Let the Youth be Born Again

Pastor Thulane Shaun Gama

My name is Thulane Shaun Gama and I am 22 years of age. I live here in Daveyton (in township parlance we call it Vutha) East Rand, Benoni.

I am a pastor here at the church Spirit Covenant International (SCIM).

I was saved in 2014 and so I am a born again Christian.  Soon thereafter that, in 2016, I was ordained to be a youth pastor.

The main vision of the church is taken from the book of Hebrews 10:15-16 which says “Wereof the holy ghost is a witness to us, for after that it had said before, This is the Covenant I will make with them after those day says the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts and in their minds I will write them.”

The vision of the youth ministry is heavily aligned to the vision of the church. We teaching the youth the word of God because the Bible says in the book of Hosea 4:6, “My people will perish because of the lack of knowledge.” Many young people do bad things because they don't know the truth. I it is my duty to lead them to lead them into understanding the word of God which will make them to be approved by God. Because it says in 2 Timothy 2:15 “Study to show thyself approved to God.”

To be approved by God through his word is to know the truth about him and His power and also lead them to a prayerful life so that they will not enter into the temptations of this world. We read in Mark 14:38 that “Watch and pray so that you won't enter into temptation,” and I lead them towards a clean life. We also show them how the youth must live and behave as a young people as Christians. As a Christian your life must be holy because the Christian the body is now a temple of God- the house in which God dwells.

The mission of the ministry in the youth league is to win many young people into salvation by doing youth services, door to door ministry and open air ministry so that we can attract many young people to our church.

We do not plan to teach them only about the Bible and salvation but we intend to also give guidance about the future by holding conferences, seminars and youth camps. This will help them to strategize about planning of being successful young persons. We hold career expos so that they will lead better life styles and be able to realise their true-self, their self-actualisation and know how to be independent in life and hold their own in this dog-eats-dog world. In all this they are taught no to forget how to live and serve God same time.

The challenge we have is that many young people that fellowship with us in the ministry are not serious in serving God all the time, every time.

The way forward for our youth league is to have youth services every Saturday from 3pm until 5pm teaching the youth the word of God so that they can recognise their spiritual gifts and know their purpose in the Kingdom of God

We plan to host fundraising activityy days in the future to raise money for various charity campaigns this year. These fundraising events will include car washing and selling food and drinks, outreaching programmes to the communities. The church must lend a hand and help communities to show the love that Jesus Christ gave us.

 One other innovation the youth will embark on will be to go outside Gauteng to other provinces and experience their way of doing things. We will also pray with them there in the mountains for a week and have fun like playing forest games and so on,

I say to all the youth- be born again.

To be a Christian in young age is not a crime but to be saved is a good achievement in life. When you are a child of God everything is possible in your life. The Bible says if you believe that Jesus Christ died and was resurrected\ on the third day nothing will be impossible for you.

The youth is tomorrows” leaders, so let's not allow the temptations and distracting things of this world to disturb our vision, mission, dreams and goals. Let's teach ourselves to be positive always in everything we do. And let’s know that education is the key to success.

All this can happen if we put Jesus Christ first in everything we do. May the Lord bless you all my fellow brothers and sisters. You are highly favoured

Let the Youth be Born Again

Pastor Thulane Shaun Gama

My name is Thulane Shaun Gama and I am 22 years of age. I live here in Daveyton (in township parlance we call it Vutha) East Rand, Benoni.

I am a pastor here at the Spirit Covenant International (SCIM).

I was saved in 2014 and so I am a born again Christian.  Soon thereafter that, in 2016, I was ordained to be a youth pastor.

The main vision of the church is taken from the book of Hebrews 10:15-16 which says “Wereof the holy ghost is a witness to us, for after that it had said before, This is the Covenant I will make with them after those day says the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts and in their minds I will write them.”

The vision of the youth ministry is heavily aligned to the vision of the church. We teaching the youth the word of God because the Bible says in the book of Hosea 4:6, “My people will perish because of the lack of knowledge.” Many young people do bad things because they don't know the truth. I it is my duty to lead them to lead them into understanding the word of God which will make them to be approved by God. Because it says in 2 Timothy 2:15 “Study to show thyself approved to God.”

To be approved by God through his word is to know the truth about him and His power and also lead them to a prayerful life so that they will not enter into the temptations of this world. We read in Mark 14:38 that “Watch and pray so that you won't enter into temptation,” and I lead them towards a clean life. We also show them how the youth must live and behave as a young people as Christians. As a Christian your life must be holy because the Christian the body is now a temple of God- the house in which God dwells.

The mission of the ministry in the youth league is to win many young people into salvation by doing youth services, door to door ministry and open air ministry so that we can attract many young people to our church.

We do not plan to teach them only about the Bible and salvation but we intend to also give guidance about the future by holding conferences, seminars and youth camps. This will help them to strategize about planning of being successful young persons. We hold career expos so that they will lead better life styles and be able to realise their true-self, their self-actualisation and know how to be independent in life and hold their own in this dog-eats-dog world. In all this they are taught no to forget how to live and serve God same time.

The challenge we have is that many young people that fellowship with us in the ministry are not serious in serving God all the time, every time.

The way forward for our youth league is to have youth services every Saturday from 3pm until 5pm teaching the youth the word of God so that they can recognise their spiritual gifts and know their purpose in the Kingdom of God

We plan to host fundraising activityy days in the future to raise money for various charity campaigns this year. These fundraising events will include car washing and selling food and drinks, outreaching programmes to the communities. The church must lend a hand and help communities to show the love that Jesus Christ gave us.

 One other innovation the youth will embark on will be to go outside Gauteng to other provinces and experience their way of doing things. We will also pray with them there in the mountains for a week and have fun like playing forest games and so on,

I say to all the youth- be born again.

To be a Christian in young age is not a crime but to be saved is a good achievement in life. When you are a child of God everything is possible in your life. The Bible says if you believe that Jesus Christ died and was resurrected\ on the third day nothing will be impossible for you.

The youth is tomorrows” leaders, so let's not allow the temptations and distracting things of this world to disturb our vision, mission, dreams and goals. Let's teach ourselves to be positive always in everything we do. And let’s know that education is the key to success.

All this can happen if we put Jesus Christ first in everything we do. May the Lord bless you all my fellow brothers and sisters. You are highly favoured

Testimonials of the Faithful at SCIM

Thato Mphosi 

My Experiences here at the SICM

THATO MPHOSI

She arrived at the SCIM a tattered, battered soul on the brink of despair. Thato is a librarian with the Ekurhuleni municipality and she is in her late thirties. She has three children.
For the past nine years she has battled to convince a cell phone service provider company to sort out their mistake in placing her name with the credit bureau.  With her name blacklisted and the refusal to remove it prevented the banks to offer her a housing loan.
Thato was adamant that she was in the black as far as her credit status was concerned.
She came to the SCIM a dejected spirit in December of last year but she, se says, felt different a few days after she had pitched up. Previously she was sick and without energy, but by March most of the agony had gone.
“The grace of the Lord Jesus is omnipotent,” she enthuses, happy that her housing bond is being considered by the banks.  “I attribute all this to the faith I have in the SCIM and my own belief in the all mighty, all powerful name of Jesus.”

GLORIA BUTHELEZI

Gloria was deep in financial quagmire when out of the blue an insurance company put some money her way.  For a moment, her troubles took a back seat. This happened after Pastor Bheki Yende had prayed for her.  
Since then she has secured a job at the CCMA and she is as happy as they come.

Compiled by Mpho Letebele 

Bheki Yende-Unveiling the Word of God

Pastor Bheki Yende

 In the beginning

The scene was fascinating, amazing and frightening. Here I was with these people, on a boat. They were rich people by the look of things, and I was with them.  They were making merry and all was well and good as it is always is when the rich are gathered together. But then my gaze was thrown a bit away from this rich boat. My eyes were cast a distance away and what I saw frightened me. People were dying. Yes, lots and lots of people were drowning around the rich boat. I immediately realized that while the rich people were also aware of what was happening they, however, continued with their merry-making, oblivious to the plight of the drowning people. They were only focusing on themselves. No one was helping the drowning people. I saw kids screaming and clutching air as they tried desperately not to drown.

I asked the rich people around me to give me a hand and help the drowning people, but they declined, saying they were busy.

Then in the distance, in the horizon, I saw an outline of Jesus. He was speaking, to me: “All of you are so busy drinking and eating and dancing. You do not have the time to save my people who are dying in the furnaces of fire.” Immediately I saw a dove rise behind Jesus and He continued to speak. “The Lord made a covenant with man but man failed to keep up with it. I also descended on earth to have a covenant with my disciples, but they sold me out. ” Jesus did not end there; he added that “I left your generation with the Holy Spirit”, but no one entered into a covenant with Him.

 But I did not do anything about the vision for a while-forgot about it- and a year passed.

The Angels

Then on Good Friday, 2014, I was involved in an accident –a vehicle accident. This vehicle I was in overturned. But an amazing scenario happened. The vehicle rolled over more than six times, but before it did something peculiar, something dramatic, odd, happened precisely before my eyes. I did not even know that an accident was about to happen when suddenly angels appeared and covered me, scooping me out of the ill-fated vehicle.  And while this was happening a voice said “This time next year you will be baptizing my people.”

The people in the vehicle died except one person who was crippled because of the accident.  He later told me that he actually saw angels spirit me out of the vehicle.

In June of that year I left my job and in November started with the ministry. In the beginning there were only the eight of us but now in April 2016 there is well over 500 congregants.
It has been a year since this the Spirit Covenant International Ministries have been in place. There have triumphs, there have been challenges and some sorrow and sad moments, and there has been joy.

I am aware that there is a mushrooming of the so-called ‘charismatic churches’, but I tell you only a few are a genuine voice of the Lord. The government helps people run the system of the world and cannot limit the spread of the churches, but it is the church that helps people spiritually to take them out of poverty.

I have been persecuted.  Pastors have ditched their pastoral duties to deal with me and to disrupt, dismantle and destroy my soul and the congregation I am building. A group of disgruntled pastors in the area alleged that I sell drugs; otherwise how do I explain the rapid rise of my ministry? They asked of me.  So they put the law on to me and I spent three days in the cells after which the charges were dropped because there was no evidence to their claims.   Then there is the issue of the land where the tent is erected in Los My Cherrie, Daveyton. Pastors have bribed local councilors to take the land away from us. Local people dump their waste right here next to the tent without blinking an eye.

We are nowhere where Jesus wants us to be and we struggle with finances. But we soldier on regardless.   To run the church to an optimum we need around R170 000.

I am a prophet of the Lord.

That is the story of my life; it has always been like this. I see things as they happen, like watching TV.
And the strength of this church is the power of the prayer. All the time. Always. In the next five years I want to have more than five thousand people in attendance in my sermons and later the numbers will swell into the twenty thousands at a time.  

Let me share the vision of the church with you. It is the sanctuary of all who are ‘born again’ and who are willing to die for the gospel.

Our mission is to preach the gospel truthfully. We will eagerly unveil the mysteries of life and touch people where the mind of man cannot reach. The task will be great, unveiling the reality of life in the Bible. That is, taking the member’s life out of the Bible and making it real. We will also compare the power of the Word of God with the misleading earthly magic some people call the work of God. We keenly show those who believe the Power of the Holy Spirit.

In future I will share with you the Word of God with you and unravel many of the mystery in it for your enjoyment and fulfillment