South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]Heavy rain and bitterly cold weather at the weekend caused flooding in various parts of Port Elizabeth. One of the hardest hit areas was Gqebera (Walmer Township), where the greatest impact was felt in the shackland at the far end of the township. PETER FREEMAN, Manager of the Human Dignity […]
Port Elizabeth petrol attendant Hilton Essau has a heart for the poor and uses some of the money that he earns from tips to buy food for homeless people he has befriended. Essau who is also a pastor at Fishers of Men Apostolic Body in Extention 32, in the Northern […]
Every Wednesday more than 200 people gather in front of the house of leading South African gospel musician Israel Mosehla and his wife Millicent. They are not there for music for the soul, however, but for food for their empty stomachs. It all began one day in early March, said […]
In the late 1980s successful, independent coal producer Barry Nel found himself in a position where retirement might have seemed an attractive option. But Nel believed that there was more work for him to do for God’s Kingdom. “I just knew that there was more to give back,” he said. […]
[notice]Pastor Afrika Mhlophe unmasks some realities about our nation — realities that the Church should be addressing.[/notice]The State of the Nation (SONA) address is meant to help mirror where we are as a nation but also act as pointer on where we are going. President Jacob Zuma’s latest address was […]
[notice]Pastor Afrika Mhlophe considers the situation of poor people and the Biblical injunction to care for them.[/notice] The recently released matric results have again reminded us of the difference that exist between resourced and under resourced schools. Excellent academic achievement is something of a norm for resourced schools […]
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 […]
If you have ever driven into Walmer Township, Port Elizabeth, you may have seen some young people washing cars in front of the colourful clutter of small shops and kiosks known as the Walmer Enterprise Village. Probably this mundane activity would not have caught your attention as you kept a […]
For the past 21 years feisty missionaries Boet and Annatjie Walker have been preaching the gospel, feeding the hungry, and uplifting the poor in the Northern Areas of Port Elizabeth. Now both approaching 70-years-old they are putting their energies into starting new upliftment projects at their Jesus is Lord Ministries […]