South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
“The purpose of the second God’s Karoo Women Conference from November 5 to 6 2016 is for women to be ‘refilled’ with God. For some it might be to get back into a right relationship with Him, for another it might mean healing, for yet another it might be to […]
From pre-born babies to the elderly, God is bringing miraculous healing and restoration through Faith Hope Love Ministries (FHLM) in Greenbushes, Port Elizabeth. The private, self-funded Christian outreach which started in 2007 and has been providing weekly meals to 300 children, started a second soup kitchen this year — catering […]
It is almost impossible to get an appointment with Elaine Watson, wife of former Southern Kings rugby captain, Luke Watson, due to her busy schedule after the recent launch of the Goodnight Market in Port Elizabeth, of which she is a founder member. The Goodnight Market is the smaller, yet […]
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) submitted a Labour Laws Amendment Bill on “paternity leave” to the National Assembly speaker, Baleka Mbete, on Tuesday. The Bill seeks to provide parental leave, adoption leave and surrogacy leave. It also provides for the payment of parental benefits, as well as surrogacy parental benefits, from the Unemployment […]
A wall fell over and kids became sick. These were only some of the occurrences at a Uitenhage school in the Eastern Cape recently, after some pupils played an apparent innocent game called ‘Charlie Charlie challenge’. The game has since been banned at the school. The game however, is not […]
Gary Packer, professional golfer for more than 25 years and involved in development golf for township children, lost almost all his livelihood in the recent Port Elizabeth Walmer Township protests. His golf shop, which is at the Walmer Country Club, was looted of close to R400 000 worth of stock. But […]
The Petra Institute in White River, Mpumalanga, has trained people from many countries in children’s ministry, but for Samantha Purchase, a trained teacher and missionary in Burundi, it was more than just another training course. It totally changed the way she dealt with children. She did several of the courses […]
A troubled boy’s kiss on his head is what Alfie Blume will always remember of the horrific accident which changed the direction of his teaching career. Blume was the Head of Department and under-11 rugby coach at Cradock Primary School, when the school bus with 60 children on their way […]
Grade 4 to 9 pupils at the Colleen Glen Primary School in Port Elizabeth will celebrate Easter differently this year after they received sewed hearts with a scripture inside. These hearts, made by ladies in the community (Harvest, Colleen Glen), is just one of a number of an array of […]
It took a year of getting bits and pieces of building material together, but the multipurpose wooden construction for Christ the Solution Ministry in Clarkson is almost completed. Only the floor still needs to be done. This is significant as “this is a place of hope where there was no […]