South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Psalm 37:31 (NKJV), “The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps shall slide.” If the heart is right, then the whole man will be right. One of my spiritual sons sent me a letter on my cell phone not so long ago explaining how complex […]
By Pastor Bert Pretorius, President: South African Community of Faith-Based Fraternals and Federations (SACOFF) Eight women. Eight bodies now forming part of an expanding police investigation in Ekurhuleni. And once again South Africans are being told that “no stone will be left unturned”. We welcome President Cyril Ramaphosa’s instruction that […]
Q: I’d be interested in hearing your take on managing “little spats” in marriage. Sometimes my wife and I get into minor disagreements that escalate quickly. I think we’re both at fault. One of us says something snippy, the other responds a bit angrier and a bit louder, back and […]
A Nigerian crochet artist, Elizabeth Jesulade, has come up with a very innovative way to access the Bible. She crocheted a QR code on a ladies’ top that takes a user directly to the YouVersion Bible app when scanned. The piece features the app’s logo in front and the crocheted QR code […]
Book PreviewFor 15 years, from 2011 to 2026, Sharon Gabay photographed Jerusalem through its people rather than its monuments. Born in the city, into a family that has lived there for generations, he went out into the streets week after week, at eye level, without staging. JERUSALEMITES, published in 2026, […]
Originally published in The Christian Post For six and a half years, Jeff Woodke, a missionary worker with Youth with a Mission Relief and Development, slept outside in the West African desert, often with chains around his ankles. There was no room, no bed and, for much of that time, almost no […]
Originally published in AllIsraelNews. More than a century after a German scholar set out to translate the New Testament into Hebrew before it was even a spoken language, a new generation will now have an opportunity to read the latest edition of this translation in more contemporary parlance. The Trinitarian […]
Originally published in Christian Daily More than 300 people were baptised at a gathering of the Methodist Church in Cuba’s Guantánamo District, according to Luzvisión Noticias, which described the event as historic. Bishop Ricardo Pereira and Superintendent Roelvis Gaínza led the ceremony, which drew hundreds of families. The outlet reported […]
Originally published in The Christian Post President Donald Trump has nominated Cissie Graham Lynch to serve as the US ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, seeking to fill a key diplomatic post that has lacked a Senate-confirmed ambassador since the beginning of his second term. The White House announced on Monday […]
Originally published in CBN Earlier this month, Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court upheld a lower court ruling barring a Christian mother from bringing her own child to church. That mother is now taking a stand for her faith and her rights as an American. For Emily Bickford, taking her daughter to church has always […]
Originally published in The Christian Post For six and a half years, Jeff Woodke, a missionary worker with Youth with a Mission Relief and Development, slept outside in the West African desert, often with chains around his ankles. There was no room, no bed and, for much of that time, almost no […]
Originally published in His Kingdom Prophecy Two days ago on June 26, 2026, I was taken into a powerful Vision Encounter as I was seeking The LORD concerning the Ekklesia and the uproar of Nations. And as I prayed in The Spirit, I was taken into a Vision of Ezekiel 37. […]
“South Africa, you are in a season of decision and you will decide between the glorious future I have prepared for you and the ones others have prepared for you. For I say this is the time for South Africa to arise and escape like a bird from the net […]
During the Second World War, Britain and her allies relied on essential cargo carried by supply ships across the Atlantic. The crossing was perilous, particularly through a stretch known as the Black Pit that lay beyond the range of support aircraft. Without aerial cover, ships were vulnerable to attack by […]
In this video, Freedom of Religion SA (FOR SA) executive director Michael Swain and FOR SA attorney Liesl Pretorius delve deeper into why FOR SA believes that the controversial bill is a thinly veiled threat to religious freedom. Last week Gateway News published an article by FOR SA explaining the […]
US missionary pilot Ryan Koher, 33 who was provisionally released from prison in Mozambique last week, together with two South Africans, WJ du Plessis, 77, and Eric Dry, 65, has shared a video in which he thanks Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) co-workers and others who have prayed for him and […]
Africa Christian Action produced the video below to capture their recent 2023 March for Life to Parliament and prayer vigil and repentance service outside the gates of Parliament. They have held these events every year on the anniversary of the legislation of abortion on demand in South Africa on February […]
Scripture: Romans 12:1 — “I beseech You therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present Your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is Your reasonable service.” Prayer: Lord, we surrender our opinions, loyalties, frustrations, and hopes to You, asking for wisdom to participate responsibly, vote […]
Last Friday Crosswalk Africa evangelist Reini Coetzee reached the 4 000km mark in his mission to wheel a wooden cross 10 000km from Cape Town to Jerusalem. He said he and his two Tanzanian volunteers, David Noah Malamboma and Isaya Mwainyekule , arrived at Zakayo Lodge in Chimala, Tanzania, where […]
Millions of people around the world will participate in 24 hours of united worship and prayer for the salvation of jewish people worldwide on Monday September 21 which coincides with Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, says Jon Shabaglian founder of the Psalmist […]
Scripture: Psalm 24:3-4 — “Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his Holy Place? Those that hath clean hands, and a pure heart, who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.”Prayer: Lord, purify our motives, speech, voting decisions, political […]
A Nigerian crochet artist, Elizabeth Jesulade, has come up with a very innovative way to access the Bible. She crocheted a QR code on a ladies’ top that takes a user directly to the YouVersion Bible app when scanned. The piece features the app’s logo in front and the crocheted QR code […]
Originally published in Frontpage Yet another jihadist attack in north Cameroon has led to the kidnapping of two Christians. Boko Haram terrorists reportedly abducted the Christians on August 10 when they targeted the village of Mahoula in Mayo-Sava Division, an area notorious for the terror group’s attacks and its splinter operations because […]
Originally published in Christian Daily More than 300 people were baptised at a gathering of the Methodist Church in Cuba’s Guantánamo District, according to Luzvisión Noticias, which described the event as historic. Bishop Ricardo Pereira and Superintendent Roelvis Gaínza led the ceremony, which drew hundreds of families. The outlet reported […]
Psalm 37:31 (NKJV), “The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps shall slide.” If the heart is right, then the whole man will be right. One of my spiritual sons sent me a letter on my cell phone not so long ago explaining how complex […]
Book PreviewFor 15 years, from 2011 to 2026, Sharon Gabay photographed Jerusalem through its people rather than its monuments. Born in the city, into a family that has lived there for generations, he went out into the streets week after week, at eye level, without staging. JERUSALEMITES, published in 2026, […]
Originally published in The Christian Post President Donald Trump has nominated Cissie Graham Lynch to serve as the US ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, seeking to fill a key diplomatic post that has lacked a Senate-confirmed ambassador since the beginning of his second term. The White House announced on Monday […]
