Despite an ongoing succession battle, there were scenes of excitement yesterday as 20,000 people descended at the International Pentecost Holiness Church's (IPHC) 60th anniversary celebrations in Zuurbekom on the West Rand.

Men dressed in the church’s regalia of blue and white suits and women clad in white skirts with red tops and hats were singing and in a jubilant mood around the vicinity decorated in with red, white and gold balloons...