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 […]
Intlanganiso yokuqala ye-Zoom phakathi kukaMfu Stephen Pedro kunye nabaqulunqi beCBR, Mfu Moses Baartman noMfu Babalwa Sifuba Kuluvuyo nemincili ukwazisa ukuba iphulo lethu le Contextual Bible Reading liye laqalisa ngokusesikweni ngoLwesibini, 1 September 2020. Abaqulunqi beli phulo uMfu Babalwa Sifuba no Moses Baartman, baye baqalisa ngalo msebenzi mkhulu kangaka. Kude kube ngumhla 31 August 2021 […]
The first zoom-meeting of Rev. Stephen Pedro with the implementers of the CBR programme, Revs. Moses Baartman en Babalwa Sifuba It is with great excitement and gratitude that we announce that our Contextual Bible Reading project officially started on Tuesday, September 1st 2020. The two implementers of the project, Revs. Babalwa Sifuba and Moses […]
Op Donderdagaand 11 Junie is daar ‘n belangrike zoom-gesprek gehou oor wat dit beteken om missionaal kerk te wees binne veral VGK-gemeentes. Die gesprek is gefasiliteer deur Stephen Pedro (PSD Gemeentegetuienis). Hul gasspreker, prof. Tjeert de Boer, missioloog, akademikus en ook verbonde aan die Protestantse kerk in Nederland, se bydrae was van groot belang. De […]
The minister with the mask on is Rev. Calvary of Mthatha and the other is Rev. Mountain of Canzibe. Many of our URCSA Cape Region Synod’s congregations must function without a pastor; something that is a huge challenge for our Synod. In the light of this, the joint URVSA and DRC ministering group, Witness Ministry, […]
As we reported last week, many of our URCSA Cape Region Synod’s congregations must function without a minister; a huge challenge for any congregation. Fortunately, within this dark picture, there is a golden edge – the joint URCSA and DRC ministry group, Witness Ministry, in the light of this challenge, has since 2018 along with […]
Ds Stephen Pedro, Predikant in Sinodale Diens (PSD) van die Taakspan Gemeentegetuienis was die afgelope naweek (14 tot 16 Februarie) op besoek aan die Ring van Graaff Reinet. Die besoek het ingesluit gesprekke met die twee voltydse leraars en ‘n werkswinkel met nege van die 13 ringsgemeentes. Hy vertel: “Die werkswinkel, wat deur ongeveer 80 […]
MSS (Minister in Synodical Service) Rev. Stephen Pedro visited the Presbytery of Colesberg, URC DEHACOPE from 24-26 May 2019. He says, “The past weekend I visited the Presbytery of Colesberg and took part in the ordination/installation of proponent A. Nyondla as minister for URCSA DEHACOPE (Combination of 4 URC congregations: De Aar, Hanover, Colesberg and […]
On 17 March this year our sister church, the Reformed Church in Africa’s Living Waters Congregation in Cravenby, Cape Town, had the induction service of their new pastor, Rev. Theo Francis. Dr Kobus Odendaal and Rev. Stephen Pedro attended this joyous event on behalf of Witness Ministry. For the past few years this congregation had […]
Straatwerk OPHELP Projekte (http://straatwerk.org.za/vision/) help desperate and destitute individuals to earn cash in hand by means of honest work (as an alternative to begging, theft and other criminal activities). Mr Ethelbert (99 years) is staying in the residential facility of Straatwerk, Beth Shalom, in Woodstock and is one of the people who got new energy […]