South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
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 […]
Originally published in Aleteia Zechariah and Shama’a married when they were just 12 and 10 years of age. Both were orphans and it was common practice in their native Yemen for children to marry young so they would remain within their Jewish community. However, life for the youngsters was hard: “We didn’t […]
By Mark Creech — Originally published in The Christian Post Sometimes Christians think there is never a reason to be fearful or angry. But not all fear is bad; some fears are helpful. The child afraid of running out in the street is saved by fear. Not all anger is […]
Christians from Nelson Mandela Bay, Jeffreys Bay and the Gamtoos River valley are expected to congregate at the Kouga Dam wall on Saturday for the so-called Revival Rain meeting from 3pm to 5pm to be led by farmer-evangelist Angus Buchan, said Karoo farmer and Mighty Men coordinator Jannie Moolman who […]
A former chaplain to the Queen has called alternative fillings in hot cross buns “the devil’s work” as supermarkets stock creative twists on the traditional treat. The alternative buns come with a selection of new flavours, including salted caramel, cheese and chocolate. Dr Gavin Ashenden, who served at St James’ Palace […]
Originally published in Eternity News Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston has resigned as global senior pastor of the church following a finding that he had breached the church’s code of conduct for pastors in two instances of inappropriate conduct towards women. The move was announced in a letter to church […]
Today is exactly two months since I left my home in Kleinmond. Who would have thought that I would be writing you from the city of Mbeya in Tanzania! One year ago today, I was on my “Jesus take the wheel” trip in Namibia and never in my wildest dreams did […]
Enforcing Covid-19 vaccination is like bringing back apartheid that enforced separation of people depending on skin colour, said the ACDP president Rev K Meshoe at the Union Buildings yesterday. When the University of Johannesburg was called Rand Afrikaanse Universiteit (RAU) during apartheid, he said, it had banned black students “who […]
At our weekly “Chat” session here at Glenhaven Retirement Centre, the general manager Rene gave her usual announcements. One was this: “We will play background music during mealtimes in the dining room. There will music — not noise” “Music, not noise!”. This was a not-so-subtle commentary on the current sound that […]
Open Home Africa is hosting a one-day conference on March 26 where speakers will discuss struggles faced by vulnerable children, personal experiences of adoptive and foster parents, how to start and orphan care ministry and more. The event at the Antioch Bible Church in Roodepoort, Johannesburg from 8.30am to 3.30pm […]