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Mission to Orania
By God's grace I returned from driving 1800Km to and from Orania, where I had been invited, by the Afrikaans Protestante Kerk (APK), for ministry including radio and church services and consultations for Missions and Evangelism.
Mission to Orania
My car was so heavily laden with boxes of Gospel booklets and evangelistic literature and posters, that the vehicle literally was scraping over speed humps. We delivered many boxes of Gospel literature, from World Missionary Press and Jesus Messias books & Gospel posters in Afrikaans and Tswana and Christian books, Films and other helpful materials. It was a fascinating visit and very productive. Numerous people there knew me and told me that they enjoyed my articles on the Ten Commandments, the Bible in a Nutshell, Answering Sceptics and on South African Christian History in JUIG! Magazine. Others had listened to our Salt and Light radio programs on Radio Tygerberg. One minister recalled meeting me in the Army when he was a Colonel in Military Intelligence. One lady had completed our Great Commission Course several years ago. I also met someone who was part of a Frontline mission team outreach to Southwest Africa and Angola back in 1989. One lady had followed our work for years and asked me detailed questions concerning each of my children, by name. Imagine Imagine a community without any litter. No graffiti. Even construction sites looked neat and orderly. Imagine a community where children walk or cycle on their own, without adult supervision. Where children play in the street. Imagine a society without any burglar bars, no security gates, no high fences and no razor wire! In fact, most residents do not bother to lock their doors. Most cars are left unlocked, sometimes even with the keys still in the ignition. Imagine a society where you can drink the water out of the tap, without fear of falling sick! A community that is energy sufficient, where regular scheduled power failures (the so-called load shedding) do not occur!
Listen to my mission report back on From the Frontline
Imagine a community which has not had a single murder in over 33 years!
That community is Orania. Founded back in 1991, Orania is a private Trust that only accepts residents who are Christians and who are Afrikaans. Based on the principle of self-determination and self-sufficiency, Orania has effectively seceded from South Africa. They want nothing from the government except to be left alone to raise their children in the Christian Faith and to live out and celebrate their own culture, in a safe environment. What they have achieved is remarkable. They build and maintain their own roads. Purify their water. Print their own currency, the Ora. They run their own schools, and they are building their own university. The community has grown at a steady pace of 10% per annum, and since 2020 their population has doubled. Orania is a success story, economically, socially and practically. Although they are separatist, they are also very hospitable and welcome visitors. Some of their communities are also interested in Missions to neighbouring communities, which is why I was invited to present training in missions and evangelism. I gave a presentation on Andrew Murray and the 1860 revival and on the greatness of the Great Commission, encouraging them to bless the nations, not only the communities around them, but also across the border and throughout Africa.
Listen to the radio interview on Radio Orania
REFORMATION
​Reformation in South Africa
Last week, we were at the Huguenot monument and museum, in Franschhoek, hosting the Reformation Day service and picnic lunch. In the evening, we screened the classic 1953 Martin Luther film. We had several Congolese guests, a visitor from Zimbabwe, a couple of visitors from Britain and a German visitor participating in these Reformation Day events.
​Reformation in Zambia
Since 1991 I have frequently been invited to minister in churches and conferences, on radio and television throughout Zambia. The transformation from Kaunda’s socialist dictatorship to the free market, multi-party democracy, freedom of the press and freedom of religion of the MMD government was dramatic. President Chiluba committed Zambia to becoming a Christian country and entered an amendment to the constitution to that effect. Abortion was banned. Pornography is prohibited. The Bible returned to the school classrooms. Chaplains replaced political officers in the armed forces. National days of prayer and repentance and thanksgiving were observed. Zambia has a National Day of Prayer every October. This October marked 60 years of Independence of Zambia.
​Reformation in Angola
30 years ago, a Frontline Fellowship Mission team was approaching a remote village in Cuando Cubango province ​(what the Portuguese referred to as the ends of the earth) in Angola. The team heard enthusiastic singing. They immediately recognised the tune, even though they could not understand the words. What they were hearing was: Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress is our God), Dr. Martin Luther's great Battle Hymn of the Reformation in Ovimbundu. This beloved Hymn, based on Psalm 46, is one of the favourite Hymns of the Persecuted Church, and one of the most translated Hymns in history. Here they were, at what had been described as the ends of the earth, and they were celebrating Reformation Day. 
Law and Grace Seminar
Law and Grace seminar for Congolese Congregation
I taught at a Law and Grace seminar with a Congolese congregation and led a chaplain's service for a Rhodesian Remembrance service in Fish Hoek. 
Rhodesian Remembrance Service
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"And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.” Matthew 28: 18-20
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.” Matthew 28: 18-20
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