CA Mag Edition 1 of 2022

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2022 Edition 1
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30 YEARS of AFRICA CHRISTIAN ACTION
“Who will rise up for Me against the evildoers?
Who will stand up for Me against the workers of iniquity?”
Psalm 94:16
Pro-Family Protests
ACA initiated the first nationwide
campaign against pornography
in April 1991. The first
anti-pornographic placard demonstration
was held in Pinelands
outside the Beehive (now Kwikspar,
which has continued to remain
family-friendly since then).
ACA's first campaign.
Demonstrating against blasphemy at Nico Malan Theatre, 1991
“Hallowed Be Thy Name”
In February 1991, Africa Christian
Action (ACA) was launched. Its
first campaigns were against the
blasphemous Jesus Christ Superstar
play at Nico Malan Theatre (now
the Artscape).
Publications Against the Plague
ACA published the first
South African booklet against
pornography in 1991, Finding
Freedom from the Pornography
Plague. This booklet was in such
high demand that it quickly sold
out and we had to continually revise
and reprint it. We also translated
it into Afrikaans. By God’s grace,
since 1991, Christians managed
to persuade over 9,000 shops in
South Africa to no longer stock
pornography. Taryn incorporated
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RESPONDING to RESISTANCE to REFORMATION
Resisting the Call to Action
From the very beginning, as Africa
Christian Action was launched 30
years ago, there were those who
resisted the call to action.
“You Cannot Legislate Morality!”
“You cannot legislate morality!”
insisted many. However, all
legislation enforces some version
of morality. Either the state will
exercise the wrath of God against
sin, or it will exercise the wrath of
man against God and His people.
Either legislation protects babies
from the violence and injustice of
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1995 march to Parliament to protest against the constitutional assembly's plan
to legalise abortion and pornography
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“Salt Shakers”, now “Christian
Action”, protesting against Alan
Boesak's pro-abortion stance, 1992
Pro-family, anti-pornography protest in Tygerberg Mall, 1995
the original Finding Freedom
material into an updated and
greatly expanded book: Porndemic
— How the Pornography Plague
Affects You and What You Can Do
About It.
“Your people will rebuild the
ancient ruins and will raise up the
age-old foundations; you will be
called Repairer of Broken Walls,
restorer of Streets with Dwellings.”
Isaiah 58:12
The Fight for Life
In 1991, Africa Christian Action
also launched Operation Life
which began with the distribution
of 15,000 copies of Abortion —
The Facts leaflets (over 400,000
copies have since been printed and
distributed in English, Afrikaans
and Xhosa) and 1,000 copies of
the book, When Does Life Begin?
39 Other Tough Questions about
Abortion. These books were given
to key doctors, pastors, editors and
government officials throughout
Southern Africa. This led to the
launch of Doctors for Life.
Standing for Life
The first pro-life demonstration
was organised by ACA in Cape
Town in February 1992, outside
the Argus newspaper. This was
followed by the first Life Chain in
Southern Africa, in March 1992,
on Main Road, Newlands. Since then, ACA
has organised numerous country-wide Life
Chains every year. ACA has also organised
prayer vigils outside parliament and prolife
placard demonstrations, prayer vigils
and sidewalk counselling outside abortion
clinics and Marches for Life National Day
of Repentance funeral processions.
Speaking Up for Those Who
Cannot Speak for Themselves
In 1995, ACA published Fight
for Life — A Pro-Life Handbook
for Southern Africa. This
was the first pro-life book to be
published in South Africa and
it was enthusiastically received
country-wide. It is now available
as a free PDF book online.
Over the last 20 years, ACA
has conducted many thousands
of public meetings, radio and
TV programmes, services,
lectures, debates, rallies,
workshops, conferences
and seminars.
Christian Voice protest outside parliament, 1996
March against canned lion hunting
and cruelty to animals, 2014
March to parliament against the secular state's plans to legalise abortion & pornography, 1995
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SABC interview during
Women’s Day protest against
pornography at CNA, 1995
Protest against blasphemous
film “Last Temptation of
Christ” — Wits, 1993
March Against Blasphemy to SABC in Sea Point, 1998
Interview outside the gates of Parliament
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Seminar in the Transvaal
Motivating and Mobilising
Marches to Parliament
ACA has organised and
participated in numerous
marches to parliament, which
have mobilised tens of thousands
of people to stand up and speak
out for the right to life of preborn
babies, against the exploitive
industry of pornography and for
God to be honoured and obeyed in
our Constitution.
In Opposition to Blasphemy
In 1993, the Directorate of
Publications granted permission
for the banned blasphemous
and pornographic film The Last
Temptation of Christ to be screened
at Wits University. We responded
by taking part in a public debate
and protest action with university
professors at the theatre. Similar
protests, prayer vigils and literature
outreaches were held at various
Gay Film Festivals and at the
Nico Malan Theatre when the
Protesting the paganisation of South Africa, outside Parliament, May 1996
blasphemous play Jesus Christ
Superstar was exhibited.
Evangelism at Escort Agencies
In 1993, ACA began a series
of prayer vigils, placard
demonstrations and evangelistic
outreaches outside brothels,
disguised as “escort agencies.” At
the first such outreach, several
Christians were actually arrested
“for interfering with business” whilst
praying outside one of the brothels!
Soon hundreds of Christians were
protesting outside brothels in
Durban, Cape Town, Pretoria,
Johannesburg and Bloemfontein.
Several of our protestors, including
myself, were assaulted, but this only
led more people to get involved
in these outreaches. Numerous
“escort agencies” closed in response
to persistent prayer and pressure.
First-Hand on the Ground
Experience
Over the last 30 years, ACA has
organised and taken part in many
hundreds of protest actions, letterwriting
campaigns and outreaches.
It is from this background of
extensive on the ground experience
that Make a Difference — A
Christian Action Handbook for
Southern Africa was published.
Confronting Sin in Society
We write from hard experience
having debated abortionists on
radio, at public meetings and in
the streets, confronted pimps
outside brothels, counselled
women outside abortion clinics
and presented expert testimony
to numerous parliamentary
committees. Our Pink Agenda
and The Rise of the GayGB and
the Pink Inquisition books made
a national impact, leading to over
one hundred media interviews,
radio and TV programmes and
hearings in government.
Resources for Reformation
The battle-proven arguments and
strategies that the ACA team has
accumulated, devised, revised
and refined can be accessed on
the www.ChristianAction.org.za
website, in the Christian Action
magazines, on our Salt and Light
radio programmes and in books
and ACA audio visual resources.
You Can Make A Difference
Your prayerful involvement and
practical participation is urgently
needed. Lives are at stake. Precious,
innocent, pre-born babies are
threatened by legalised abortion.
Families, our Faith and the Future
are at risk. You can make a crucial
difference!
“But thanks be to God, who
gives us the victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my
beloved brethren, be steadfast,
immovable, always abounding in
the work of the Lord, knowing that
your labour is not in vain in the
Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:57–58
Dr. Peter Hammond
Africa Christian Action
PO Box 23632
Claremont 7735
Cape Town South Africa
021-689-4480
info@christianaction.org.za
www.ChristianAction.org.za
1995
Parliament Protest
March to Parliament to protest against the
constitutional assembly’s plan to legalise
abortion and pornography, 1995
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RESPONDING to RESISTANCE to REFORMATION
Great Commission Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, 2000
Biblical Worldview Seminar for members of parliament and
city councillors, 1999
School outreach in East London, 2015
abortion, or, as we see happening now, legislation
will be designed to penalise and prosecute medical
professionals who are conscientious objectors to
participating in the taking of innocent life. It did not
take the “gay rights” advocates long to move from
demands for “toleration”, to approval, to state funding,
to demands for conformity and then criminalising
of criticism. The Comprehensive Sexuality Education
(CSE) being forced on schools at this time is an example
of how the situation has so drastically deteriorated to
where pornographic child abuse can become state
mandated, not only in government schools, but even
private “independent” schools!
“Christians Should Not be Involved in Politics!”
“Politics is dirty! Christians should not get involved
in politics!” becomes something of a self-fulfilled
prophecy as it keeps Christians from being salt and
light in society. When Christians retreat from social
and political concerns, one can expect the situation to
deteriorate even more drastically. Nappies/diapers are
also dirty and therefore need to be changed frequently.
So, it is with political leaders. “Who will rise up for
Me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for Me
against the workers of iniquity?” Psalm 94:16
“We Are Living in the Last Days!”
“These are the last days! Everything is meant to get
worse and worse in the end times!” By this logic,
none of the actions we have taken to save lives and
clean up local communities over the last three decades
should have been done! For as long as I have been a
Christian, 44 years, people have been proclaiming that
“we are in the last days” and that there wasn’t enough
time to do what was being proposed. In fact, date
setters have been proclaiming this kind of message
for more than 170 years. We are to occupy until Jesus
comes, or calls. When Professor Martin Luther was
asked what he would do if he knew that the Lord
would return tomorrow, he replied: “I
would plant a tree today!” Occupy until
He comes, or calls. The main thing is to
keep the main thing the main thing. Our
priority is to fulfil the Great Commission
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
“Just Preach the Gospel!”
“Just preach the Gospel!” This response
has often seemed like a convenient excuse
for disobedience to the clear commands of
Scripture and an excuse for doing nothing.
Do we really believe that Jesus would have
us stand passively by while God-hating pagans
exploit women made in the image of God, to degrade
that which God has made to be holy, make public
what God has meant to be private, make common
what God has meant to be special, corrupting young
minds and morals and ruining marriages? “Just
preach the Gospel!” has often been used as an excuse
to justify laziness or cowardice. Would God have
us stand idly by while a murderer rips the arms and
legs off a baby and crushes its head? “If you faint in
the day of adversity, your strength is small. Deliver
those who are drawn toward death and hold back
those stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, ‘Surely
we did not know this,’ does not He who weighs the
hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, does He
not know it? And will He not render to each man
according to his deeds?” Proverbs 24:10–12
Back to the Bible
Which servant of God in the Bible limited himself
to “Just preaching the Gospel?” Was Elijah wrong
to confront and expose the pornographic, childsacrificing
prophets of Baal? (1 Kings 18). Was John
the Baptist wrong to have publicly confronted the
immorality of king Herod? (Matthew 14:3–4). Could
our Lord have been in error when He confronted
the corruption in the Temple? Why did He overturn
the tables and drive out the money-changers (Mark
11:15–16)? Why did our Lord not “just preach the
Gospel!”
Sins of Omission
The Parable of the Good Samaritan with its “Go and
do likewise” (Luke 10:26–37), the coming Day of
Judgment when our Lord warned us that we will be
judged on the basis of what we did to care for the sick,
feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit prisoners and
welcome strangers (Matthew 25:31–46), confirms that
we are obligated to do far more than “Just preach the
Gospel!” In Matthew 25, our Lord makes it clear that,
on the Day of Judgment, we will be judged for sins
of omission, for the good things that we failed to do.
True Christianity is Love in Action
In James 1:27, we read that the Biblical definition
of true religion before God is: “to look after orphans
Biblical Worldview Summit—Glenvar, 1991
and widows in their distress and to keep ourselves from
being polluted by the world.”
Seek First the Kingdom of God
We are called to be “the salt of the earth.” Matthew 5:13.
We have been taught to pray: “Our Father in Heaven,
Hallowed be Your Name. Your Kingdom come. Your
will be done on earth as it is in Heaven … ”
Matthew 6:9–10
Love God and Love your Neighbour
It was love for God that motivated us to stand up
against the legalisation of blasphemy. It was love
for our neighbour that motivated us to organise
outreaches outside escort agencies and brothels. It
was in obedience to the Scripture: “have no fellowship
with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather
expose them.” Ephesians 5:11, that led us to march to
parliament and protest the legalisation of pornography
and attempts to legalise modern-day slavery, human
trafficking and prostitution. “Those from among you
shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the
foundations of many generations and you shall be
called the Repairer of the Breach, the Restorer of Streets
to Dwell In.” Isaiah 58:12
Renewing Minds to Transform Lives
For 30 Years, Africa Christian Action has been
conducting Biblical Worldview Seminars and
Summits in obedience to the command “And do not
be conformed to this world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what
is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”
Romans 12:2
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March For Life
2022
view our videos on
www.ChristianAction.org.za

The Burning
of Parliament
in Cape Town
2 January 2022
The National Assembly (the lower house),
built in the 1980s
“If a fire breaks out and spreads … he who started the fire shall surely make restitution.” Exodus 22:6
The Oldest Parliament in the Southern Hemisphere
• Early Sunday morning, 2 January 2022, firefighters responded to
a report about smoke coming from parliament—before any fire
alarm had been made from parliament itself!
• The fire had raged for several hours before being reported.
• The fire began on the top floor where ANC MPs have offices.
With many records being destroyed and only hours from the
release of the State Capture Inquiry Report, a fire would have
been convenient for those under investigation for corruption.
• There were no security personnel in the building at the time, as
parliament was not willing to pay workers overtime during the
New Year holiday weekend.
• Since 30 July 2015, the Parliamentary Protection Service has
been without a permanent head. The incumbent leader and
deputy were suspended over allegations of corruption and
security breaches, one contract ran out during suspension.
• Closed valves prevented the sprinkler system from operating.
• Sprinkler valves, not serviced since 2017, missed a service
scheduled for February 2020.
• Fire doors were latched open.
• Emergency staircases were poorly ventilated.
• The roof of the Old Assembly building completely collapsed.
• The main assembly chamber was gutted.
• There were cracks showing in the walls.
• Great damage was caused to the new assembly wing, which
includes the National Assembly Chamber.
• Construction of the Cape parliament building began on 12 May
1875. Overcoming setbacks, the building was opened in 1884.
• Suspect, Zandile Christmas Mafe (49), diagnosed as a paranoid
schizophrenic, faces charges including terrorism and arson. A
pre-trial hearing at the High Court is set for 12 August 2022.
• The small Good Hope Chamber is being used as a stopgap.
• Relocating parliament to Pretoria is being considered, with the
EFF planning to introduce a “Relocation of Parliament” Bill.
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Christine and Rob McCafferty protest the City's plan to declare Cape Town “gay capital of Africa”, 2001
Home Education
In obedience to “Beware lest anyone cheat you
through philosophy and empty deceit, according to
the tradition of men, according to the basic principles
of the world and not according to Christ.” Colossians
2:8, we have promoted home education and Christian
textbooks for Independent Christian schools. “The
discerning heart seeks knowledge.” Proverbs 15:14
Redeeming the Time
In obedience to Ephesians 5:15–16 “Be very careful,
then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise,
making the most of every opportunity, because the
days are evil,” we have been presenting a regular
weekly radio programme Salt and Light on Radio
Tygerberg, for over 25 years.
Public Protests
In the response to Proverbs 8:1–3 “Does not wisdom
cry out and understanding lift up her voice? She takes
her stand on the top of the high hill, beside the way,
where the paths meet. She cries out by the gates, at the
entry of the city, at the entrance of the doors,” we have
regularly conducted Life Chains, Marches for Life,
Missions in the Malls, mass literature distribution at
traffic lights and National Day of Repentance Prayer
Vigils at the gates of parliament.
Prayer Vigils
“If My people, who are called by My Name, will
humble themselves and pray and seek My face and
turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from
Heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their
land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14, has inspired many rallies and
services at the gates of parliament, on the lawn before
Union buildings and outside the High Court.
Salt and Light
“You are the salt of the earth … You are the light of the
world … Let your light so shine before men, that they
may see your good works and glorify your Father in
Heaven.” Matthew 5:13–16, has inspired the pro-life,
pro-family moral ministry of Africa Christian Action
for 30 years.
Watchmen on the Walls
Africa Christian Action has been called to be
watchmen on the walls. “I have set watchmen on your
walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace
day or night. You who make mention of the Lord, do
not keep silent,” Isaiah 62:6
Learning from History
“Stand in the ways and see and ask for the old paths,
where the good way is and walk in it; then you will
find rest for your souls … Also, I set watchmen over
you, saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’”
Jeremiah 6:16–17. As Nehemiah rallied the people of
Jerusalem to the sound of the trumpet to mobilise to
defend that part of the wall under immediate attack,
so ACA has used the Christian Action magazine and
E-mail list, the www.ChristianAction.org.za website,
our Salt and Light Radio programme and public
meetings as trumpets to alert and mobilise positive,
practical Christian Action to where it is most urgently
and strategically needed. “So, I sought for a man
among them who would make a wall, and stand in
Stop the traffick, mall outreach, 2019
the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should
not destroy it … ” Ezekiel 22:30
Persevere in Prayer and Action
Our Lord Jesus taught us that we should “always pray
and not give up.” In the parable of the persistent widow,
Jesus taught us that even an unjust judge will give in
and do what is right in response to persistent prayer
and pressure (Luke 18:1–8). We need to continually
ask (pray), seek (strategy) and knock (action). “Also,
I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: ‘Whom shall I
send and who will go for Us?’ Then I said, ‘Here am I!
Send me’.” Isaiah 6:8
A Call to Action
If you want to join, or start, a Christian Action
group, contact info@christianaction.org.za and
visit www.ChristianAction.org.za for news, projects
and resources that you can use to educate, enlist
and encourage others in this Biblical movement to
motivate and mobilise the church to be salt and light
in society. “But thanks be to God, who gives us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my
beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that
your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 15:57–58
Dr. Peter Hammond
www.ChristianAction.org.za
University of Cape Town
“Salt and Light” programme on Radio Tygerberg, 2015
Rebuilding the Walls
The Book of Nehemiah has been an inspiration for
our Project Nehemiah. “ … You see the distress that
we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste and its gates are
burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of
Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.”
Nehemiah 2:17. As Nehemiah responded with
intercession, information, involvement, investment
and implementation, we seek to provide research
and direction so that our people can be informed,
interceding, involved, investing and implementing,
applying the Lordship of Christ to all areas of life.
“When the enemy comes in
like a flood, The Spirit of the
Lord will lift up a standard
against him.”
Isaiah 59:19
On top of Table Mountain
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Upcoming Events
9 Aug 2022 Women’s Day Outreaches (Missions in the Mall)
11 Aug 2022 Sakeliga KragDag
Sept 2022
CLB Home Education—African History
2 Oct 2022 International Life Chain Sunday
Biblical Worldview Summit 2022
29 Oct 2022 Home Education Fair and Variety Concert
30 Oct 2022 Reformation Sunday
31 Oct 2022 Reformation Day 2022
6 Nov 2022 Rhodesia Remembrance Sunday Service
11 Nov 2022 Remembrance Day
13 Nov 2022 International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted
5–13 Jan 2023 Biblical Worldview Summit 2023
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