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Apostolic Faith Revival Centre is a centre that emphasizes apostolic teachings and is dedicated to fostering spiritual renewal and growth among born again Christians.

Our ministry involves the new birth of receiving Jesus Christ, and baptism in water and the Holy Spirit.

“For these bear record in heaven; the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost that beareth witness because the Spirit is truth.” -1 John 5:7-8

“And he commanded the chariot to stand still and they both went into the water and both Phillip and the Church baptised him.” -Acts 8:38

“And now why do you tarry? Arise and be baptised! Wash away your sins calling on the name of the Lord.” -Acts 22:16

Pastor Fisakuphi M Madlala was born in 1955 from a semi-well-to-do family since her father was
having the sugar-cane farms and the butchery. The challenge was that as children they had
not that privilege of feeling as children of a farmer. The life of her parents was difficult until
1962 when her parents had to be separated. Her mother, Mama Langa, had to move with
them as children from Stanger, KwaMaphumulo, to Durban in Claremont where her aunt, her
mother’s sister was living. At age seven she worked for the lady who was her mother’s
sister’s friend. As time goes on and her mother had to take so that she can attend school.
The person whom she was working for proposed that she can pay Mama Langa a sum of R3
so as to retain her. Mama Langa insisted to get hold of her until the lady allowed them and
they left. As the family they used to be tenants several times in Durban and surroundings. It
was in 1964 when she started the school at Lutheran Church.
Her eyes got opened when a man was preaching. While at school they had nothing to eat
and it was during these times when she used to preach during the free periods in the class.
For three consecutive days her brother used to feed her with her brothers with roots of sweet
potatoes.
It needs to be noted that her acceptance of the Lord in 1964 saved her through until 1974. It
was in this year, 1974, when the former Sister Fisakuphi was a tenet at Claremont that she
visited the tent of the late Pastor Richard Sihlobosenkosi Ngidi (Pastor RS Ngidi) after she
was invited by the lady of the Cele family. This lady used to collect her to these tent revivals
of Pastor RS Ngidi. This was revival that brought the turning point in the life of the then-
Sister Fisakuphi by being filled with the Holy Spirit. After she received the baptism of the
Holy Spirit the Cele lady stopped collecting her for tent revivals.
Pastor Fisakuphi liked to be the professional teacher and was prepared to go to
Mpumalanga College of Education in Hammersdale in 1975 on February 4th . It was on the 3rd
February when the Lord spoke clearly to her that she cannot be the teacher. It was like the
heaven is opened the Lord spoke like lightning three times to her. The Lord held her groin
and informed her that He has turned it. On her waking up from there He gave her Mathew

2:15, the last part of this verse. In all this she was persistent to become the teacher on basis
of that she wanted to help her mother since they grew in many sufferings. When explaining
this to the elders in the congregation they insisted that she must pursue her career of being
a teacher and allowing her to go to the college. This was really helping her will but then the
hand of the Lord was against her such that she was inflicted through pneumonia, moving
from clothes wear of size 38-28. This was in 1976.
In 1976, as weak as she was, she joined the Crusade of Pastor RS Ngidi. In the same year
the Lord visited her and relieved her from the spirit of shyness and sorrow. The Lord helped
her through II Corinthians 12:8-9, since she was still so weak even by then. It was after that
revival when she was admitted to Edendale hospital, in Pietermaritzburg, because of her
persistent ill-health. During the visitors’ hour she was visited by Pastor Guy Ntuli and the
then former brother Bongani Madlala to pray for her. Their prayer was solely based on that
let the Lord Al-Mighty relieve her from pains and she rests peacefully. It is this brother
Bongani to whom the Lord revealed the marriage, after sixteen years, about the same
person that they were pleading for her rest in peace.
From 1970s she was doing house-to-house outreach without any car, carrying suitcases,
living at people’s homes and doing all work that is expected to be done by a female person
of her age. In all these she learnt to do whatever she was required to do as David did to
Saul, I Samuel 18:5. The main things that helped her to understand her calling are 1) The
way one obeys the Lord and 2) The conduct. Obeying the Lord means to do exactly what the
Lord says. When the Lord called her she had nothing and her background of living anywhere
made her to accept whatever the Lord says to her, Mathew 8: 20. It was during these years
when she learnt to live like a sent person through reading the Word of God and praying to
Him. She used to serve the people of the home where she was sheltered for revivals. All
work like cooking, ironing, washing and cleaning for the people of that home that she did
made the people of that home to listen to what she was preaching. She used always to
remember what Pastor RS Ngidi advised them, as tent crusade members to do, “Obey the
Lord and people will reap from our lives if we work and not be lazy ”, he would say. When
staying in people’s home she was not a burden to anyone, II Corinthians 11: 9 and Acts
20:33.
In Fawn Lease there was a revival that lasted for six months. This revival was run by Sister
Fisakuphi and the other team ladies. They were accommodated at chief Ngubane’s home
and the chief was accused of keeping them at his home. These were house-to-house
revivals and this where Pastor BS Madlala’s half- brother, brother Boy Mchunu, was saved.
One day the brethren from Kwa-Sizabantu visited the revivals. The day after that, during the
day before the afternoon outreach Sister Fisakuphi was visited by a man who was asking
what was she saying in her testimony if she says she will not die. He insisted that she rather
say “I will die and leave after death.” Sister Fisakuphi made it clear to that man that the Lord
has not sent her to die in Fawn Leas hence she will not die.
That man wanted her to accept that she will die. After that discussion they requested to pray
with that man. While they were praying that man divided into two people three times.
Downhill that day there was going to be a service in a certain home. When she was
preaching she could not finish since a sharp pierce of like an iron rod was in her heart below
the breast. She could not breathe and the Spirit of the Lord was breathing on her behalf. The
morning after that incident she was as pale as like a person who has been sick for almost

ten years. Despite such an attack house-to-house outreach was continuing. After a week
they were visited by brethren from Pietermaritzburg sent by the Lord. It was at that prayer
with the when one of the lady workers screamed. When she was asked why she cried that
she was worried of an iron rod that came out of Sister Fisakuphi when they were praying.
This is the day on which she was relieved from the attack.
It was in 1983, nine years after being in the ministry, when she had a first car in her calling.
After that she had the Station Wagon, the Toyota Cressida which was miraculously offered
to her. In 1984 there was revival at Gamalakhe in Port Shepstone. It was in these years
when it was very difficult to reach the South Coast through evangelism and outreaching. The
greatest oppositions were from the families of believers. Pastor RS Ngidi gave a blessing to
Sister Fisakuphi for outreaching in South Coast since it was more than the word difficult to
preach there. This where the Lord demonstrated Himself,
 A man who would be described as dead was brought to the revival and was healed.
 The sick were called and invited and the lord gave sight to the blind.
 The man who had his pupil turned backward received normal sight from the Lord.
This happened without the laying of hands to the sick. The man could sit and run
joyfully.
 This is the day on which Pastor Rex joined the moving ship of saints.

Pastor BS Madlala was born in 1954, February 25 in Pietermaritzburg rural areas. He grew
up in a family being the fifth born. He had a challenge of not growing normally since he was
short and could not be associated to the members of his age group. His mother,
MaNzimande, used to say he is like Khwanini who was known in the area to be not growing
as he was supposed to be. For being such a short child helped him from a number of
childhood practices that were of immorality. He grew up in a family where he would go to
school without food and come back not knowing what to eat. He qualified a Bio-medical
Technologist and started to work at Edendale Hospital, in Pietermaritzburg.
When he accepted Jesus Christ he understood that his body is the temple of God (I
Corinthians 6:19) and his life changed totally. He then fought for living a holy life and not
being controlled by the carnal nature. He was asthmatic from birth. He was healed from
asthma (Psalms 103:1-3) when he accepted Jesus Christ in 1974. He attended the
conference of Apostolic Faith Mission where the power of the Lord was manifested and
Pastor Richard Sihlobosenkosi Ngidi (Pastor RS Ngidi) was reading the Scripture in Mark
16:17-18,
 Ten blind people were given sight through the name of Jesus.
 Crippled and the lame people walked.
These demonstrations of God’s manifestations shocked Pastor BS Madlala. Pastor Madlala
used to do house-to-house evangelism. Under no circumstances would he preach at the
local church since there were elders left by Pastor RS to look after the congregation. The
main thing that helped Pastor Madlala was that he believed all what was said by Pastor
Ngidi whole-heartedly. While working at Edendale hospital he used to have open-air services
in the bus towards work, preaching at work. Other brethren used to advise him of not taking
all what Pastor RS says. They utterly said, as he (Pastor RS) used to shave his head, he
has something that makes him not to have hairs on his head. Pastor Madlala prayed on what
people were saying about Pastor RS and the Lord answered him. The Lord showed him a
dead person to whom the post-mortem was done. The question of why the person could not
complain when the post-mortem was done to him and Pastor Madlala answered simply,
“Because the person is dead and hence could not complain.” The Lord said to him that is the

type of the people that He, the Lord Al-Mighty, works with. He continually engaged himself
with house-to-house evangelism at Imbali Township in Pietermaritzburg and there were
attacks to the way the Lord was saving the people. The only thing that sustained him was
Proverbs 23:23. The ministry of Pastor RS Ngidi had a great impact on the life of Pastor
Madlala.
In 1978, he had a vision as he was on a stadium preaching to the multitudes and the Lord
spoke to him that he has sent him to Nquthu, the place he has not seen and the place he
has never been in it. He explained the vision to the elder Pastor RS Ngidi and he promised
to send him to Dundee. He planned for him to go to Bible College and come back so that he
can send him to Dundee. He resisted saying let he sort his family things first and he will then
go. As time goes on he continued with his normal life of working to support his family.
In 1981 when he was on night-call duty he was at work. After receiving the patient’s blood
specimen that was to be examined, from the nurse he was literally thrown on to the floor for
a number of minutes and the specimen lied scattered around and he felt heat that he has
never felt. He was alone in the laboratory that night. That was the night when the Lord talked
to him in an audible voice, reminding him of his words of promise that he made when he was
to die after being stabbed in his chest. The Lord showed him hell and informed him that if he
does not obey his will he will die and go to hell. Then he remembered his promise and
renewed it and the Lord brought him back to normal life. He then, same night, informed his
seniors that he cannot die because of not listening to God and arrangements were made to
relieve him from that night.
In 1982, April 22 nd his wife passed away having not reported any sickness and left him with
their daughter, Sindisiwe who was ten years of age. This was when he decided not to get
married anymore but only to raise the child and respond to the call of the Lord of sending
him to Nquthu. In 1983 he was at Bible College to study and reason on the Word of God and
in 1984, March 8 he left Pietermaritzburg for Nquthu in response to his calling. On his way
he was phoned by one of the brethren who informed him of Sister Bongi Mkhize, whom
Pastor Madlala knew in Pietermaritzburg, that she was working at Nquthu hospital.On that
day he was accommodated at Pastor Mtolo’s place in Glencoe. On the 9 th March 1984 he
arrived at Nquthu, the village, the place he did not know, the place he knew nobody in it, the
place he has never seen, the place he has never been in it and the place quite different from
the city, Pietermaritzburg.
On his arrival he asked for the town of Nquthu since he was not aware that he was already
in it. He asked for the hospital and they showed him. He then prayed and informed the Lord
that he has come to Nquthu. He went to the hospital, Charles Johnson Memorial (CJM), and
was sent to Matron Dladla. He explained to her his calling. Matron Dladla stated that she can
help him to sleep for one night and then she will refer him to people of his kind. It was on this
very first day that Pastor Madlala preached Christ to Matron and her family and she
accepted the Lord.
The following day he was visited by a saved brother who discouraged him about the ones
who came before him who did not succeed. From March-September 1984 he was residing at
CJM after Matron Dladla changed her mind by accepting the Lord Jesus. In June 1984 the
transfer of Matron Dladla was approved by the department after a long trial of herself to be
transferred. While at CJM the house-to-house outreach was continuing at Luvisi and

Maduladula area. In May 1984, while outreach was continuing Grand Daddy, Mkhulu
Mncube accepted him and promised to give him the place to stay. It was in this year where
he was noticed by Granny, Gogo Mncube at Mrs Annah Magubane’s (Mr Musa’s mother)
funeral while testifying and presenting Christ the Saviour.
House-to-house outreach continued and the first eight people were baptised at the area of
Maduladula. With ten people the work was established in Nquthu. From 1985-1991 Pastor
Madlala continued with house-to-house evangelism and tent outreach and places like Zicole,
Luvisi, Ngwebini, Silutshana, Nceceni, Zinkondlwaneni, Magogo and Vulamehlo were
covered and the hand of the Lord was on Pastor BS Madlala. To mention a few of the
families that were saved, the Mncube family (Maduladula), the Buthelezi; Ndlovu; Dladla;
Khoza; Langa families (Zicole),Shabangu & Khumalo families (Nceceni); Mthethwa family (Former UMzinyathi District Mayor-Rev James Mthethwa), Mazibuko family
(Zinkondlwaneni), Mpungose & Sibiya families(Fort Louis NKA), Hadebe & Ngubeni families (Vulamehlo), Mthembu & Dlamini families (Ngwebini), the list is endless. This has been the product of fasting and prayers that have been done since then until today during July and December every year.