GALLERY: Missionary will share the Word of God on a bicycle
A 66-year-old missionary is embarking on a four-year journey on his bicycle to share a message with South African churches.
Johan van Helsdingen has been a missionary in Mozambique for the past 23 years. “I have planted 12 churches, three mission bases and mission schools,” he said.
Van Helsdingen has given up his duties in Mozambique, “to answer the call God has given me many years ago. That is to come back to South Africa to give a message to churches and Christians”.
He explained to Lowvelder that the church is divided into three generations. The first generation is the one that serves God wholeheartedly with its family. The second one has compromised and the third is lost.
His message to South Africa is: “We must bring the second and third generations back to God, modelling the first generation”.
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Van Helsdingen will start his journey on February 2 from Communio Church in Mbombela to Hazyview and then onwards to the rest of the country.
“I hope to share my message with churches, businesses, home cells, schools, even one on one on the streets, wherever the Spirit leads,” he said.
The pastor has money which will sustain him for the next couple of months, however, “I will rely on churches for donations and contributions for the rest of the journey”.
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His bicycle is being built by Chilled Squirrel. The organisation has sponsored him with seven cycling outfits and maintenance for his bicycle for the duration of his journey.
“God forbid that anything happens to me, but if I experience any obstacle, I will get back on my bicycle as soon as possible,” he told Lowvelder.
For more information to donate or contribute towards the four-year journey, visit his Facebook page, Message to SA on a bicycle.
