South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
For God so loved the world…. 20 years ago evangelist Michael Cassidy got on a plane in Entebbe, Uganda and sat next to a stranger; a lovely but desperately sad looking young woman from Rwanda. It was just after the genocide in Rwanda when about 75% of the Tutsi minority […]
Openness of schools to Gospel overwhelms film crew Five days into the week-long Switched On mission in Nelson Mandela Bay reports are coming back of people responding to the Gospel message that is being proclaimed in every corner of the city in the greatest evangelism outreach every undertaken in the […]
[notice]A monthly column by farmer, preacher and writer for Jesus, Angus Buchan[/notice] Just reading The Bible this morning I read in Luke 4:24 where Jesus says “Assuredly, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country.” We need to understand sometimes that the hardest place to start […]
YOU ARE INIVTED TO…BE SWITCHED ON at the Opening and Closing Festival at St George’s Cricket Stadium on Sunday 16 & 22 August (Gates and Food Stalls Open at 13h00). Come and plug in to a lovely programme line-up with a Pre-Programme commencing at 13h30. Local Brass Dance and Music […]
Leon Jacobs was rescued from a life of crime, gangs, alcohol and drug abuse when he accepted Jesus Christ as his saviour. Today, he is committed to spreading the Good News of salvation as an ambassador of Jesus Christ. Jacobs’ testimony is a powerful example for all people, but especially […]
If you go drinking in a township tavern in Port Elizabeth, be warned, you may be on a fast track to attending church. Just this past Sunday (June 29, 2015) 36 people found themselves “compelled” to attend church in Zwide after encountering Pastor Kenny Nonkonyana and his “tavern toyi toyi” […]
Extending education that develops both students and society An inspiring youth development initiative is being played out at the Uniting Reformed Church in Bloemendal, Port Elizabeth, where the Church is performing a pioneering role in assisting learners to not only improve their school results through a “Winter School” project that […]
Originally published in OM News A focused quietness fills the room as four painters carefully apply their paintbrushes to the motifs in making. A Namibian desert, a peaceful creek and a powerful blue ocean wave take shape on canvas. It’s Wednesday morning at Operation Mobilisation (OM) South Africa’s base, and […]
Introducing people to Jesus has become a normal part of the working life of Port Elizabeth banker and family man, Gary Quantoi. “I develop relationships with people in the course of my work, and this creates opportunities, as the Lord leads, to minister,” says Quantoi who has worked at a […]
No, Port Elizabeth’s international cricket stadium is not getting new floodlights. But the 20 000 seater St George’s Park Cricket Oval is confirmed as the venue for the opening rally and final celebration of Switched On — the citywide evangelistic outreach in August, 2015. The opening rally will be from […]