South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Commending Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana on his budget in Parliament last week, ACDP MP Steve Swart urged the minister “to walk closely with God, like your namesake” and “to seek His solutions”. In the video clips on this page, Swart welcomes the stabilisation of national debt for the first […]
By Rachel Kalidass, Prayer and Repentance Movement As Purim or the biblical Feast of Esther was celebrated this week, the headlines are filled with news of escalating conflict in the Middle East involving Israel, the United States, and Iran. Sirens, airstrikes, diplomatic tensions, and military mobilisation dominate global attention. Yet, […]
In the wake of the targeted strikes by the US and Israel on Iran’s leadership Christians should not miss the opportunity to intercede for the Iranian people and to partner with what God is doing in the nation, said Brother Marko Kiroglu, a South African-based missionary currently serving in Armenia. […]
Originally published in Christian Today Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has raised concerns about the apparent lack of interest in the religious motivation behind the brutal murder of three members of a Christian family in India. Jitendra Soren, his wife Malati and their 15-year-old daughter were murdered on 25 January, allegedly […]
While the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report into corruption in the Department of Home Affairs highlights individuals such as Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, the root cause of the crisis is not the religious sector but a collapsing state system that has ignored the very people trying to help fix the problem. […]
A specific kind of quiet sometimes settles over our home now that we are parenting both a pre-teen and a teenager. It’s different from years gone by when we experienced the silence of a napping toddler; now it’s the heavy, contemplative silence of a house full of bigger bodies, big […]
With Israel and Iran bracing for war, the coming feast of Purim is perfectly timed to remind the Jewish people that God has their back. The feast recalls the great deliverance of the Jews at the time of King Xerxes (486-465 BC) when a lot (pur) was cast to decide […]
Freedom of Religion South Africa released a statement today rejecting a claim by the CRL Rights Commission that the exposure of systemic corruption within the Department of Home Affairs reinforces the commission’s call for state registration of pastors. The CRL says, in a statement released on Tuesday, that Home Affairs […]
Originally published in Christian Today An ex-gay Christian who was prosecuted in Malta for his views on so-called ‘conversion therapy’ has been forced to wait yet again for the final verdict. Matthew Grech arrived at court on Wednesday to hear the verdict in the long-running case, only to learn that it […]
A monthly column in which Julita Kok shares on living adventurously with God I love being on an adventure with God. I plan as best I can, always leaving room for the Holy Spirit and always, but always, He changes my itinerary. But do not be fooled, I am not […]