When I met a group of students in Port Elizabeth in the early eighties, I knew they had something that I needed in my life. Peace. They attended a week of meetings at the University of Port Elizabeth where Reverend Erlo Stegen was the main speaker. He shared about the Revival of 1966. Many of…
My name is Siphumelele Gushman and I was born in the Eastern Cape South Africa. My parents moved to Cape Town for work purposes, so I was raised in Cape Town. When I was still a young boy I used to be rebellious. I was attracted to all types of bad things like fighting, swearing…
I attended Domino Servite School from 1991 to 1997, which is when I matriculated. My earliest memories of attending DSS are of the morning assemblies: lots of beautiful Zulu singing, sunshine streaming in from the side, and aunty Kay (Rev. Erlo Stegen’s late wife who was principal at that time) telling us stories that always…
Gerhard le Roux:
The main “leg” that the mission stands on is in my opinion neither one of the two, but rather obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Als Jugendlicher wurde ich zu Vorträgen eingeladen von Erlo Stegen, die in verschiedenen Städten Europas stattfanden. Hier wurde ich innerlich sehr angesprochen und mit dem Evangelium selbst führte zu dieser Zeit ein sehr oberflächliches Leben, zwar ging ich 1- bis 2 mal in der Woche in die Kirche, doch brachte das keine tiefe Auswirkung…
We respect and honour Rev. Erlo Stegen (the leader of KwaSizabantu Mission). Not only did he have a tremendous influence on our spiritual lives, but one day he also visited our mission. We have an agricultural field that we needed to develop. He asked if we would be interested in date trees. Of course we…
I have been visiting KwaSizabantu Mission for just over 40 years now, since the very beginning when I first met Rev. Erlo Stegen and the KwaSizabantu choir at a gathering for church leaders from all around South Africa in the 1970s which took place in Pretoria, I can testify that from the very first encounter…
Gerhard & Elmane le Roux:
We can only honour Uncle Erlo for all that he meant for us and God’s Kingdom over the years.
Because of an addiction to crack cocaine and heroin, I spent two years in prison in a foreign country, was then deported to South Africa and finally ended up living on the streets of Durban.
Nkosi Zikode, KwaMaphumulo:
I urge you to remain strong during these trying and uncertain times.