Originally published in Charisma News Christianity in India is growing at a rapid rate among middle- and high-caste Indians and young people, according to Unfinished magazine, which examines social, economic and cultural trends in the “new India.” The current “remarkable receptivity to Christ” across the entire spectrum of Indian society, […]
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Ministry ships help spread God’s love for individuals
[notice]Part 2 of an article by ANDRE VILJOEN based on a recent interview with Peter Nicoll, CEO of OM Ships International. (See Part 1) [/notice] “So the ships ministry has literally touched millions of people,” I remarked as I perused a brochure with impressive facts and figures about the activities […]
Christian Zambia infiltrated by Islam
[notice]DIANNE STEVEN reports back on her recent mission trip in Zambia. [/notice] While in Chipata (a town on the Zambia / Malawi border), on mission with “Bibles for the Nations” I saw one of the biggest mosques I have ever seen, and was informed by local missionaries and pastors that […]
Intrepid SA couple face hurdle in high seas voyage to spread Gospel
Early in June, Dale and Natalie Smyth, together with their two small children, Jack and Jamie, set sail from Cape Town, South Africa aboard the 39 foot yacht – Shining Star – built from the hull up, by Dale. They were on a dangerous journey from Cape Town to Athens, […]
Connecting with God’s dream for aviation ministry
Leon Prinsloo is passionate about using aviation to bring God’s blessing to desperately poor people in remote rural areas of South Africa. But the CEO of Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) South Africa says it took some divine intervention to get him onto God’s path for his life. After a Christian […]
Church, mission leaders call for focus on reconciliation
[notice]PETER TARANTAL of OM South Africa attended the biannual WENSA (World Evangelisation Network of South Africa) National Consultation at the Good News, Convention Centre, Muldersdrift, from July 16 to July 18. This is his report on the event. [/notice] About 120 leaders of church and mission in and from South […]
Luke Watson, the rugby star whose heart is in the mission field
The love of Jesus was tangible as more than 100 homeless people and a group of volunteers from various churches mingled and worshiped the Lord on the square in front of the Port Elizabeth City Hall on Tuesday evening. Leading the ‘city feed’ outreach with heartfelt passion was Southern Kings captain […]
Flying missionaries make life-changing deliveries to village children
[notice]SHARON WAUGH chats with Chimwemwe Calawe, a volunteer at Mission Aviation Fellowship who recently flew with a ‘Flying for Life’ team to make a special delivery at a remote village crèche in Venda, Limpopo.[/notice] When a Flying for Life team arrived at Gondeni Crèche at the end of May they […]
Hope returns to Philippines
OM Ships International’s vessel Logos Hope has launched back into service from Hong Kong, SAR China following the annual dry dock and maintenance time required for ongoing operation. The ship is now sailing to San Fernando, Philippines which will be the first of two stops planned for the 2013 visit […]
E.Cape farmer brothers meeting maths, spiritual needs
Alexandria farmer brothers, Paul and Stephen Fick, who are also both consulting engineers and in their sixties, are helping solve a mathematics teaching crisis in a local township school — and they are involving their church in the lives of the learners. Today the Fick brothers are partnering with the […]