South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Amidst calls from political, business and union voices for swift action on the Phala Phala saga, spokesmen for South African Church groups have called for the country’s Constitutional processes to be allowed to play out. The general-secretary of the South African Council of Churches Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana says in a […]
Originally published in Allarab News At a busy corner intersection that separates Beit Jala and the larger, sprawling city of Bethlehem and wedged next to a shawarma shop is a nondescript and humble storefront which spills into an oasis of hope where an organization keeps Jesus at the center of […]
While Algeria’s government has now shut down all but a tiny handful of churches in the country, Algerian church leaders say the persecution is causing an increase in the number of new Christians, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Algerian authorities shut down all churches during the pandemic and have refused to allow most […]
Originally published in God Reports After years of learning the language, developing an alphabet, teaching literacy, missionary Brooks Buser and team gave the YembiYembi tribe in Papua New Guinea copies of the Bible five years ago. “It has been a long time, almost 2 000 years, that we the YembiYembi […]
Angel Studios has announced Season 3 of its record-breaking original television drama based on the life of Jesus Christ will be released worldwide for streaming for free on the Angel App beginning with Episode 1 on December 11. The streaming release follows a limited run of episodes 1 and 2 […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News The US Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Monday appeared ready to rule that a Christian web designer has a right to refuse to provide services for same-sex marriages in a case the liberal justices said could empower certain businesses to discriminate based on constitutional free […]
By Open Doors Christian leaders in Qatar are hopeful that the World Cup taking place in the wealthy Muslim nation from November 20 to December 18 provides opportunities to advance the Gospel in the nation which is rated by Open Doors as the 18th most dangerous country to be a […]
Originally published in Christian News Tens of thousands of Christians took to the streets across Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday to protest violence in eastern regions, as church leaders accused the international community of hypocrisy over Rwanda’s alleged role in the fighting. After Sunday services, churchgoers in the capital Kinshasa and other […]
The South African National Christian Forum (SANCF) says that it believes that somebody needs to be held criminally responsible for the loss of at least 14 lives in the Jukskei River, in Alexandra, Johannesburg last Saturday when church members participating in a baptism ceremony were swept away by a flash […]
Originally published in Christian Today. The US-based ministry Mission Aviation Fellowship is urging Christians to pray for the release and safety of one of its pilots, Ryan Koher, and two South African volunteers who have been detained for over a month in Mozambique on suspicion of supporting insurgent activity. Koher, […]