{"id":54698,"date":"2023-02-09T06:01:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T04:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/school-celebrates-25-years-20230208-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:19:17","slug":"school-celebrates-25-years-20230208-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/school-celebrates-25-years-20230208-2\/","title":{"rendered":"School celebrates 25 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cWe are so grateful to celebrate 25 years of expanding the Kingdom of God through education\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So said Emmanuel Archontakis, school pastor at Kingdom Academy, during the 25 year celebrations at the school on Friday (03\/02).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKingdom Academy was established 25 years ago, with one purpose in mind: To establish each child upon the foundation of Christ, who is their life. 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