South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Have you ever felt that sharp, tight knot in your chest when you realise that someone has completely misread your heart? Perhaps an honest boundary was labelled as coldness. Perhaps a decision you made in good faith was misconstrued as selfish, ambitious, or critical. Or maybe someone passed judgment on […]
By Obianuju Mbah — originally published in Christian Today Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday life, from workplaces and schools to churches and Christian ministry. But as its use grows, questions are emerging about how Christians can embrace its benefits without outsourcing the thinking, relationships and spiritual formation […]
At the 2026 National Day of Prayer and Repentance, hosted by Awakening South Africa, Prayer and Repentance Movement, held at the Nieuwmeester Dome, Parliament’s temporary National Assembly chamber in Cape Town, on September 25, Pastor Fransi van Wyk of Perez Ministries called the Church to look beneath the surface of […]
YouVersion, creator of the world’s most downloaded Bible App, is marking another year of growth with more installs, more daily engagement, and a wave of searches for comfort in the Bible App. This is especially notable across Sub-Saharan Africa, where daily use of the YouVersion Family of Apps rose by […]
By Gerda Potgieter, Devoted Magazine The annual Malelane Youth Conference in Schulzendal took place from September 24 to 27, with the theme “Guard your heart”. The conference drew hundreds of young people and several dignitaries. A total of 645 children were registered for the services, along with several adults. Some local […]
For many people, a cancer diagnosis, the demands of motherhood and the breakdown of a marriage would be enough to push them to the edge. But when Tebele Makhetha found herself facing some of life’s most difficult battles, she made a deliberate decision: she chose life. That decision is at […]
Originally published in Relevant Magazine For eight years there was always another day of shooting The Chosen on the calendar. Now there isn’t. The series about the life of Jesus has wrapped filming on its seventh and final season in Midlothian, Texas, finishing a shoot that started in late April. […]
Originally published in The Christian Post The aunt of Christa Pike claimed in a recent interview that God willed the recent botched execution of her niece, who had been sentenced to death in Tennessee for torturing and murdering a young woman in 1995. Carrie Ross, who helped raise Pike and […]
Originally published in My Christian Daily A Christian charity volunteer who was charged over silently praying near an abortion clinic in England has pleaded not guilty to five new charges, as her case continues to test the boundaries of the country’s abortion clinic buffer zone legislation. Isabel Vaughan-Spruce entered the […]
Originally published in Worthy Christian News Israelis gathered across the country on Wednesday to mark three years since the Hamas-led October 7 massacre, pausing to remember the roughly 1,200 people killed and 251 taken hostage on the deadliest single day in Israel’s history. Commemorations began at 6:29am, the moment the […]
Originally published in CBN News They boarded a routine flight to Israel and landed with new heroes among them. Now, as passengers from FlyDubai flight 1073 describe their miraculous survival, Israeli authorities are digging deeper into what may have been behind the attempted hijacking of the jet. As Prime Minister […]
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:Lamentations 3:22-23 — “It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed… They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”Prayer: Father, let Your mercy cover South Africa and restrain violence, lawlessness, bitterness, and revenge. Proclamation: We proclaim new mercies over our nation every morning. It is Your […]
Scripture: Micah 6:8 — “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good… to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” Prayer: Lord, establish justice for the poor, vulnerable, unemployed, elderly, children, women, and marginalised communities, as Justice and Righteousness are the foundations of […]
South African-born pastor, author, and Bible teacher Joseph Chetty has released a memoir, The Anchor Holds: From Apartheid to Purpose: A Journey of Faith and Grace, a deeply personal account of faith, adversity, ministry, and the sustaining grace of God through more than six decades. Born in Durban in 1959, […]
Originally published in The Christian Post The aunt of Christa Pike claimed in a recent interview that God willed the recent botched execution of her niece, who had been sentenced to death in Tennessee for torturing and murdering a young woman in 1995. Carrie Ross, who helped raise Pike and […]
Originally published in My Christian Daily A Christian charity volunteer who was charged over silently praying near an abortion clinic in England has pleaded not guilty to five new charges, as her case continues to test the boundaries of the country’s abortion clinic buffer zone legislation. Isabel Vaughan-Spruce entered the […]
Scripture: Proverbs 11:3 — “The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.” Scripture: Proverbs 11:11 — “Through the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.” Prayer: Father, guide the upright, favour […]
Have you ever felt that sharp, tight knot in your chest when you realise that someone has completely misread your heart? Perhaps an honest boundary was labelled as coldness. Perhaps a decision you made in good faith was misconstrued as selfish, ambitious, or critical. Or maybe someone passed judgment on […]
Opponents of the CRL Rights Commission’s controversial Section 22 Committee process for the Christian sector who participated in a Religious Freedom Imbizo in Cape Town last Saturday expect to have a follow-up meeting soon with Dr Zweli Mkhize chairperson of the Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), said […]
Originally published in Christian Daily Six Christian workers abducted in South Sudan on September 26 were released on Thursday (October 1), sources said. The Young Life South Sudan workers were traveling from Kajo Keji to Maridi, a town in Western Equatoria state, on Juba-Yambio Road when unidentified gunmen ambushed their […]
Scripture Luke 16:10 — “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much…”Prayer: Lord, raise leaders and officials who steward public money, land, infrastructure, and services with honesty. You abhor unjust scales Lord: expose every intention or action of corruption to the light of Jesus! […]
