South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
As the long-suffering residents of Helenvale, Port Elizabeth endure the trauma of yet another surge of deadly gang turf wars on their streets, Christian ministries and churches in the area are working on strategic inteventions to bring much-needed hope and healing to the community. Over the past fortnight Christian leaders […]
Anybody observing Reeze Telling coaching young cricketers, counselling juvenile drug abusers, or introducing school learners to the Lord Jesus Christ would conclude that he is a young man with a passion to serve and disciple young people. It would be hard to believe that just two and a half years […]
Call on churches, 10 000 intercessors, to join in 5-point plan to take back communities “We were just dozing off inside, when we heard a number of shots go off. I ran to the window and then I realised that the shots had been right outside our house. Leroy […]
David Grootboom was a gangster, yet today he is a church and community leader, and youth worker in Bloemendal, Port Elizabeth. He is eagerly planning to take a church and youth group to the Karoo Mighty Men Conference (KMMC). Grootboom, who pastors the Heal and Deliver Ministry, has been planning […]
In the blockbuster film The Chronicles of Riddick, Richard B. Riddick (played by Vin Diesel), says this on prayer, “Prayer is for those who think they can change the world on their knees.” Though intended to mock, Riddick’s statement couldn’t be more accurate. From 1977 to 1998, Cali, a city […]
“Every gang member knows that there is a God and they have a respect for that God. They just don’t know that they can access that God and that He loves them.” I was drinking coffee with Pastor Justin Oliphant, founder of Endangered Species, and with three former Port Elizabeth […]
The United Care Centre at Kleinskool, Port Elizabeth was abuzz on Women’s Day, today, when about 150 women from different congregations came together and cried out to God for peace in the area. This came after revenge killings between gangs flared up recently, despite a peace agreement which was negotiated […]
Riaan Marais (Die Burger Oos-Kaap – 2 Mei 2012): Port Elizabeth — Bendelede van die Baai se noordelike gebiede het gister hande gevat in gebed met die hoop om vrede na hul gemeenskap te bring. “Niemand is gedwing om vandag hier te wees nie. Dié groepe het bymekaar gekom, want […]
Young children in some of Port Elizabeth’s most desperately poor and dysfunctional neighbourhoods get into gangs and drugs “because they want to belong”, says youth ministry worker Lana du Plessis, who heads an ambitious school-based discipleship programme that has been launched in the area. “We know that these children need […]
[notice]Helenvale in Port Elizabeth has gained notoriety as the worst gangster violence hotspot in the city and one of the most dangerous places in South Africa. But for the people who live there, this small, poor, Northern Areas suburb is home. This article, is the fourth in a series of […]