Dear Members and Friends of IBCZ, During September the emphasis at IBCZ is on engaging with our Missions and Missionaries. This week we focus on The Open Door Foundation, another mission that we prayer for and support. Lindy Hirt has supplied the following article. The Open Door Foundation was founded in
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday we left Jonah in the belly of the great fish (Jonah 1:17) in our sermon series on the book of Jonah. It was in this place of learning that God got his attention, and he was changed. Imagine what it was like
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Do you ever find yourself in conflict with God’s will: your desires pulling you one way, God’s desires pulling you another? Jonah found himself in that very position, but his own desire won out over God’s for a time. Or so he thought. As
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, During September we will be sharing news about the missions and missionaries that IBCZ are involved in with world missions. Before Jesus left earth He gave us the promise, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you
Continue readingAt IBCZ we set a high priority on teaching the children and this Sunday we are having our official Sunday School reopening and Annual Church BBQ. Classes begin on Sunday and there will be graded classes for different age groups, including teenagers. Although we believe Sunday School is of vital
Continue readingDuring the COVID epidemic I became aware of how I needed to go deeper in my walk with Christ. We just seemed to be going through a cycle of activities and when COVID hit there was an emptiness. During that time a began to learn how Jesus ministered in the
Continue readingContinuing through the book of 1 Thessalonians, looking at the “Marks of a Healthy Church”, in chapter 3 we look at the report Timothy brings back from Thessalonica, after he is sent there to check on the young church. Have the believers in Thessalonica kept the faith, or have they
Continue readingImagine for a moment that you would have been one of the non-Jewish people in Thessalonica in the days before Paul arrives with Silas. You mind your own business and life revolves around the worries and pleasures of this world. So far so unusual. But then the weekend hits and
Continue readingDuring the COVID epidemic I became aware of how I needed to go deeper in my walk with Christ. We just seemed to be going through a cycle of activities and when COVID hit there was an emptiness. During that time a began to learn how Jesus ministered in the
Continue readingIn a letter addressed to the Elders of IBCZ David MacDonald has responded to the church’s call for him and his wife, Anne, to become our new pastoral couple: Cape Town 19 July 2023 Dear Elders of IBCZ, We feel humbled by the way our LORD has led both you
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