South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A record low voter turnout in Monday’s local government elections and declining support for the two major political parties proves that South Africans want a new system of governance, says the One South Africa (OSA) movement in a media statement released today. Likewise it says a pilot model focused on […]
Christian blogger Solomon Izang Ashoms has begun a 20-day jail term for repeatedly failing to comply with an order to refrain from making defamatory remarks about Alleiluia Ministries pastor Alph Lukau. In a Youtube video clip which he recorded in front of prison last week — before beginning his sentence […]
‘The Blood of Jesus will not save you from Covid’ says a large yellow banner that was raised last Thursday on the steeple of the Central Methodist Mission, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town. “Get vaccinated. Protect our healthcare workers” continues the banner which forms part of the church’s “Yellow banner theology” […]
Originally published in Daily Maverick The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) and a group of community organisations have filed papers at the Pretoria High Court to stop the roll-out of the one dose of the Pfizer vaccine to children between the ages of 12 and 17 According to papers before […]
Dr Isak Burger, former president of the AFM Church of SA, sent his thoughts on this hot issue to Gateway News. Below is a translation of his article which is written in Afrikaans. You can read the Afrifkaans version here The kneeling and clenched fists at the T20 World Cup […]
Running now in its 4th year, the All-In Sports Conference — this year scheduled for November 5 to 7 — has become an annual highlight in Gqeberha. The organisers invite everyone to come to the event hosted by Lighthouse Family Church to hear stories and testimonies from athletes, coaches and […]
In the last episode missionary Lydia Venter shared how God brought good out of a brutal attack on them. But there were also darker, lingering consequences of the attack that had to be faced and overcome, she writes in this week’s episode For the first month or two after our […]
This year will be remembered in my family, as I am sure in yours, for many reasons, some of them wonderful highlights to our family’s story, others we would sooner forget. Then there are those moments that have proven tricky to navigate while still maintaining a culture of honour and […]
Originally published in Vox. On October 29, Maine’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention will start enforcing a rule requiring all health care workers in the state to be vaccinated against Covid-19 — unless the Supreme Court intervenes to stop it. Does v. Mills is the first significant case to reach the justices […]
Have you ever had the thought that maybe it’s too late for someone to be saved? It reminds me of the parable where people had been working in the field all day long. Then there were those who came in at the very last minute, but the owner of the […]