South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in CBN News A court in Finland today dismissed all charges of hate speech against a Christian member of Parliament and a Finnish pastor, after they shared what the Bible teaches about homosexuality. On trial were Finnish lawmaker and former interior minister Päivi Räsänen and Bishop Juhana […]
Attorney and marketplace Christian leader Dr Pearl Kupe has launched a petition opposing a petition campaign by the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) to have May 8 declared a public holiday to be called National Ancestors’ Day. Contralesa hopes to have the proposed new public holiday declared […]
Originally published in Eternity News Brian Houston, who recently resigned as Global Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church, has today emailed an apology to church members. The email, obtained by Eternity, reads as follows: Dear Church, Let me start with the words I want and need most to say — I am […]
Originally published by Voice of the Matyrs A bomb planted by members of the al-Shabab Islamic terrorist group exploded on 28 February, killing seven and injuring more than a dozen others. This attack occurred after another recent attack on the predominantly Christian community where at least 13 people were killed […]
Originally published in Morning Star News Upset over conversions to Christianity, hardline Muslims in an area of eastern Uganda this month sprayed a newly Christian family with acid and beat a former mosque leader, sources said. In Intonko village, Namutumba District, Muslim relatives on March 8 sprayed acid on Juma […]
Originally published in Christian Headlines More than 100 suspected Fulani herdsmen and Islamic extremist terrorists on Sunday night (March 20) killed 32 civilians, two soldiers and possibly abducted a woman in an attack on a predominantly Christian town in Nigeria, sources said. In northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, the assailants raided […]
A journey that started in Bloemfontein in May last year at the end of Passover when a prophetic scroll was handed to two walkers-for-Jesus on their way to Cape Town, and continued when the scroll was opened on Table Mountain on Pentecost Sunday last year, was completed on Table Mountain […]
Originally published in Eyewitness News Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has called on the South African government to “loudly and clearly” condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its bombing of health centres and places of refuge. Thursday marked exactly a month since Russia waged an attack on the country, killing thousands of […]
Originally published in CBN News When the war started and Russian bombs began falling on Kyiv, missionaries Marie and Japhin John had to decide whether to leave the capital. “We had our bags packed because, it’s just like you are in rush, and there’s a new situation; all of a […]
Christian worshipers in hundreds of cities across the world will be “burning bright for Jesus” on Friday night, says Burn 24-7 founder and Let Us Worship leader Sean Feucht in a promotional video about the event. The theme of the global burn is around a season of singing and bringing […]