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Original Post Date: 2007-03-22 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
[The ANC hears nothing. Jan]
By Barry Bateman
An anti-crime campaign started by Pretoria churches has struck a chord with congregations around the country.
At least 34 bells of churches in six provinces chime daily at noon in support of the “Church Bells for Prayer Against Crime” campaign.
The campaign’s website has helped to spread the word.
Churches ring their bells at noon every day to remind people to pray for both the victims and perpetrators of crime.
Organiser Marian Zeegers-Barnard said: “Whenever we speak to people we get the impression that they want to do something about crime. It is gentle but powerful.”
She said if 1 percent of the population prayed against crime there would be a difference. “The ringing bells are a reminder to people to pray.”
She said churches from as far afield as Ladysmith and the Kalahari had joined in the campaign. There were probably many more churches that were also taking part, but had not yet registered on the official website, she said.
Gerard de Lange, minister of the Ladysmith NG Kerk, said a member of his congregation read about the campaign and approached him.
“I went to the website and read about how the campaign worked. I announced the decision to join the campaign on Sunday during the church service and asked the congregation to support it,” he said.
Dr Kobus Prinsloo of the Heideveld NG Kerk in Port Elizabeth said Zeegers-Barnard told him about the campaign and the church board liked the idea.
He said they rang the church bells every day at noon, calling on their congregation to pray for an end to the crime in the country.
“The congregation was fully supportive of the campaign from the start. I raised the idea at a conference attended by 35 ministers from the Eastern Cape and gave them the details. We expect a number of churches from the rural areas to join,” he said.
Prinsloo said the campaign could make a difference and crime could be beaten.
“It will help other people to be aware of the crime situation and I trust that the Lord will stop criminals from committing crime,” he said.
For more information on the campaign, visit the website at www.churchbells.co.za.