Please click here to read information pertaining to the upcoming African Pastors’ Conference in Ora et Labora, Pretoria, South Africa. If you are unable to view the document, please download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Please note: The registration deadline in the document can be ignored. Delegates can register on arrival. Please refer to the map in the document for directions.
Dates: Wednesday 20th, Thursday 21st ,Friday 22nd January 2010
8-10 Dec. 2009 Zimbabwe (Bulawayo) (to be confirmed)
4-5 Jan 2010 Port Elizabeth EC, South Africa
6-8 Jan 2010 Hillcrest KZN, South Africa
12 Jan 2010 Mseleni KZN, South Africa
15-16 Jan 2010 Newcastle KZN, South Africa
18 Jan 2010 Welkom FS, South Africa
20-22 Jan 2010 Ora et Labora (Pretoria), South Africa
April 2010 Eastern Cape, South Africa
April 2010 Western Cape, South Africa (to be confirmed)
14-15 May 2010 Barberton, South Africa
Sept.2010 Limpopo, South Africa
General notice: Pastors from outside Southern Africa are not eligible for these conferences. Even if they apply online or by e-mail their registrations will be ignored with no further reply.
Invitation letters: APC are not in a position to send a formal invitation to attend the Conference to any outside South Africa. Pastors are welcome at Conference but will need to deal with their own immigration and travel arrangements. They may quote this website for confirmation that there is a Conference taking place.
Click here to register for any of the above conferences.
Through the constant republication of his sermons and voluminous writings (135 books) the influence of Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) maintains an immense spiritual influence throughout the evangelical world. Over half a million visits have been made to The Spurgeon Archives, probably the best of several Spurgeon websites. The last five years of Spurgeon’s life, 1887-1892 were troubled and saddened by the Downgrade Controversy. Spurgeon carried an enormous workload. He possessed neither the time nor the energy to pursue and remedy the widespread doctrinal decline in the B U (Baptist Union). For any leader to appraise so great an issue would involve full-time work for more than one astute theologian. For his unwillingness to provide documentation concerning his allegations CHS was misunderstood and maligned. The controversy exacerbated his health problems. He admitted at one stage that the controversy was killing him.
A preliminary comment is needful with respect to the Baptist Union. There are many Baptist denominations around the world and they differ widely in character. In South Africa the battle over liberal theology was won in the 1920s so the B U of South Africa is evangelical and has managed to remain intact and resist soul-destroying liberal doctrines. As an introduction to Spurgeon I recommend Iain Murray’s book The Forgotten Spurgeon published by the Banner of Truth.
For those attending the African Pastor’s Conference in Polokwane, South Africa, please see below an image with directions (click the image for a larger version):
Further details for this conference are available here. Unfortunately, the registration deadline has already been reached (31 Aug 2009).
The following is a post by Conrad Mbewe (a speaker at some of the African Pastors’ Conferences) who is pastor of Kabwata Baptist Church in Zambia.
“Those who have been ransomed by the Lord will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness” (Isaiah 51:11).
When I began to post recollections of past Reformed conferences in Zambia, I had hoped that I would do it in batches of five years. I managed the first ten years in two batches, but I failed to find the time to break the last nine years into two batches. So, here is their recollection in one serving!
Preaching Christ from Kings (Part 1) - Raymond Zulu [86:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (38)
