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When President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa calls for “an African Renaissance”, what exactly did he mean? Was he calling us to the humanism of the European Renaissance that culminated in the French Revolution and the Soviet Gulags? Or was he merely desiring a return to the pre-Christian Paganism and Animism that afflicted Africa prior to the spread of the Gospel?
However, there is an alternative that South Africans should seriously consider: the faith that successfully campaigned against human sacrifices, eradicated slavery and introduced hospitals. The Christian Faith has made more positive changes on earth than any other force or movement in history.
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1 February 2002
On 1st February United Christian Action hosted a National Day of Repentance prayer meeting at Parliament in Cape Town. This was to repent from the national sin of abortion. Since the ANC legalized abortion on demand on 1st February 1997, over 200 000 babies have been killed by abortion in South Africa – legally. Led by UCA Director, Dr. Peter Hammond (who had just returned from Sudan the day before) and UCA Communications Director, Robert McCafferty, the prayer meeting was also addressed by ACDP Member of Parliament, Cheryllyn Dudley. South Africa’s Murder Spree
Violent crime is a reality that affects everyone. According to a recent Interpol survey of its 96 member countries, South Africa had the worst rape statistics and was the 3rd worst in murder statistics. In the last 20 years murder has increased 350%. More people are killed each year in criminal violence in South Africa than were killed in 13 years of political and military violence! (SA Institute of Race Relations). Since the South African government suspended the death penalty on 4 February 1990, over 200 000 people have been murdered. Dear Friends
GREAT COMMISSION COURSE Our last month has been crammed full of interesting events and outreaches. Participants from as far afield as Arizona and Zambia, California and the Congo, Canada and New Zealand took part in our Great Commission Course. The GCC involved prison ministry, film evangelism, mass literature distribution, door to door, one on one, personal evangelism, hard physical work, setting up a large tent in a township with inadequate tools, intense times of prayer, some inspiring visits to Christian heritage sites and mission stations in Cape Town, soccer evangelism on a muddy field and midnight hikes, in the forest, in the river or over the mountain with backpacks filled with Scriptures in Arabic.  Oct / Nov / Dec 2011
Dear Friends, We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. May God be with you and bless you. May Christ be born anew in your heart. Though there are many attempts to take Christ out of Christmas, its spirit of wonder and love cannot be quenched. Christmas is not just a “season” or a “holiday,” Christmas is “Joy to the World, the Lord is come!” It means “Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled.”  Christians take a stand for parental control of education
The philosophy of education in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next generation. The Biblical world view is a "historical anachronism" (Prof. Kader Asmal) . "Under no circumstances" should assemblies be used as "occasions for religious observance." "... Schools could influence children’s ideas about sex and relationships even before the onset of intimate encounters... and in imparting the fundamental values of our Constitution" (The Manifesto of Values, Education and Democracy, p. 8). "The intrusion of an adult - whether a teacher or not into the sexuality of children is a form of child molestation that can be just as harmful as an actual attack by a child molester." (Dr Melvin Anchell). Home schoolers want to"impose their loony, paranoid and perverse ideas on the nation" (Prof. Kader Asmal) "There has, I regret to say, been an orchestrated and bizarre campaign against this revision . . . Regrettably, they lie in the same source of groupings which recently lost their appeal to the Constitutional Court to be allowed to beat their children." (Prof. Kader Asmal)  Steve Green must be one of the most inspiring and effective Christian musicians in the world today. His songs are clear, Christ-centered and mostly Scripture. From the beginning of the concert, it was clear that Steve Green was not involved in entertainment, but worship. From the beginning to the end of his concert, Steve Green was plainly worshipping the Lord, and at several points he incorporated the audience, urging everyone to stand up and praise the Lord in song together
Why does Britain have a House of Lords and a House of Commons? Why does the USA separate their government into three branches - Executive, Legislative and Judicial? Why does Switzerland have a citizens army? These and many other questions are answered by seeing the ten principles of freedom modeled in the Bible.
Many people labour under the illusion that the Bible has nothing to say concerning social structures, constitutional models or political affairs. However, while approximately 29% of the Bible deals with our personal lives, 71% deals with social, political and national issues. 18 January 2007
Brother Andrew, in his book, “ Battle for Africa" , says in his chapter, “One Nation Could Save All of Africa: “I believe that God has a special interest in the survival of the South African nation… I believe in a concept, which might be called ‘regional evangelism’. God has given certain countries the primary responsibility for the evangelising of the region of the world which they occupy… a responsibility that emerges as history progresses. To whom much is given, much is expected… I believe that the evangelisation of Eastern Europe is the special responsibility of Western Europe . The United States is responsible for Central and South America . The burden of reaching Asia falls to Australia and New Zealand . And the continent of Africa is the special spiritual responsibility of South Africa. The famous Prime Minister of Rhodesia (from 1964 to 1979), Mr Ian Smith, has often said "We were never beaten by our enemies - we were betrayed by our friends". Today, South Africans can also echo his incisive analysis: We have never been militarily defeated by any enemy. At the 75th Anniversary of the South African Defence Force in 1987, we could proudly declare that the SADF had never been beaten - it had an unbroken record of victory. Most recently against the Cubans in Angola.
Yet we need to also add the second part of that statement: We have been betrayed. Betrayed by our supposed allies in the West. Slandered and sanctioned by those for whom we had sacrificed to serve and assist when they were under attack. We may have fought for the British, French and American cause in the First and Second World Wars, but when we were attacked, they sided with Soviet supported terrorists - granting vast financial aid to the ANC. |
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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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