From the 12-18th August 2012, African Enterprise ran an
evangelistic outreach mission in the city of Pietermaritzburg including its
township areas. Steven Lungu, whose incredible testimony many will know of
through his book, Out of
the Black Shadows, was one of the main evangelists as well as
Michael Cassidy.
A number were saved in the traditional “tent” meetings but
more significantly were the numbers who responded in the marketplace outreaches
– resulting in 88 workplaces requesting on-going visits and ministry. Alpha was
welcomed as a partner in this mission, as a follow-up tool for discipleship and
Michael himself was happy to endorse Alpha from the front of his speaking
venues including the City Hall. Through the partnership, doors were opened for
Debbie and Simon (KZN Alpha representatives) to speak about Alpha at steering committee meetings, business
breakfasts and pastors fraternals, to name a few. Banners and street-lamp
posters went up all over town, a sizeable advert was run in the Natal Witness
newspaper and courses started where they’d never been run before.
Praise God
for the many fruitful connections that have been established, some with leading
Christian figures in the city, and we are confident this will lead to more
courses starting in 2013.