South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
In the previous two Worship Columns, we have surveyed the changes in our worship services in the course of a lifetime. Some changes are neutral, other are harmful. This month we celebrate the positive changes that have been taking place. Let’s identify some contemporary changes that are positively healthy, for […]
Advocate Nadene Badenhorst legal counsel for Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) probes the issue of vaccine mandates and freedom of religion *Note: As an organisation, Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) is not for, or against, vaccination but believes it is the right of every individual to choose for […]
Messianic claims are big talking point at winter feast It may surprise many to learn that Hanukkah, the movable eight-day Jewish festival being celebrated this year from Sunday, is actually about the coming of the Messiah. Appropriately enough, therefore, it falls around Christmas each year, sometimes even coinciding. The strength […]
Originally published in CBN The Daystar Television Network announced yesterday that Marcus Lamb, the founder, and president of the ministry, has passed away from complications from Covid-19. He was 64. “It’s with a heavy heart we announce that Marcus Lamb, president and founder of Daystar Television Network, went home to […]
Africa’s most-celebrated Gospel star has been honoured with another prestigious award. But her early years were marked by suffering and rejection and her life is a testimony of how God turned her life around, writes Neziswa Kanju President Cyril Ramaphosa, the Grand Patron of the National Orders, on Thursday, November […]
Lockdown has stimulated creativity A commendable line-up of artists is being presented to art lovers in the Biblical Garden in Paarl next weekend. 22 top local Jewish and Christian artists are exhibiting their work on Sunday 28th ranging from fine art painting to ceramics, pottery, mosaics sculptures and painting on silk. Organisers say there […]
Originally published in Christian Headlines The Bible app YouVersion celebrated a major milestone this week with its 500 millionth install, making it the only faith-based app ever to reach that mark. The 13-year-old app launched in 2008 as one of only 200 free apps in the iOS App Store and quickly grew […]
See also: US Supreme Court hearing arguments in case that could overturn landmark abortion ruling in Roe v Wade By Sam Dorman — Originally published in Fox News Former US Vice President Mike Pence called on the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark decision in Roe v Wade, arguing that it has destabilised the nation […]
See also: Pence asks Supreme Court to overturn Roe: ‘Nothing has been more destabilising in our society’ than abortion By Sam Dorman — Originally published in Fox News The scope of abortion in the US is at stake today as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health, […]
Originally published in CBN The Daystar Television Network announced yesterday that Marcus Lamb, the founder, and president of the ministry, has passed away from complications from Covid-19. He was 64. “It’s with a heavy heart we announce that Marcus Lamb, president and founder of Daystar Television Network, went home to […]
Originally published in Alliance Defending Freedom Barronelle Stutzman’s legal journey has concluded. A settlement agreement secured by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys with the ACLU ends a lawsuit brought against floral artist Barronelle Stutzman nearly a decade ago without forcing her to act against her religious beliefs or to pay potentially ruinous […]
God wants Christian women in South Africa to unconditionally forgive and love others so that He can use them to build a new nation, says Nikiwe Apenteng in the first video in a Women’s Month series called Wisdom From God’s Daughters posted by Christian Leaders Forum SA. Last month Apenteng, […]
Originally published in Lifesite News After winning Olympic gold, Fiji’s men’s rugby team raised their powerful voices to God and sang: We have overcome We have overcome By the Blood of the Lamb In the Word of the Lord We have overcome The song that filled the Tokyo stadium is […]
Farmer evangelist says that at the request of businessmen from Johannesburg he will be hosting a national prayer meeting for South Africa from 1pm to 2pm on Saturday. He says he will be joined in prayer by people from around the world. The event will be streamed on the Angus […]
During each day of a 21-day fast for the local government elections the Holy Spirit gave her prophetic decrees to release over the nation, said Janet Brann Hollis of SA Back to God which called the time of prayer and fasting. She said that in this way they heeded a […]
Christians in Africa are invited to join a fasting, prayer and worship assignment for the continent from October 22 to November 2 with an emphasis on being still and paying attention to our thoughts and words, says Prophetess Vuyokazi Joseph Matu. “You are welcome to join us daily for midday […]
Isaac is born — the perfect will of the Father is established In 2018 I shared a prophetic word from the Lord, titled, “The season for her delivery has come.” The Lord was saying that Isaac would be born in 2018. Thereafter, this word faced much contention and opposition from […]
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See also: US Supreme Court hearing arguments in case that could overturn landmark abortion ruling in Roe v Wade By Sam Dorman — Originally published in Fox News Former US Vice President Mike Pence called on the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark decision in Roe v Wade, arguing that it has destabilised the nation […]
In the previous two Worship Columns, we have surveyed the changes in our worship services in the course of a lifetime. Some changes are neutral, other are harmful. This month we celebrate the positive changes that have been taking place. Let’s identify some contemporary changes that are positively healthy, for […]
Originally published in CBN The Daystar Television Network announced yesterday that Marcus Lamb, the founder, and president of the ministry, has passed away from complications from Covid-19. He was 64. “It’s with a heavy heart we announce that Marcus Lamb, president and founder of Daystar Television Network, went home to […]
Africa’s most-celebrated Gospel star has been honoured with another prestigious award. But her early years were marked by suffering and rejection and her life is a testimony of how God turned her life around, writes Neziswa Kanju President Cyril Ramaphosa, the Grand Patron of the National Orders, on Thursday, November […]
Lydia shares about some more powerful, defining moments during the Venter family’s missionary journey in Kenya Initially, when we came to Kenya, I became overwhelmed with compassion every time I saw a child living on the street. Because we were also surrounded with needs, poverty and hopelessness in our ordinary […]
The “cold wind” that blew into our lives It doesn’t seem to happen often that people get off lightly from this deadly virus. I was the only one in my group that survived in Worcester hospital. It is therefore with much gratitude and thanksgiving that I look back. It was […]
Messianic claims are big talking point at winter feast It may surprise many to learn that Hanukkah, the movable eight-day Jewish festival being celebrated this year from Sunday, is actually about the coming of the Messiah. Appropriately enough, therefore, it falls around Christmas each year, sometimes even coinciding. The strength […]
Originally published in Malawi 24 National Repentance Malawi has announced plans to lead nationwide prayers aimed at seeking God’s intervention in the current economic hardships in the country. The move comes as the country has seen unprecedented rising costs of commodities such as fuel, fertiliser, cooking oil and other basic […]
Originally published in Alliance Defending Freedom Barronelle Stutzman’s legal journey has concluded. A settlement agreement secured by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys with the ACLU ends a lawsuit brought against floral artist Barronelle Stutzman nearly a decade ago without forcing her to act against her religious beliefs or to pay potentially ruinous […]
Pastor Reuben Africa the local coordinator of a two-weeks evangelism campaign in the Northern Areas of Nelson Mandela Bay that ended last Sunday reports on what God did in some of the most notorious, gang-ridden areas of the metro Everywhere we went, people responded with great enthusiasm, to the message […]
