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Interview with Paulus Erasmus - Walking 4 Jesus
As reported last year, Paulus Erasmus (Walking 4 Jesus), visited us at the Basic In Discipleship boat (BID). Paulus is on a mission for sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout South Africa. His ministry is called - Walking 4 Jesus - and he walks from town to town to share the gospel, distribute Bibles and prayer materials and to establish prayer groups.
He plants crosses in the towns he visits to remind people of the importance of the cross as a symbol of the price that Christ has paid for us all.
Paulus prays for companies and has had the opportunity to be a guest speaker at schools and other venues during his travels throughout the country. We thank God for Paulus and pray for God's wisdom and guidance as he continues on his missionary journey!
Below are two videos we filmed while Paulus visited us. The first video is an interview we had with Paulus where he shares his ministry travels with us. In the second video Paulus demonstrates the push-cart that he walks with from town to town. It is very interesting to see how he uses this "contraption" in his travels!
Paulus has a Facebook group which you can view or join by clicking on: Paulus on Facebook
Should you wish to get in contact with Paulus for a speaking engagement or other ministry needs, please ask for him (mention his name and send a brief note) on: ContactUs
Weskus Mall Outreach - 31 March 2022
On 31 March 2022, a successful evangelism outreach was done at the Weskus Mall, Vredenburg. It was a particularly blessed outreach with a number of positive personal evangelism encounters and many tracts distributed to shoppers at various shops inside the Mall. We give glory to the Lord Jesus Christ for every soul that repents and comes into the Kingdom of God!
One person requested and received a Shona language Bible and we tried out our new wallet tract for the first time as well. The wallet tract unfolds twice to reveal text that contains moral questions as well as a gospel presentation that you can leave anywhere and people will pick it up due to its uniqueness.
The Lord Jesus is faithful and we trust God for at least one soul for every tract distributed. We base our faith for the salvation of souls - as we labour in His service - in His promises to us that His word will succeed!
Isaiah 55:11 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition; 11 So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return to Me void [without producing any effect, useless], but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
Children's ministry progress.
We recently started a feeding initiative for needy and vulnerable children. As many as 30 children receive food on the discipleship boat (BID) on a regular basis as the need dictates.
We also give the children spiritual food as we interact with them.
Here is a photo of a group of young children receiving the Gospel of Jesus Christ and a copy of the Gospel, according to John in the Afrikaans language - their mother tongue. We rejoice and relish the opportunity to minister to these young ones.
As the Bible teaches us in the accompanying Scripture; Proverbs 22:6 (King James Version) "6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
Praise be to God for the opportunities he daily sends us!
Is handing out gospel tracts a good evangelism method?
The goal of a gospel tract is to get the gospel of salvation of Jesus Christ into peoples' hands in an interesting and easy-to-read format. While the precise origin of gospel tracts is uncertain, there are records of them as early as the 13th century A.D. Gospel tracts were popularized during the Protestant Reformation, and the invention of the printing press made mass-production of tracts much easier and faster. The most well-known gospel tract is likely “The Four Spiritual Laws” written by Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ.
Gospel tracts can be a very effective method of evangelism. Again, if the biblical gospel is presented in a clear and understandable manner, God will use it (Isaiah 55:11). Any time God's Word goes forth, it is powerful and effective (Hebrews 4:12). People who are not otherwise effective communicators can overcome such a challenge by use of a gospel tract. Gospel tracts are an excellent choice when you simply do not have time to stop and witness to someone. Gospel tracts can be left in strategic locations for people to pick up later and read (credit www.gotquestions.org)
If you are looking to get involved or get training in this form of evangelism, please get in touch with us and we will help to equip you to do so. Attached are a few photos of some interesting people we met whilst handing out tracts as well as examples of some of the tracts we use.
Our Shona Bibles have arrived!
We are very excited to have received this batch of Shona bibles today! All of these will be distributed to members of the Shona speaking community in Noordhoek and Velddrif/Laaiplek. There is a sizeable group of Shona speaking people in this area congregating regularly on Sundays, and led by one of our staff members. We trust that this group will continue to get organized and prosper as the Kingdom of God expands every day.
Did you know that Shona Regions with significant populations of Shona speaking people exist throughout several Southern African states and as far afield as the United Kingdom? (See table below).
Zimbabwe 13 million
Mozambique 2.3 million
South Africa 1-2 million
Zambia 30,200
United Kingdom 200,000
What Biblical Evangelism Looks Like.
Tract ministry: Strandfontein, Koekenaap, Vredendal and surrounds on Tuesday 28 December 2021.
On Tuesday 28 December 2021, an evangelism outreach was done with our tract ministry. Places visited and bibles/tracts distributed were: Strandfontein, Koekenaap, Vredendal and surrounds.
See attached some examples of our tracts used in our tract ministry and a happy recipient of an Afrikaans Bible.
Open air believers fellowship meeting - Sunday 26 Desember 2021.
We laid hands on the sick, shared the Word, shared the Lord's supper and worshipped together in our first open air fellowship meeting. It was a great success and was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended.
Ons red 'n Pikkewyn, Sondag, 26 Desember 2021.
We rescue a Penguin, Sunday, 26 December 2021.
Vanoggend, voor ons opelug diens, sien van die kinders 'n klein Pikkewyn vasgevang in die stormwater drein op die kaai by Laaiplek. Die videos vertel die res van die storie...
This morning, before our open air service, some of the children spotted a small Penguin caught in the storm water drain on the quay at Laaiplek. The videos tell the rest of the story . . .
May you experience a blessed festive season!
We are in a festive mood! Join us this Sunday, 26 December 2021 to praise and worship the Lord from our boat (BID) at Laaiplek Harbour. All welcome, we start 10'ish...
Another baptism! 28 November 2021.
On Sunday, 28 November 2021, the long awaited baptism of Patience Takawira was conducted from our discipleship boat BID. Patience was also handed a Bible and participated in communion for the first time! We thank God for His grace and mercy for this event to have taken place.
Sunday morning outreach, 21 November 2021
Here are some pictures of our outreach this morning in Velddrif and Laaiplek. We shared the Gospel by engaging with people in person and distributing gospel tracts. One person requested and received a new Bible.
We did some street ministry as well, prayed for healing (eye problems) as well as some spiritual counselling to someone in need. We had a blessed morning outreach, for which we thank the Lord!
May God touch those that we had contact with, by His Holy Spirit, to convict them of sin, righteousness and the coming judgement. We trust the Lord that our labour would bear fruit . Amen.
OOPS! Injury on duty...
Charl Tredoux, the owner of the Basic In Discipleship vessel (BID), had a little mishap when installing the cross on the boat. We told him to take an Aspirin and come and see us in the morning...
We've had our first baptism!
This morning, 20 November 2021, we had the privilege to baptise someone at a private home in Velddrif. We thank the Lord for His faithfulness and for the opportunities He provides to us.
Partaking in the Lord's supper for the first time on BID.
On 18 November, we enjoyed the Lord's supper for the first time ever on BID. We had a few young disciples visiting as well.
We have had a very special visitor recently.
Paulus Erasmus visited us on 11 November 2021 and we had the privilege to host Paulus as our first travelling evangelist/missionary to stay over at our boat.
Paulus is on a mission for sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout South Africa. His initiative is called - Walking for Jesus - and he walks from town to town to share the gospel and to distribute Bibles and prayer materials, to establish and plant prayer groups as well as to plant crosses in the towns he visits to remind people of the importance of the cross as a symbol of the price that Christ had paid for us all.
Paulus prays for companies and have had the opportunity to be a guest speaker at schools and other venues during his travels throughout the country.
We thank Paulus for visiting us and pray for God's wisdom and guidance as he continues on his missionary journey!
Making a classroom out of the Captain's cabin.
It is a lot of work to turn this old boat into a vessel suitable for discipleship! Here the Captain's Cabin is being converted into a classroom to train disciples.
Our first training session. The Lord says do not despise small beginnings.
Zechariah 4:10. "Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin,"
Today we started with one disciple, teaching about the meaning and purpose of New Testament Prophecy.
Our website is now live!
Check in regularly for updates! www.alldisciple.com! Here the new sign is being put up by Terrence Takawira, one of our faithful helpers working full time for the Lord.
Aug 2023 update: moved to https://alldisciple.abbafatherfamily.co.za/
