South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
From drugs and gangs, to joblessness and a lack of purpose, South Africa’s young people are in a daily battle. A new film series that calls up fathers and men to be more present in the lives of children is underway. The latest film in the Heartlines Fathers Matter series […]
Originally published in Christian News A new survey by World Vision has revealed John 3:16 is the most popular Bible verse in the UK and around the world. The Christian children’s charity reviewed Google search data for the 100-most-read Bible verses on a country-by-country basis. John 3:16: “For God so […]
Originally published in Faithwire As questions swirl over the FBI’s arrest of at least 12 pro-life activists, one attorney is calling the incidents behind these detainments “shocking” and perilous. Chelsey Youman, legislative director at Human Coalition, said she’s hearing critics use the term “police state” while discussing what has unfolded. Some are […]
Originally published in Persecution.Org Twenty Congolese Christians were killed and several others kidnapped after the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) struck the village of Kainama, Beni territory in Nord Kivu on the night of October 4. The bishop of the Beni Anglican Diocese confirmed the attack by the Islamist rebel group, […]
Originally published in Baptist Press Only a few decades ago, the Bugkalot people were one of the fiercest tribes in the Philippines, known for beheading their enemies. No outsider who contacted the tribe survived, and the people around them lived terrified of them. Then, in the 1950s, the Gospel slowly […]
Christians in Burkina Faso are facing an “existential threat” as Islamist militants capitalise on continued disruption and disorder in the country, a spokesman for Open Doors UK has said. “Islamist militants are waging an insurgency to establish a Caliphate, an Islamic State ruled by Sharia. “Thus non-Muslims are their prime […]
Airwalker, the latest film in the Heartlines Fathers Matter series explores how children get caught in the messiness of conflicting parents. The fifth of the six short films in the series will be on SABC 2 this Saturday (October 15) at 8,25pm. Zoë (Amelie Pienaar) is a gifted young skateboarder […]
A “Hallelujah” was raised as Celebrate Africa and KingDmusic released a new collaboration today. The new praise song, Hallelujah, by the afro-dance musicians and producers from Zimbabwe and multi-award-winning South African artist and songwriter Denga “KingDmusic” Takalani, is “an anthem of hope for this generation”, say their promoters in a […]
The powerful true story of how revival, rock and roll, and young hippies on fire for Jesus changed the course of America in the 1960s and 1970s will hit US theatres in February. The Jesus Revolution film tells the story of a young Greg Laurie who is searching for truth in all […]
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Healthy diplomatic relations between South Africa and Israel should resume in the not-too-distant future, according to former South African chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. “I am confident that with the prayers that are going on – there is a team that holds prayers for the peace […]