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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 

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Parliament Protest 

March to Parliament to protest against the 

constitutional assembly’s plan to legalise 

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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 

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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 


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 

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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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