Early Beginnings

Edwaleni Church was supernaturally established on 7 July 1997. A team of apostles from New Frontiers International in England joined us on a ministry outreach, and during a random screening of the Jesus film in a farm shed, approximately four hundred people gave their lives to the Lord in our tiny village of Monzi. It took us two consecutive evenings to complete praying for everyone individually, and since that evening we have been meeting twice weekly as a church. Praise God!
Since that night, we have grown from strength to strength in our church which we called Edwaleni which means "On the Rock" Math 16:18 The gates of hell have not prevailed!! We have overcome.
Soon we could no longer close the services with a "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed". The hunger and poverty were heart wrenching. And so we began to introduce initiatives to address the hunger, poverty, illnesses, hopelessness and homelessness.

Crèches left stranded - Zululand Observer This article - Crèches left stranded - in the Zululand Observer highlights the plight of social programmes for children in KZN.Last Updated (Monday, 03 August 2009 10:10) |
Children Fainting from HungerThis article in the Sunday Times - 23 Aug 2009 - reveals the plight of orphanages in KZN and the children who are dependant on them, at the hands of local government.
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