South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in CBN News Christian author and pastor Dr Tim Keller has died last Friday after a more than three year battle with pancreatic cancer. His death was announced in an email by Redeemer Churches and Ministries – a network started by Keller. “We are forever grateful for his leadership, heart, […]
Today we posted our first video in Youth Wing a brand new, hope-inspiring playlist for youth on our YouTube channel GatewayNews 100. We asked inspired presenter Nthabeleng Tsokeli to introduce herself and her vision for Youth Wing, Her response: My name is Nthabeleng Tsokeli, and I am currently residing in […]
Fulani Islamic extremists murdered 17 people in attacks on Christian communities in southern Chad earlier this month, the Barnabas Fund reports. The population of Chad was reported in 2010 to be 52–58% Muslim and 39–44% Christian. The government of this religiously diverse but impoverished country in central Africa was forced […]
Yesterday marked 30 days to the massive Godly Revolution worship music festival on Youth Day – and it also marked Day 1 of a prayer countdown in the buildup to this year’s Godly Revolution event at the Lewende Woord main campus in Brummeria, Pretoria. You can join this exciting prayer […]
Christian movement National Repentance Malawi (NRP) is introducing “Jesus Farms” in three districts of southern Malawi as part of a holistic campaign to support victims of Cyclone Freddy which displaced more than 100 000 families and killed more than a thousand people earlier this year. NRP national organiser Rev Edward […]
Originally published in the New York Times The oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible sold at Sotheby’s for $38.1 million (R735 million) on Wednesday, one of the highest prices for a book or historical document ever sold at auction. The volume, known as the Codex Sassoon, includes all 24 books of the Hebrew […]
By James Lasher — Originally published in Charisma News The Lord certainly works in mysterious ways, and it is an incredible sight to behold when a seed planted decades ago in preparation for a spiritual encounter begins to take root and blossom. Singer and American music icon Paul Simon is […]
Have you submitted a comment on the Hate Speech Bill? With just five days left (at the time of posting this article) to make your comment, executive director of Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) Michael Swain says it is time to “shape up and push back” against the […]
As believers we each carry burdens that the Lord has placed on our hearts as we seek His presence and His way in a world that knows such diversity. Different cultures, different languages and different expectations all expressed in so many varied and wonderful and not so wonderful ways. We […]