It is with a heavy heart that we take our leave of you and return to South Africa. We have had a wonderful time with the church over the past almost year and a half. I will be returning to mentoring our Church planters with Africa For Christ and Shirley
Continue readingOver the past several weeks our sermon series has been on the Beatitudes from Matthew 5:1-12. These give us a summary of the Christlike qualities that God wants us to demonstrate. They are the work of God’s grace in the life of a believer but also a way of evaluating
Continue readingAs we continue the study of the Beatitudes this Sunday, there are some questions raised by the next Beatitude, Matthew 5:7: “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.” Does it mean that if I show mercy God will show mercy to me? Does it then mean that God
Continue readingThe meaning and use of words change or evolve with time. For example, the Greeks viewed kidneys as the seat of emotion, so one might say, “I love you with all my kidneys.” That sounds weird to us, but not to people in that day. Some years ago, the word
Continue readingLast Sunday we began a series of sermons on the Beatitudes from Matthew 5. Jesus gave us these characteristics that every disciple of Christ should demonstrate. I have called this series, “Portraits of a Disciple”. Last Sunday we considered the first, “poor in spirit”, who are those who have cast
Continue readingAn artist searching for a man to model as the prodigal son saw a beggar in the street and asked him to come to his studio and pose for him, promising to pay him. At the appointed time the man appeared, neatly shaven and all dressed up. “Who are you?”
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, In this week’s Newsletter, we reprint the second part of an article by Dr. Gerhard Venter which was published in the most recent IBC magazine, Highlights*. There are probably many reasons why Baptists should enjoy and celebrate unity, not only among themselves, but also
Continue readingThe word “time” is one of the most-often used nouns in the English language. Why should it seem surprising? We live in a world where people are obsessed with saving time and trying to find more hours in the day. Although each of us has the same amount of time,
Continue readingYou may sometimes feel like the person who said to his pastor: “I want to be a good Christian, and I try hard, but somehow I just never seem to make it. I’m always doing the wrong thing. I just can’t live like a Christian; I don’t know what is
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, We wish you a blessed Christmas and Christ-filled New Year – from Pastor Bruce and Shirley, Oliver and Jessie, Adrian and Dana. Please join us on Christmas Eve, 24th December at 16:00 for the main family service with Carol singing. After the service there
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