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 […]
The previous General Secretary of our sister church in Zimbabwe, Rev. Charles Juro, now minister at the historical Morgenster Mission Station in the south of Zimbabwe, invites us to become one of our prayer partners in our efforts to bring both spiritual and physical transformation to Morgenster Mission Congregation. Please read this latest report about […]
One of COVID-19’s fringe benefits is that theological schools and networks in Africa have begun to work more closely together and help one another – now more than ever before. NetACT (https://netact.org.za/wordpress/), was originally created with the primary aim of making theological schools (which originated from Dutch Reformed Church missionary work in Africa) work better […]
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 […]
Photo credit: Al Jazeera “The situation in Zimbabwe is very difficult for people to enjoy their rights,” says General Secretary of our sister church, the CCAP Harare Synod, Rev. Kingstar Chipata. “The government has become unfriendly. The rights of people are not respected. There is no freedom of speech. There is abduction and torturing of […]
F.l.t.r.: Pastor Mateus Soko, the Synod’s Scribe, Pastor Samuel Cassolo, the Synod’s Moderator, Kobus Odendaal (Witness Ministry) and Dr Miguel Nobre, the General Secretary. Witness Ministry has a strong ecumenical relationship with our sister church in Mozambique, the IRM (http://bit.ly/30Zl6Dc), especially with Mphatso Synod. Therefore it was a privilege when we could supply financial support […]
“I can’t wait for my turn!” “We learn a lot – to be a church is not only about maintaining a congregation but we are sent out by God to establish God’s Kingdom in the world – to cure and heal broken people; to help the needy – this is what is actually our calling, […]
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 […]
Anna Slingerland (far right) testing their fabric face masks with her colleagues, Evelyn and Esther in their office. It’s Tuesday morning, 06:00 and the hospital entrance of Nkhoma Hospital is crowded. As in every place around the world, everyone entering the gate has to wash hands first. White stripes on the floor mark the places […]