South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in news24 Johannesburg – A complaint has been laid with the Advertising Standards Authority about an allegedly homophobic church billboard in Pretoria. The billboard features the naked torso of a man surrounded by the words “drug abuse”, “promiscuity”, “alcoholism” and “homosexuality”. It is captioned: “whom the son sets […]
Originally published in The Telegraph Lesley Pilkington, 61, spoke as she lost her appeal against her registration with her professional body being cancelled after an undercover journalist posing as a patient recorded her during a therapy session. The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) said that, although Patrick […]
By Ben Johnson — Originally published in LifeSite News Members of the United State’s largest mainline Protestant church voted to maintain the doctrine that homosexual actions were “incompatible with Christian teaching” on Thursday. The United Methodist Church voted down two proposals to water down its stance on homosexuality on Thursday. […]
Christian leaders are applauding UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s pledge to stop sending aid to countries that persecute Christians and ban homosexuality. “When the UK is setting aid budgets and is in discussion with other governments, religious freedom – in particular the persecution of Christians – should always be highlighted […]
There are two public policy issues that deserve the attention of the Body of Christ in South Africa. The first constitutes a threat to religious freedom and the other an opportunity to strengthen the family. Andries Nel, the Deputy Minister of Justice & Constitutional Development announced the national task team […]
[notice]By Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary — the flagship school of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of the largest seminaries in the world. — Originally published in the Wall Street Journal [/notice] The Christian church has faced no shortage of challenges in […]