South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By Gerda Potgieter, Devoted Magazine A thanksgiving service at KwaSizabantu Mission in Kranskop, KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday June 23 will be the highlight of a week of celebrating 50 years of youth conferences. KwaSizabantu, which has defined standards for sharing the Gospel with the younger generation through youth conferences and other […]
By Gerda Potgieter, Devoted Magazine About 7 000 young people from all corners of KwaZulu-Natal and further afield attended the KwaSizabantu Youth Conference from December 7 to 14. On Sunday December 10 the 10 000-seat auditorium at the mission station was packed with locals who also attended the service. The […]
Rev Erlo Stegen, the influential founder and director of the KwaSizabantu Mission in Kranskop, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) died yesterday at the age of 88. “Fondly known as Baba Mfunsdisi”, Stegen was born on the farm, Paardefontein, in KZN and responded to “the call of God at a very early age”, going on […]
Seasoned PR, marketing and publishing practitioner and publisher of Devoted Magazine, Gerda Potgieter previews her newly-released book in which she probes the ethics of press attacks on KwaSizabantu Mission in KwaZulu-Natal “Want to stop a cult? Then don’t buy aQuellé bottled water”, was one of the blaring headlines released on […]
By Gerda Potgieter Many Christian leaders from across Africa and the world attended the 40th ministers’ conference at KwaSizabantu Mission at Kranskop, KwaZulu-Natal from March 6 to 8. Rev Erlo Stegen, founder of the mission, who has opened the conference each year since he started it 40 years ago, was […]
By Gerda Potgieter On December 11, the KwaSizabantu Mission in KwaZulu-Natal celebrated its founder, Rev Erlo Stegen’s, 70th year in ministry. More than 10 000 people attended the thanksgiving service in the KwaSizabantu conference centre in Kranskop to honour Stegen for his 70 years of ministry and his positive impact […]