AFRICAN ECUMENE
August 19, 2021
Motorbikes makes life easier for a pastor!
Fltr: Rev. Mateus Luciano (Scribe), Rev. Samuel Kassolo Banda (Moderator), Kobus Odendaal with dr Miguel Nobre (General Secretary) As everywhere in the world, our sister church in Mozambique’s Mphatso Synod, with whom we maintain strong relationships, has to face numerous challenges during this time of COVID-19. The General Secretary, Dr Miguel Nobre shares with us […]
August 16, 2021
Hefsiba’s survival in these challenging times
Last year’s theology students and their wives in front of Hefsiba’s main building at Vila Ulónguè On 2 August this year the GSM (Gesamentlike Sendingkommissie vir Mosambiek) had a zoom meeting to discuss important matters concerning the three IRM synods and the well known Hefsiba Institute for Christian Higher Education at Vila Ulónguè in […]
July 30, 2021
Christian literature donated to CAVA
The Eagles Nest Ministries’ team who packed the container for CAVA Some years back, Mr. F. Morris (now late) used to order CAVA literature in bulk and distributed it to mine and farm workers for free. His son in-law Rev. Rob Birkbeck from the USA visited CAVA’s office some four years ago and gave […]
June 22, 2021
Visited by Malawian family
We all know the wonderful feeling of belonging when visited, especially by family members. And this is exactly what Kobus Odendaal, manager of Witness Ministry, experienced when he was visited by members of our sister church in Malawi, the (Church in Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) last week. CCAP Livingstonia Synod On Tuesday 15 […]
June 14, 2021
We celebrate with JMTI in Malawi
“We have more than 40 congregations without church ministers and each year we establish an average of six new congregations. Ten players are like a drop in the ocean,” says the General Secretary of our sister church in Malawi, the CCAP (Church in Central Africa Presbyterian). On 5th June the CCAP admitted ten candidates for […]
June 8, 2021
Sport Evangelism
JOSOPHAT MWALE THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE (JMTI) SPORTS EVANGELISM MTONYA CCAP REPORT: JMTI Sports Evangelism Mtonya CCAP Report June 2021
May 6, 2021
Let the little children …
The children always receive with both hands (especially sweets) and ZIKOMO! (Thank you!) AnnaMarie de Klerk during her recent visit at KIX. On 12 March this year AnnaMarie de Klerk departed to Malawi for a five week visit ministering to our faith community there once again. She was a missionary in our sister church […]
May 4, 2021
Our Indian-related faith friends
The RCA (Reformed Church in Africa) grew from the missionary endeavours of the Dutch Reformed Church, focusing predominately on Hindu and Muslim communities of Indian descent. It was officially established on 27 August 1968 as the Indian Reformed Church who later changed its name to the Reformed Church in Africa. (Read more about this at […]
May 3, 2021
At HIS feet in Malawi
Registration prior to the Bible study sessions. They paid a K200/R4-fee that we gave back on the last day after the leader and AnnaMarie checked their files. Every item and the Bible, were taken care of very well! During the sessions, they memorized 2 Tim 3:16: “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and […]
INDUSTRIAL MINISTRY
June 19, 2018
BrightStar presented to farm workers in CERES
The popular BrightStar course was presented very successfully by Industrial Ministry at the farm, De Eiken, last year. Rev. Jannie Booysen acted as facilitator. During this presentation 22 employees of De Kock Boerdery, including the production and workshop managers (who are, coincidentally, married), received training. Lene November, involved with Industrial Ministry and assisting with the […]
June 11, 2018
BIBLIA gets a chance to work with the ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dane du Plessis, ministry worker of Biblia in Cape Town Harbour, focuses a lot on the wellbeing of seafarers. Having seen and heard of the work Biblia has done in terms of fighting for the rights of fisherman, he was contacted by Margie Mason, an award-winning journalist from New York, early in March this year. […]
February 1, 2018
BIBLIA on TEDx Cape Town
BIBLIA HARBOUR MISSION CAPE TOWN: Dane du Plessis has a passion for his work at Biblia and means a lot to many seafarers. Listen to his TEDxCape Town talk at https://youtu.be/IR1PyJLvd10
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WITNESS
June 20, 2018
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 ..
March 13, 2018
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 ..
CONGREGATIONAL WITNESS
September 13, 2021
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 […]
August 2, 2021
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. […]
July 5, 2021
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 […]
May 27, 2021
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. […]
May 23, 2021
The way forward for Msinga
Fltr: Revs Lourens Schoeman, Bonginkosi Sithole, Samuel Zuma, Kobus Odendaal, and Nkazi Ngcobo On 19 May Kobus Odendaal, manager of Witness Ministry, met with the church leadership of URCSA Msinga in Ladysmith KZN to discuss the way forward. They were Revs Lourens Schoeman, Bonginkosi Sithole, Samuel Zuma and Nkazi Ngcobo. How to be a […]
May 18, 2021
Our Young Ministers in the former Transkei
For the past week Kobus Odendaal, manager of Witness Ministry, visited three of our four young URCSA ministers who have been ordained in congregations (in the former Transkei) since 2018. And what a privilege it was to visit Wiseman Calvary at Mthatha, Zukile Bloro at Lusiksiki and Thembinkosi Mene at Rietvlei. They were also part […]
March 17, 2021
CBR – a fresh breeze in communities
Last week Revs. Babalwa Sifuba, Moses Baartman and Stephen Pedro (MSS) facilitated a follow-up workshop for 11 pastors at the Andrew Murray Centre for Spirituality in Wellington. The first workshop (in November 2020) empowered these pastors to start facilitating a Contextual Bible Reading (CBR) on the congregational level and also helped with the development of […]
January 18, 2021
Week of Prayer
This series of meditations for the Week of Prayer 2021 has been prepared by Dr Eddie Orsmond of Wellington. (Click HERE to download.) In these meditations Dr Orsmond reflects on what Scripture tells us about prayer in our innermost room (closet); he touches on the essential elements of a blessed prayer life. It will be good […]
December 10, 2020
Let us all act as if we are COVID positive
Rev. Stephen Pedro, manager of Witness Ministry’s Task Team Congregational Witness, said, “Last week, on Tuesday, December 1, some of our pastors in synodal service (PSS) reached out via a ZOOM meeting to our church leaders in two of our URC presbyteries in the Eastern Cape, namely those of Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage. They are […]
ECOLOGY
April 20, 2021
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 […]
May 12, 2020
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 […]
April 21, 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 […]
March 2, 2020
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
August 21, 2019
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 […]
WITNESS MINISTRY IS PROUD OF THEIR FOLLOWING PARTNETSHIPS
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- BeskermerLees Psalm 91:9-16. Hy sal sy engele opdrag gee om jou te beskerm … Op hulle hande sal hulle jou dra (v 11-12). Dit is weer een van die psalms waaroor gewone gelowiges jubel, sukkelende gelowiges wonder, en waaroor ongelowiges kraai soos hulle lag. Want dit is nou eenmaal ’n feit dat Psalm 91 se […]