South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
South African Christian musician, songwriter and pastor Retief Burger released a brand new single, Net Eeen Naam, today — his first release since April last year. He shares in a recorded media release that his new song was born from a desert place in his songwriting life in which nothing […]
Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development John Jeffery announced in Parliament this week that the department will not table the “Prostitution Bill” this session due to concerns about its constitutionality. “This means that we will not be able to, at this point, proceed with the bill in its current […]
Originally published in Metro A young child was sentenced to life in a prison camp in North Korea because their parents owned a Bible. The two-year-old, whose entire family was also jailed, will never see life outside of the prison walls after the ruling was made. It’s one of many extreme cases […]
Originally published in The Christian Post A Muslim upset with his wife’s conversion to Christianity in western Uganda denied her food and left her in a national park with wild animals, she said. Sharifa Muhando, 27, of Kasese town, said her husband beat her and kept her from food for […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has recently unveiled its use of the Bible and other religious texts in training its advanced multilingual Artificial Intelligence technology. This cutting-edge AI speech model can identify over 4,000 spoken languages, transcribing and translating them simultaneously. […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News Churches from across California gathered on the beach last weekend to witness a mass baptism of over 4 000 people on Pentecost Sunday. Advertised as the “biggest water baptism event in history”, Baptize SoCal drew thousands to Pirates Cove, Corona Del Mar to mark […]
The Sudanese Council of Churches has condemned attacks on church leaders and church buildings as the conflict in Sudan rapidly escalates. Churches have been looted or used as military bases, while several have been burned down, prompting thousands to flee, Christians said. In one incident, masked gunmen affiliated to one […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News An archbishop serving in northern Nigeria has revealed he lives with police dogs and armed escorts among rapidly escalating attacks on Christians in the region. Archbishop Matthew Ndagoso of Kaduna works in one of the Church’s most dangerous dioceses. In the last three years, […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News A Christian teacher, previously suspended for addressing a transgender boy as ‘her’ says he’s ‘devastated’ to be banned from teaching. In a ruling thought to be the first of its kind in the UK, Joshua Sutcliffe was found guilty of unprofessional conduct and “bringing the […]
The Nelson Mandela Bay Civil Society Coalition (NMBCSC) calls on political leadership in the metro to stop wasting time and resources on constantly forming and realigning coalitions which have a track record of being unstable. The call, by the coalition which includes strong Church representation, was made today on the […]