South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Today The High Court has ruled that it is legal to criminalise activities like prayer and reading from the Bible within a buffer zone around an abortion clinic in Bournemouth. A legal challenge against the buffer zone was brought by Christian Concern and Livia Tossici-Bolt, a […]
Originally published in CBN News Calvary Temple is India’s largest church with more than 300 000 members. Now, it’s on a mission to build 40 more megachurches in the next 10 years. Most roads in Hyderabad on Sundays lead to Calvary Temple. Shortly after 4 am, side streets around the […]
Originally published in Morning Star News Authorities in Mauritania have arrested 15 Christian leaders since late November following calls for punishment by Muslims outraged over a video showing a baptism ceremony, sources said. The families of 14 of the Christian leaders were also arrested, according to aid and advocacy group […]
Originally published in The Christian Post More than a month after leaders of International House of Prayer Kansas City announced that at least one allegation of abuse including “sexual immorality” made against the ministry’s founder Mike Bickle has “some credibility”, the embattled minister confessed on Tuesday to sinful misconduct he […]
By Samuel Brownback and Katrina Lantos Swett — Originally published in The Hill This week marks 75 years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) — the document that has become the blueprint for our international architecture of rights. The UDHR references “the […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Nearly R1.4 billion ($75 million) has been raised by entertainment industry insiders to launch a new studio to create movie, television and streaming content tailored for a “faith and values-oriented audience”. Following up on the success of popular faith-based productions in recent years, The […]
Just over 500 people participated in a “SA Stands With Israel” prayer rally at the AGS Church in Goodwood Cape Town last Sunday, said Vivienne Myburgh national director of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) South Africa, one of the organisers of the event. Sunday’s rally was arranged after an […]
Originally published in Worthy News Less than two weeks after suspected al-Shabaab jihadists beheaded a 72-year-old Christian man in Kenya’s Lamu West County, terrorists kidnapped and murdered a 60-year-old Christian man in the same area on December 5, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. During the December 5 attack, the terrorists […]
Originally published 1n CBN News It’s been called the largest Christian event in Egypt’s history as more than 17 000 attended a Gospel crusade and more than 7 800 people made a decision to put their faith in Jesus Christ. Dr Michael Youssef’s Leading The Way ministry held the evangelistic event in […]
The hosting of a senior Hamas delegation in Cape Town by the ANC in the Western Cape is an insult to Israel and to the Jewish people of South Africa, says Rev Kenneth Meshoe in a press statement released on Saturday (December 2). The Hamas group which met ANC representatives […]