Kwasizabantu

Kwasizabantu (also KwaSizabantu, Kwa Sizabantu) is an organization, originating in South Africa, but also active in Germany and Switzerland. Other organisations which started out of the work at KwaSizabantu are Christians for Truth and the Domino Servite schools.

History

Kwasizabantu was founded by Erlo Stegen (born 1935 near Durban), an active missionary among the Zulu population of Natal starting in 1954. In 1966-67, Stegen's efforts culminated in triggering mass conversions, accompanied and miraculous healings. In 1971, based in a Natal village called Kwa Sizabantu (Zulu for "place of help for people," or "place where people get helped,") which became the movement's eponym.

On 12 August 2006, Kwasizabantu Mission officially opened the Emseni Care Center (meaning "place of grace"). The first stage of the complex has been completed and can accommodate about 20 HIV and AIDS patients as well as full-time staff. The Kwasizabantu Mission also houses the water factory aQuellé as well as several other non-profit initiatives including Christians for Truth. They also have a bakery and a convenience store.

The director of the Kwasizabantu Mission in Kranskop, the Reverend Erlo Hartwig Stegen, was named co-recipient of a major international award — the Robert W. Pierce Award for Christian Service — by World Vision International on 9 December 2007.[1][2]

Controversy

Because of the reported miracles in the events that led to the mission's establishment, there has been some debate about the classification of the movement relative to charismatic currents. The movement today does not emphasize glossolalia, and Stegen's theology maintains an ideological distance from both charismatic Evangelicalism and cessationist Protestantism.

External links

• KwaSizabantu Mission Home
• Revival Among the Zulus - the story of Erlo Stegen and the start of the revival
• Article on KwaSizabantu Mission by Frontline Fellowship
• Joy! Magazine article on KwaSizabantu Mission
• Rev Erlo Stegen receives the Robert W. Pierce award from World Vision
• KSB (relinfo.ch, article in German)
• Afrikaans article by Dutch Reformed Group who visited KSB
• ↑ www.salmo42/video/video.html - Palermo 4.09.06 Pastore Erlo Stegen