Tent Meetings at Mthaleni - Pomeroy

Tent Evangelistic meetings were held at Mthaleni (Pomeroy) from 13 January to 2 February 2003.

Kwasizabantu co-workers Dumisani Makhoba and Robert Maphanga were assisted by local co-workers, Martin Stegen and Thoko Khuzwayo and Fonono Khumalo (and local pastor Sipho Zondi).

Services were held every evening and the attendance was very good. Mostly young people came to the Lord including a number of children. Some parents threatened their children that if they associate with Kwasizabantu they will no longer pay their school fees and support them. This is because the Gospel presented by Kwasizabantu insists on a clear break with `amadlozi' (ancestral worship). This is not a vain threat since some have been kicked out of their homes last year when a KSB team preached in the area and some children came to the Lord. A certain girl was sent out of the home for a whole year and has only recently been accepted back at home; she still holds on to her faith.

Many in the Mthaleni area have been influenced by a cult called `Shembe' which is a syncretistic mixture of Christendom and Ancestral worship, and Shembe is called the saviour for the blacks. Nevertheless, many attended the services.

Another young man of 16 or 17 was told by his parents that they will stop paying his school fees and his books. He came to the services every day and assisted the team. Please pray for him and the others who suffer persecution.

During the last week about 4 schools a day were visited. There was a positive response to the message and many requests that a Kwasizabantu team returns.