My plan on the morning of the march, 21 May 2011, was to leave home one hour and fifteen minutes before the start of the events surrounding the march. The reason for leaving so long before the time is that "they" are still working on the N1 highway between Pretoria and Johannesburg, and if anything goes wrong on that highway, we would have to sit in traffic for a long time!
It just so happens that they had lane closures on the N1 and we did get to sit in very slow traffic for just over 2Kms. That doesn't sound so bad, but the fact is that it almost made us late for the 10:00 start! Well, God saw it fit to get us to Hyde Park Shopping Centre with about 5 minutes to spare! I had decided to take my camera along and play cameraman.
When we arrived there, there were only about 30-40 people there. I had such high hopes for this march. It was an opportunity for Christians and concerned citizens to stand up for what is right! What we do and stand for today, has an effect on the world that our children will one day inherit from us! The question is: What kind of a world are you fighting for them to inherit? A no-care attitude today will ensure a disastrous future-world for our children tomorrow! I was hoping for a couple of thousand people to march today, or at least 1,000. It was not to be! The final tally of marchers only came to between 80-100! After the march I gave ACA a call in Cape Town, as they were doing a march to the Cape Town offices of e-TV at the same time, to find out how many marchers participated there, and they had around 150! This is such a shame, especially if the fact that 75% of South Africans claim to be Christian is taken into account! Christians that want to sit on their deriers and have a good time, I am sure, but not Christians who would rise in society as the salt of the earth!
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There has been a call from Christians nationwide, spearheaded by the Family Policy Institute (FPI) and Africa Christian Action (ACA), to switch off e-TV and not to watch this channel that is adamant in its deviant pursuing of pornography to air on its channel. The latest is that e-TV has now added The Naked News to its late night viewing, in which naked women read the "news."
After calls and emails, e-TV stubbornly decided to continue its current programming, with possibly even worse things to come in the future. It is with this response from e-TV that there is a national call for a march this coming Saturday, 21 May 2011, to the e-TV studios in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
The March Against Pornography will kick of at 10:00 in both Cape Town and Johannesburg.
In Cape Town the march will start from the Orange Street Baptist Church in Kloof Str to the E-tv Studios just further up. Parking will be available in the lower part of Kloof Str. For more information please contact ACA at 021 – 689 4481 or by emailing them at info@christianaction.org.za.
In Johannesburg the march will start from the Hyde Park Shopping Centre to the e-TV studios. For more information about the Johannesburg march, contact Pearl Kupe at 083 305 9622 or by emailinng her at Pearl.Kupe@transnet.net.
You can read more about this at the FPI website, here and here. You can also read about the march at ACA and Gateway News.
Don't sit back and let others fight the battle against darkness for you. Every Christian is in a battle against evil, and this is one way we can use to let our lights shine for the kingdom and gospel of Jesus Christ!
Don't participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead, expose them.
Eph 5:11
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While standing there many people made comments from their cars as they slowly drove by, yet I perceived only one comment to be negative. Why do I use the word 'perceive?' Well, there was only one comment that was shouted from a car as they sped past that I simply could not make out what they were shouting.
Lifechains are essentially peaceful prolife protests against abortion, which is the cold-blooded murder of unborn babies! Below you will find a link to some pictures that were taken on the day and also a video that was shot on location.
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Because of this, we at BCN have been having LifeChains (peaceful, anti-abortion protests) for many years. Following are the details for our next LifeChain:
Date: Sat, 29 January 2011
Time: 09:00 - 12:00
Venue: Gauteng, c/o Rondebult and North Rand Rd.
GPS: 26°10'43.63"S 28°14'36.99"E
For more information, you can contact us.
Please, if you are from Gauteng, could you make the time to join us as we stand in solidarity with all those that have been sacrificed on the altar of convenience! We cannot, we may not, turn a blind eye to the murder that happens daily in our country!
Stand up and be counted!
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“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.” Proverbs 31:8
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FINAL: Registration is now CLOSED!Registration for BCN's Biblical Worldview Seminar for 2010 (BWS2010) is now open! The seminar will be held on 27-29 August 2010, again at the Pelindaba Mission. We hosted our first Biblical Worldview Seminar in August 2009, and if you are interested in this year's seminar, but don't know what to expect, simply read about it in the report on last year's BWS.
Dr. Peter Hammond, from Africa Christian Action & Frontline Fellowship, will once again be the presenter and will cover topics such as:
The Crusades vs Jihad
"Simple tools for brain surgery" film
Discerning between true and false guidance
God and government
Way of the Master evangelism workshop
Evangelising Muslims
Christian action and public speaking workshop
How Christianity changed the world
Revival in history
BWS2010 promises to be even better than last year with an expected registration of 200+ people. So, don't delay. You may just miss the boat as it sails into the sunset!
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To find out about the BWS we hosted in August 2009, go here!
The prices are set as follows:
| Adults | |
| Option 1 - Seminar including accommodation: | R300 |
| Option 2 - Seminar excluding accommodation: | R200 |
| Children & Students | |
| Children 12 & under: | R80 |
| Children above 12 & students: | R150 |
| Tents | |
| Tent stand rental: (to be used with Option 2 if needed) | R100 |
As soon as we are ready to accept online payments, we will add the information to this article. Hopefully that will happen soon.
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South African Christians must be the most laid-back Christians in the world. Even in America, where affluence is the in thing, Christians stand up against the government more than they do in South Africa. ]]>
Sanctity Life Sunday was on 31 January 2010 this year and as a result we held our lifechain against abortion on 30 Jan. Abortion became legalized on 1 February 1997 in South Africa and churches all over South Africa commemorate the fact that by now 900,000 babies have lost their lives in South Africa because of this ungodly and outright evil practice that hve swept across the planet.
Edmund Burke said: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." There are many men that are seemingly good, but where are the brave men?
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