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The missing blue thread
Sermon by Michael Sischy on 10 October 2021
Synopsis: The missing blue thread in the prayer shawl.
Wycliffe Bible Translators in SA
Sermon by Johanna Pillinger on 7 July 2019
Synopsis: Bible Translation is at the core of who Wycliffe are. We want to see God’s Word alive in every language, transforming lives and communities in this generation.
Almost one third of the world's.....
The Great Commission - Part 5 - Trends and opportunities
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 18 November 2018
Synopsis: Jesus gave the Great Commission 2000 years ago, what’s happened since?
“With the explosion of the church in the Southern Hemisphere, we must ask, does the church of the Lord Jesus Christ still.....
The Great Commission - Part 7 - Trends and opportunities
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 26 August 2018
Synopsis: TREND 1: MIGRATION
In the past you had to go to a foreign country to be a missionary to other people groups. Now many of those people groups are coming to us. “Go into all the world” includes.....
MISSIONS- The prototype Christian church
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 22 July 2018
Synopsis: Acts 11:26 The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.
But what were the traits of this prototype church in Antioch where Christians first received their name? Amongst other things,.....
i4118 Foundation
Sermon by Des Burrows on 24 June 2018
Synopsis: Presentation on the work of the i4118 Foundation.
Evangelism
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 4 February 2018
Synopsis: Evangelism is the commitment to or act of preaching the Gospel with the intention of spreading the message and teachings of Jesus Christ.
The only hope for peace
Sermon by Michael Sischy on 14 November 2017
Synopsis: The only hope for peace was born in the Middle East.
Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful.....
Here Am I, Send Me
Sermon by Nico Bougas on 25 September 2017
Synopsis: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?”
Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
Isaiah 6.8
The Holy Spirit in Missions
Sermon by Julio Da Silva on 29 May 2017
Synopsis: Acts 1:8 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Building Missions
Sermon by Steve Maritz on 11 October 2016
Synopsis: The context of Eph.2:20 – Paul teaching that God was building one family of Jews & Gentiles.
Eph.2:19-22 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's.....
Hellenic Ministries
Sermon by Steve Dutton on 1 May 2016
Synopsis: Feedback on the work of Hellenic Ministries in Greece.
Exhortation from Scottish missionaries
Sermon by John Tait on 24 April 2016
Synopsis: John 19:16-27 (KJV) Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull,.....
The Christmas Story
Sermon by Nik Ripken on 10 October 2015
Synopsis: The Christmas story in Matthew 1-2 from the perspective of the persecuted church.
Nik and Ruth Ripken are veteran overseas workers for 30 years. During those years they have served in the.....
The parable of the banquet
Sermon by Lindsey Parker on 4 October 2015
Synopsis: Luke 14:15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
16 Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing.....
The Great Commission - Part3b - Global trends (cont)
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 13 September 2015
Synopsis: So what are some of the global trends we are seeing in today’s world? How do these present challenges or opportunities for us to advance and complete the Great Commission?
- Positive trends in.....
Passion for souls
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 23 August 2015
Synopsis: When William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, was asked by the king of England what the ruling force of his life was, he replied, “Sir, some men’s passion is for gold, other men’s passion is.....
Passion for souls - Part 2
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 10 August 2015
Synopsis: While hiding in a cave from his enemies, David cries in despair that “no man cared for my soul” (Psalm 142:4)
Today too there are millions of people in the world whose souls it seems no one cares.....
Last words of Jesus - The great commission
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 12 July 2015
Synopsis: When someone is about to leave us (e.g. death or a departure to a faraway land), the last words they speak are ones that they consider to be the most important. There’s no time for wasted words when.....
Missions
Sermon by Andy Barnard on 28 June 2015
Synopsis: The importance and the true purpose of missions as seen throughout the Bible.
Our Mission
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 21 June 2015
Synopsis: Let me introduce my message today with two questions.
1) Do you consider yourself a true Christian, meaning "a Disciple of Christ Jesus" who is compelled by God's love to do his will?
2) What is.....
The Great Commission - Part 3- Global trends
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 7 June 2015
Synopsis: If current patterns continue, the unreached will still be 23-28% of the world’s population in 2025 (Stan Park, Ethne '06). So how should we approach missions and evangelism? Should we just keep on.....
Greek culture and the Bible
Sermon by Iakovos Nikolopoulos on 1 March 2015
Synopsis: Have you ever wondered why the New Testament was written in Greek even though it's authors were predominantly Jewish? Iakovos Nikolopoulos, a tour guide from Greece, talks about the impact of Greek.....
Greece 2014 Vision Tour
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 23 November 2014
Synopsis: Feedback from Ken, Bev, Brenda and Lynne on the Greece 2014 Vision Tour with Hellenic Ministries.
The four lepers of Samaria
Sermon by Graham Sahling on 16 November 2014
Synopsis: 2 Kings 7:3 Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, “Why stay here until we die? 4 If we say, ‘We’ll go into the city’—the famine is there,.....
True religion
Sermon by Candice Towndrow on 22 June 2014
Synopsis: James 1:26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as.....
Last words of Jesus - The great commission
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 15 June 2014
Synopsis: When someone is about to leave us (e.g. death or a departure to a faraway land), the last words they speak are ones that they consider to be the most important.
There’s no time for wasted words.....
What makes good soil
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 25 May 2014
Synopsis: A Christian who does not bear fruit for the kingdom is not good soil. You cannot say “I am good soil” when you haven’t produced any harvest. In the parable of the sower Jesus said:
Matt 13:23.....
The scattering of the church
Sermon by Mark Hodgetts on 24 May 2014
Synopsis: It took Acts 8:1 to fulfill Acts 1:8.
Acts 1:8 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the.....
Hellenic Ministries
Sermon by Nico Bougas on 12 May 2014
Synopsis: Greece was one of the first countries that the apostle Paul evangelized in response to the call from the Macedonian man in a vision. But 2000 years later Greece is again in desperate need of.....
ANTIOCH - The prototype Christian church
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 15 February 2014
Synopsis: Acts 11:26 The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.
As Antioch was the place where followers of Jesus were first named “Christians”, the name by which we are still called today,.....
Global Evangelism Mission
Sermon by Joseph Mpakanyane on 30 June 2013
Synopsis: Joseph shares on the work of GEM (Global Evangelism Mission) in Lesotho. Also a brief look at the parable of the talents and what we can learn from it.
God can use anyone
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 23 June 2013
Synopsis: Former shoe salesman, D.L. Moody said,
“If this world is going to be reached, I am convinced that it must be done by men and women of average talent. After all, there are comparatively few people.....
Christian Hospital visitation - Intro
Sermon by HCF on 27 April 2013
Synopsis: Training on Christian Hospital visitation by Healthcare Christian Fellowship.
Speaker: Erica Grunewald
Matt 25:36 ... naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison,.....
Christian Hospital visitation - Session 1
Sermon by HCF on 27 April 2013
Synopsis: Training on Christian Hospital visitation by Healthcare Christian Fellowship.
Speaker: Timothy Okhai
Matt 25:36 ... naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison,.....
Christian Hospital visitation - Session 3
Sermon by HCF on 27 April 2013
Synopsis: Training on Christian Hospital visitation by Healthcare Christian Fellowship.
Speaker: Timothy Okhai.
Matt 25:36 ... naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and.....
Christian Hospital visitation - Session 4
Sermon by HCF on 27 April 2013
Synopsis: Training on Christian Hospital visitation by Healthcare Christian Fellowship.
Speaker: Erica Grunewald.
Matt 25:36 ... naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison,.....
Christian Hospital visitation - Session 5
Sermon by HCF on 27 April 2013
Synopsis: Training on Christian Hospital visitation by Healthcare Christian Fellowship.
Speaker: Timothy Okhai.
Matt 25:36 ... naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and.....
Christian Hospital visitation - Session 2
Sermon by HCF on 27 April 2013
Synopsis: Training on Christian Hospital visitation by Healthcare Christian Fellowship.
Speaker: Timothy Okhai
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Matt 25:36 ... naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison,.....
Christian Hospital visitation - Session 6
Sermon by HCF on 27 April 2013
Synopsis: Training on Christian Hospital visitation by Healthcare Christian Fellowship.
Speaker: Timothy Okhai.
Matt 25:36 ... naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and.....
Christian Hospital visitation - Session 7
Sermon by HCF on 27 April 2013
Synopsis: Training on Christian Hospital visitation by Healthcare Christian Fellowship.
Speakers: Candice Towndrow & Timothy Okhai.
Matt 25:36 ... naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me;.....
How To Invest Your Life
Sermon by Steve Dutton on 14 April 2013
Synopsis: Matthew 25:14-30
"Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to.....
Testimony
Sermon by Ilias Tsartsampalidis on 10 March 2013
Synopsis: Ilias and his wife Nelly are involved with Hellenic Ministries in Greece. Hellenic Ministries is committed to proclaiming the gospel through direct and indirect evangelism and missions, primarily in.....
Our responsibility to the poor
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 3 March 2013
Synopsis: In the world today, more than 6 billion people live. If this world were shrunk to the size of a village of 100 people, what would it look like?
Of the 100 people in this village - 20 are.....
Womens World Day of Prayer
Sermon by Lynne van Wyk on 1 March 2013
Synopsis: The 2013 Women's World Day of Prayer with it's focus on France.
Becoming a devoted follower of Jesus
Sermon by Missions on 4 November 2012
Synopsis: Will you still serve Jesus if, like Job, you: (1) lost your money (2) had death in the family (3) lost your health (4) were lonely?
Job 1:20-22 At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his.....
Stay by being missional
Sermon by Phillip Dungulu on 9 October 2012
Synopsis: AGF 2012 annual conference at YFC Cyara: Matt 5:14 "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it.....
Mission Shaped Communications
Sermon by Leston Blackburn on 27 July 2012
Synopsis: Isa 54:2 “Enlarge the place of your tent,
stretch your tent curtains wide,
do not hold back;
lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the.....
Healthcare Christian Fellowship
Sermon by HCF on 24 June 2012
Synopsis: Mark 16:15 (KJV) And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Ps 142:4 (KJV) I looked on my right hand, and beheld , but there was no man that would.....
The prototype Christian church (Missionary church)
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 17 June 2012
Synopsis: Followers of Jesus were known by some as the “Nazarene sect” (Acts 24:5).
At the time of Stephen’s martyrdom, Christianity was referred to as “the Way” (Acts 9:1-2)
But the disciples were first.....
Cambodia
Sermon by Candice Towndrow on 6 November 2011
Synopsis: Feedback on Candice's mission trip to Cambodia and the Philippines.
The Great Commission
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 24 July 2011
Synopsis: Often people ask, "What prophetic event remains unfulfilled to prevent the return of Jesus?"
Well consider this prophecy by Jesus.
In Matthew 24:14, speaking prophetically Jesus said that "this.....
Missions and ministry
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 3 July 2011
Synopsis: A look at the importance of "works of service" in the light of missions and ministry.
Ephesians 4:11-12 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to.....
Ezekiel 47
Sermon by Candice Towndrow on 3 April 2011
Synopsis: Ezekiel 47:1 The man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was.....
Solving community problems
Sermon by Costa Mitchell on 6 October 2010
Synopsis: AGF 2010 annual conference at YFC Cyara.
Costa Mitchell is the national director of the Association of Vineyard Churches in South Africa.
Our mission
Sermon by Costa Mitchell on 6 October 2010
Synopsis: AGF 2010 annual conference at YFC Cyara.
Costa Mitchell is the national director of the Association of Vineyard Churches in South Africa.
Mercy Actions
Sermon by Julio Da Silva on 5 October 2010
Synopsis: AGF 2010 annual conference at YFC Cyara.
God's heart for the lost
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 19 September 2010
Synopsis: Psalm 50:16 But to the wicked, God says: “What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips? 17 You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you. 18 When you see a thief,.....
Missions
Sermon by Rudi Korda on 1 August 2010
Synopsis: Matt 7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord,.....
The Unfinished Task
Sermon by Louis Blom on 25 July 2010
Synopsis: Every year… 36.4 million …people die without Christ. The 10/40 Window has:
- 65% of the world’s population.
- 90% of the world’s poorest.
- 95% those unreached by Christian witness.
The.....
The disobedient church
Sermon by Missions on 18 April 2010
Synopsis: (1) THE COMMAND
(2) THE CONCERN
(3) THE CAUSE &
(4) THE CURE
Beautiful Gate
Sermon by Ray Haakonsen on 21 June 2009
Synopsis: Ray shares his testimony of how God led him from being a fighter pilot in the Rhodesian army to ultimately founding and operating the “Beautiful Gate” care centre in Lesotho for abandoned.....
The power of the Holy Spirit - "Dunamis"
Sermon by Louis Blom on 6 June 2009
Synopsis: Louis Blom gives feedback from Judea Harvest. 1000 tents set up, 10000 crusades, 4500 churches planted, 65 churches planted in India.
Acts 1:8 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit.....
Kinross Mission School
Sermon by Chris Jordan on 14 April 2009
Synopsis: CHALLENGES
- There is no running water or toilets at the school
- There is no electricity
- Classes are overcrowded
- Over 100 children on the waiting list
- For some children this is their.....
The kingdom of God - 6C - Missions
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 14 December 2008
Synopsis: What are the characteristics of those who keep the "Great Commission" of Jesus? The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. So how will they hear the gospel unless we respond to the call - to.....
The kingdom of God - 6B - MISSIONS
Sermon by Gavin Paynter on 9 November 2008
Synopsis: What is the "Great Commission" that Jesus gave and what are the excuses that Christians use for not keeping it?
(1) Calvinist fatalism,
(2) It’s a big sacrifice,
(3) You might suffer,
(4) I’m.....
Missions
Sermon by Candice Towndrow on 31 August 2008
Synopsis: Jer 17:5 This is what the LORD says:
“Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
6 He will be like a bush in the.....
Missions in Taiwan
Sermon by Daniel Hughes on 24 August 2008
Synopsis: Daniel and Arlene Hughes share on the ministry to the Hakka people in Taiwan.
God uses the things man despises
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 6 July 2008
Synopsis: Just as David used 5 stones to defeat Goliath, so God uses 5 things to defeat Satan. He uses:
(1) the foolish things,
(2) the weak things,
(3) the lowly things,
(4) the despised things AND
(5).....
Evangelism
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 26 August 2007
Synopsis: 4 lepers went out from a city that was starving and found food, but while they were feasting they said “What we are doing is not right”.
In like manner, the gospel is one beggar telling another.....
Being a witness
Sermon by Ken Paynter on 3 September 2005
Synopsis: We are not all evangelists, but we are all called to be witnesses.
Testimony
Sermon by Eileen Beggs on 14 November 1999
Synopsis: Testimony of an Irish missionary to Zimbabwe, the Seychelles and South Africa. Eileen and her husband used to fellowship with the Roodepoort Assemblies of God Fellowship while in South Africa.
Prison Ministry in Madagascar
Sermon by Dot Oosthuizen on 26 May 1996
Synopsis: Dot Oosthuizen shares about how the Lord opened the doors for her to minster to prisoners in Madagascar.
The 4 Ms for churches of tomorrow
Sermon by David Wong on 17 June 1995
Synopsis: David Wong from the Pentecostal Mission in Hong Kong speaks on the “M’s” that are required for the church of the 21st century to remain relevant. They are not Methodology, Money and.....
Helping the poor aged folk
Sermon by Irene Ntintile on 14 February 1994
Synopsis: Irene shares about her work helping the poor old folk in Soweto.
Testimony - Radio Broadcast
Sermon by W.F.P. Burton on 2 January 1969
Synopsis: W F P Burton (aka Willie Burton) was born in 1886 and began pioneer missionary work in the Congo (now Zaire) in 1915. When he moved from the mission field 50 years later his work had grown into.....
Testimony
Sermon by W.F.P. Burton on 16 September 1968
Synopsis: Testimony of famous Congo missionary W.F.P. Burton.
Taking South Africa for God
Sermon by Nicholas Bhengu on 6 March 1955
Synopsis: An article in the March 1955 Pentecostal Evangel by Nicholas Bhengu on "Taking South Africa for God."
Through Gates of Splendour
Sermon by Jim Elliot on 30 December 1950
Synopsis: Quest for the Aucas. The Spiritual Legacy of 5 Missionary Martyrs. Rachel Saints last interview.
Our Journey
Sermon by Mike Oosthuizen on
Synopsis: Mike and Christine Oosthuizen went from the Brakpan Assembly as missionaries with WEC. On a visit to Brakpan, Mike recounts their journey.
A missionary remembers
Sermon by Gertrude Kast on
Synopsis: A book written in 1973 with the memoirs of missionary Gertrude Elizabeth Kast, wife of August Kast. The Kasts were missionaries at the Mount Tabor Mission in Lesotho.
Missionary pioneering in Congo forests
Sermon by W.F.P. Burton on
Synopsis: Missionary pioneering in Congo forests : a narrative of the labours of William F.P. Burton and his companions in the native villages of Luba-Land (1922).
Burton (1886–1971) was a British.....
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