The Great Influence of BIBLECOR INDIA “Our Lord enabled us to produce more leaders, evangelists, missionaries and pastors through Biblecor (Bible Correspondence Course) India ministries,” says Rev. Sam Selva Raj of ECHO OF HIS CALL Ministries in Chepauk, Chennai, India. “We have Biblecor ..

Accredited training for religious leaders is in place After many years of endless efforts to get Bible School training formalised, it had now become a reality. A professional organization called the Association of Christian Religious Practitioners (ACRP) has recently been accredited by the South African ..

CBR Facilitators Training in George

From 8 to 10 June 2022 a very important training workshop took place at Carmel Retreat Centre, George. The purpose of the workshop was to train the first group of six of our proponents and one bridge minister how to facilitate a Contextual Bible Reading (CBR). The training was facilitated by Rev. Moses Baartman. The […]

Our youth loves CBR!

Contextual Bible Reading is making inroads and vibrations under the youth of URCSA Cape in the Eastern Cape! On Saturday 19 February 24 young people of PE Presbytery’s Christian Youth Ministry (CYM) attended a CBR workshop at KwaZakhele congregation in Port Elizabeth. It was facilitated by Prop. Babalwa Sifuba, CBR coordinator and trainer from URCSA […]

URC Victoria West kicks off with faith-discerning process

Rev. Stephen Pedro in the centre front (with the light blue shirt) and Prop. Zolani None diagonally behind him (with the light grey T-shirt) along with the URCSA Victoria West church council members who attended the workshop.   The past weekend our Minister in Synodical Service and Task Team Manager for Congregational Witness, Rev. Stephen […]

The importance of meaningful meetings

From left: Dr Braam Hanekom (Public Witness), Rev. Godfrey Baartman (CEO), Rev. Lucas Plaatjie (Senior Aministrative Officer), Dr Daniël de Wet (Ecumenical Partnerships in Africa), Ms Carin Brink (Industrial Ministry) and Rev. Stephen Pedro (Congregational Witness)   “The past week two important meetings, of which Witness Ministry was part of, took place,” says Rev. Stephen […]

CBR Training and Planning Workshop with CBR Cluster-leaders

Fltr: Revs. Soga, Masele, Ntshabalala, Sifuba, Pedro, Bloro and Calvary   The past weekend (29 to 31 October) Rev. Stephen Pedro (Manager of Congregational Witness and project manager of CBR Cape) and Rev. Babalwa Sifuba (CBR coordinator and trainer) had a Training and Planning Workshop with the cluster leaders of the presbyteries of the Eastern […]

A reviving weekend for our proponents

Fltr: (Back) Rev. Stephen Pedro and Prop. Msawenkosi Ntshongwana. (Front) Rev. Danny Bock, Mrs Bock, Prop. Rachel Linderoth, Prop. Bulelwa Potwana, Prop. Zolani None and Prop. Pieter André Windvogel   “This weekend gave us (me) hope that the Church has not forgotten about us. It equipped us with a reset, re-imagined, refreshed button, especially through […]

Bridge Ministers’ Workshop on Congregational Support

From 28 to 30 July Rev. Stephen Pedro (MSS) with the assistance of the two CBR implementers, Revs Babalwa Sifuba and Moses Baartman, and Revs André Agenbag (MSS) and Bossie Muller (Communitas Trainer) facilitated a workshop at the AMCS in Wellington with a group of URCSA Cape bridge ministers. At the recent SC meeting, Rev. […]

Bibles for Msinga Youth

URCSA Msinga’s School Christian Group committee URCSA Msinga has a very lively youth ministry with vibrant and enthusiastic leaders. There are five full-time life coaches who are employed by eThembeni of whom Nkazimulo Ngcobo is part of. Nkazimulo Ngcobo shares with us the following good news: “We would like to express our deepest gratitude for […]

URCSA Makhathini – a beacon of hope in Northern KZN

Revs. Louwrens van der Westhuizen and Dalisu Kunene, Elder Lucky Kunene and Kobus Odendaal Last week, Kobus Odendaal, manager of Witness Ministry, visited URCSA Makhathini. Rev. Louwrens van der Westhuizen (who ministers here since June 2007) introduced Kobus to a couple of their church leaders and projects, and they had very informative and insightful discussions. […]

Welcome to Noxolo Fihla on our GREEN TEAM!

Hi there! I am Noxolo W. Fihla, a proponent of URCSA waiting to be called to a congregation. I am a strong believer that the power of nature lies in this; that it gives back what has been given to it. If we preserve nature, it too in turn will preserve us. It is a […]

Welcome to our new Green Team members!

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Shaneeze Dilgee (URCSA Lavender Hill) and Frikkie Marais (DRC Napier) on board of our Green Team. May you enjoy the energy and enthusiasm of our team and may the Lord use our input in various ways to help people to think GREEN and help to preserve our […]

We celebrate Earth Day – 22 April

Earth Day is a movement that is more than 50 years old and first started in 1970. The mission of Earth Day is to champion diversity, educate people and activate a worldwide environmental movement. At the moment it is the world’s biggest environmental movement working together with more than 75 000 partners in more than […]

We, human beings, are responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.

CLF (https://clf.co.za/) included this important opinion piece on ecology, written by Elise Tempelhoff, in their series on “Pastoral Tools for the Covid-19 time” (see https://clf.co.za/christian-resources/) – a must-read. Elise is a renowned environmental specialist journalist. The CLF-Elise Tempelhoff Prize for Ecology, as part of the prestigious Andrew Murray Prize Fund, carries her name. The 2020 […]

Let us talk about poverty

Maybe the COVID-19 challenge is giving us opportune time to talk about poverty. COVID-19 is leveling the playing fields – confronting all of humanity with the reality of our communal and individual poverty. “While the word ‘poverty’ is a negative term that immediately connotes deprivation and dependency … it is probably the most appropriate word […]

Fast for the Earth

Please follow this very inspiring FAST FOR EARTH in lent, and make your life a joyful experience:   Fast for the Earth  

Now is the time for us as humans to eat mindfully

I was completely unaware of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report that was to be released on 8th of August 2019 when I wrote my two previous contributions for VrydagNuus on the need for changing our human diet. The English language calls such synchronized events (without human involvement) serendipity and normally they happen […]