Tens of thousands of people in Nelson Mandela Bay will be switched on to the Light of the World, Jesus Christ, during a citywide evangelistic outreach from August 16 to August 22, 2015.
Churches throughout the Metro are partnering with African Enterprise in the history-making “Switched On” Mission in preparation for which 1 000 members of loc [...]
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Nelson Mandela Bay “Switching On” to ...
Tens of thousands of people in Nelson Mandela Bay will be switched on to the Light of the World, Jesus Christ, during a citywide evangelistic outreach from August 16 to August 22, 2015.
Churches throughout the Metro are partnering with African Enterprise in the history-making “Switched On” Mission in preparation for which 1 000 members of loc [...]
Afrika Mhlophe completes new book on ...
“Freed By God But Imprisoned By Culture” is the provocative title of a new book by Port Elizabeth pastor and author Afrika Mhlophe.
Mhlophe says the idea for the book came to him while he was writing his first book, “Christianity and the Veneration of the Dead” which was released in October 2013. The first book is aimed at freeing peo [...]
A DUMMY’S GUIDE TO ELECTRICITY 6 MAY ...
Colleague Mark Rule, mining analyst at Nedbank Private Wealth, and I joined forces to construct a picture of current and future availability of electricity in South Africa. The big gorilla in this field is of course Eskom and we start there.
There are two major issues at Eskom: (in) efficiency and capacity.
INEFFICIENCY EATS INTO EXISTING CA [...]
An open letter to our new Mayor
Dear Mayor
On behalf of the Nelson Mandela Bay church leadership group, we wish to welcome you into the position of Mayor of our Metro. May God grant you wisdom and strength as you embark upon the challenge of serving this city and its citizens.
Your achievements since leaving our city have been an example to all, of the great potential of t [...]
Govt must tackle poverty
THE abject poverty facing the majority daily is reaching unacceptable levels. The 2014 Oxfam Report on Poverty has shown that many South Africans are condemned to a permanent life of abject poverty. This is sad, given the wealth of our country. The number of people who scrounge rubbish bins looking for rotten apples and leftovers are increasi [...]
Mayor of the Metro
Mayor of the Metro for the Metro!
Firstly let me express my congratulations to Danny Jordaan and his deputy Bicks Ndoni. Your appointment will undoubtedly be observed by some with caution. I am sure there are many who will not agree with you. However, the task ahead is a mammoth one.
I speak the blessing of God upon your lives. The Metro is [...]
Seeing our common humanity instead of...
Bishop Paul Verryn of the Church Unity Commission met together with leaders of Nelson Mandela Bay on Thursday morning 30 April to initiate a new far-reaching inter-faith initiative. He said, “The Church Unity Commission has mandated the opening of hearings as a process of cooperation between faith based organizations as an expression [...]
Public health initiative for Mandela ...
PROJECT Sparkle, a Nelson Mandela Bay community group,has invited every single person in the Bay to join forces with them on Mandela Day to help improve public health services. This follows the inspiring restoration of outpatient clinics at Provincial Hospital.
One of the Sparkle on Mandela Day project leaders, Trevor Jennings, said they hop [...]
The next Quarterly Prayer Gathering -...
Dear Congregational Prayer Coordinator and team
Greetings in the precious Name of Jesus!
Each term, we have a Prayer Gathering of all the Congregational Prayer Coordinators and their teams, as well as all the Ward Prayer Coordinators and their teams. And each meeting has really inspired these NMB Prayer Warriors to continue to pray for the B [...]
