Unsurprisingly, 2017 has already presented a host of challenges to the church. As believers, we often don’t know where to start. We often end up silently going along with what is wrong with the world, knowing deep down, […]
Head, heart and hands: Will it go well with you?
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] In my line of work, I am approaching a very emotional time of the year. Leading a church that is mostly made up of university students, we are about to say our goodbyes to a good number of […]