South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Although it is still difficult to put into words what an incredible weekend the Karoo Mighty Men Conference 2015 was, with more than a thousand people giving their hearts to Jesus, many baptised in water, hundreds baptised in the Holy Spirit, and thousands of ordinary Christians inspired and empowered to […]
By December 2012, Leslie Scanlen had been invited to attend Mighty Men Conferences twice and twice he had found an excuse not to go. “At the time, my son, Richard, had been confirmed at church two years prior, but found it increasingly difficult to attend church. “He felt that he […]
The Lord God Almighty spoke to Günther Hess in a dream in 2002 saying that He would give him three gifts: love, knowledge and technical skills to build houses, which he did not entirely understand at first. “When I woke up I was emotionally and physically drained, yet I did […]
Lately, we have been bombarded with apocalypse, end-times, Armageddon and catastrophe prophecies, predictions, articles and news. In the world the word apocalypse is commonly used to describe a disastrous upheaval expected to occur just before the end of the world. Other synonyms for apocalypse are: disaster, catastrophe, destruction, Armageddon, Day […]
Call for Church to speak out about ‘unrighteous deeds’ that hinder development Although the 10 000 kilometre 4×4 Africa Peace and Development Expedition from Cape Town to Kisangani during August and September 2014 by faith-based social entrepreneur Johan Meintjes, by his own admission, did not achieve all he set out […]
With moves afoot to ban religion from schools and secular, humanistic values governing society at the expense of Christian norms based on God’s word, it is an important time for Christians to gain advocacy skills that will allow them to respond in an effective manner to the daily infringements on […]
I recently attended a children’s eisteddfod in De Aar and was reminded of how privileged we are to be living in the Karoo. What prompted the awareness of being privileged was not the Karoo’s wide-open spaces, silence, scenery, or lack of rush-hour traffic, but the manner in which the eisteddfod […]
The ‘Africa Bless Israel’ organisation founded by Reverend Albert Mbenga-Ukulangai has inspired the creation of a song called Africa Arise. The song features singers from western, southern, central and eastern Africa and was written by John Osa, the founder of The Rebirth of Africa Vision and pastor at the Kingdom Heirs […]
The dates have been set for the fifth Karoo Mighty Men Conference (KMMC), which will take place from April 24 to 26, 2015 on the outskirts of Middelburg in the Eastern Cape on Rusoord Farm. If past years are anything to go by the event will be marked by the […]
Dr Faan Oosthuizen does not compromise when he talks about abortion or Christians’ general unwillingness to stand up against abortion. “God commands us: Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; Defend the rights of the poor and needy; Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those […]