Celebrating 50 years of Youth Conferences at KwaSizabantu Mission

50 years of Youth Conferences

2/7/2024

Celebrating 50 years of Youth Conferences
at KwaSizabantu Mission

"Give thanks to the Lord, call on His Name; make known among the nations what He has done...

Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His love endures forever." 1 Chronicles 16:8,34

Monumental Ministry Milestone
It was a tremendous privilege to be invited to be part of the special KwaSizabantu Mission Youth Conference celebrating 50 years of Youth Conferences at KwaSizabantu Mission.

Since 1974, KwaSizabantu Mission has hosted Youth Conferences twice a year, during both the winter and summer school holidays. The goal of these youth conferences has been to reach and teach young people for Christ.

The Mission has invested much time, talent and treasure in the lives of the many thousands of young people who have come to The Mission for a deeper spiritual life.

Testimonies of Transformation
Set Free to Serve Christ

Plainly it is the word-of-mouth dynamic testimonies of transformed lives that has led so many tens of thousands of young people to travel to the Mission to find peace with God and freedom from sinful habits and addictions.

During this last 19 to 25 June youth conference, I saw thousands of young people standing up and coming forward to make a public commitment to Christ and many thousands kneeling to surrender to Christ.

After every service there were those who stayed behind for counselling. Those individuals that I had the opportunity to counsel were plainly under conviction of sin by the Holy Spirit and eager to surrender all to Christ.

What was also very impactful was the testimonies of participants of previous youth conferences, including quite a number who had been at the very first youth conference of 1974, many of whom later became coworkers at the mission.

We also heard testimonies of people who had been converted to Christ from a life of crime and drug addiction, witchcraft and demonic possession.

Participants of the earlier youth conferences reported that originally their transport had been on the back of trucks and sugar cane lorries, meetings had been held in tents, without the benches and seats that later participants enjoyed. On one occasion a storm lifted up the tent and blew it over, yet without any serious injuries!

They had sat on the ground and their sleeping bags had been on straw on the ground. Catering had been from cooking pots on open fires.

HISTORY OF THE YOUTH CONFERENCES

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As the Founder of KwaSizabantu Mission, Rev Erlo Stegen declared:
“Either you will make an impact on the world, or the world will make an impact on you!”

Revival among the Zulus - Celebrating 50 years of Youth Conferences at KwaSizabantu Mission.

You can view the Reformation Society presentation on The Revival among the Zulus here:

Giving all Thanks to God
Over 12,000 participated in the Sunday 23 June Thanksgiving service commemorating 50 years of Youth Conferences at KwaSizabantu Mission.

You can get an impression of the enthusiastic energy at this historic event by viewing this compact video compilation:

View testimonies & report backs from the Youth Conference:

You can also listen to my report back on the From the Frontline Podcast:

Logistical Statistics
Some of the logistical challenges and achievements of the 50 years of Youth Conferences at KwaSizabantu Mission can be discerned from these statistics:

1,000,000 young people have been freely accommodated and catered for during the 100 youth conferences hosted since 1974

WATCH ALL THE SESSIONS HERE

500,000 loaves of Bread
57,000 litres of Jam
140,000 litres of Milk
200,000 kilograms of Sugar
200,000 kilograms of Potatoes
100,000 kilograms of Samp
200,000 kilograms of Beans
360,000 litres of Maas
500,000 kilograms of Rice
200,000 kilograms of Mielie Meal
100,000 kilograms of Meat
100,000 kilograms of Chicken
2100 mealtimes
2100 Services

It would take 61 interlink trucks to transport all the food that was freely provided to the participants of these 100 youth conferences.

You can listen to, or view, my presentation at the latest youth conference:
CULTIVATING an ATTITUDE of GRATITUDE

"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Further Resources
To learn more about KwaSizabantu Mission:

VISIT THE KSB WEBSITE

You can also obtain and read the inspiring story of Erlo Stegen
and the Revival among the Zulu:
Bondservant of Christ
Available as an eBook and through Print on Demand:

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At the age of 16, Erlo Hartwig Stegen felt a calling to preach to the Zulus and tell them about salvation through Jesus Christ.

But after 12 years on the mission field, with scarcely anything to show for it, he was ready to give it all up.

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