South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Unplanned , a powerful film that tells the real-life story of Abby Johnson, the former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic who became an anti-abortion activist opens in South Africa, Namibia and Zambia on Friday February 28. Below you can listen to an interview (with questions in text and answers in […]
Originally published in Sowetan Live Reverend Frank Chikane is set to step down from the pulpit as the head of Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) church in Naledi, Soweto, at the end of the month. Chikane, 69, will bid farewell to the church after 30 years of preaching and political education […]
Bernard Victor Roebert, a pioneer of Christian television in Africa, passed away on February 7 at the age of 83. “A godly man who blessed everybody’s lives he came across in one way or another”, he oversaw Faith Terrestrial, the oldest Christian TV station on the continent that was founded […]
Wednesday marked two years since Leah Sharibu and fellow students were kidnapped from their school in Dapchi, Borno State, Nigeria by Boko Haram. All the girls were released one month later (except for five who died during the ordeal), but Leah, 16, remains in captivity because she refuses to deny […]
Three weeks ago many Christians in Nelson Mandela Bay were shocked and confused by the news that their radio station, Kingfisher FM was taken off air over a licence infringement. Alan Ahlfeldt, former station manager of Kingfisher FM, shares transparently about the difficult road he and his team walked growing […]
For authentic reconciliation to take place in South Africa some land restitution should take place to compensate descendants of people who were historically dispossessed of land, says Concerned Clergy of the Western Cape (CCWC) in a submission to parliament on the proposed amendment of the Constitution to allow expropriation of […]
Originally published in CBN News Almost 70% of Finns are still members of the national Lutheran church. But that doesn’t mean they’re believers. Less than a third of Finns now say they believe in God. This historically Christian nation has not only left the faith but has begun criminal investigations […]
Originally published in Christian Today A New York City subway singer hoping to be the next winner on “American Idol” took a moment during her nerve-wracking audition to put the spotlight on God. During the audition, Samantha Diaz, who goes by the stage name of “Just Sam”, plucked up the […]
Originally published in Evangelical Focus At least 24 people were killed, including a church pastor, by unidentified gunmen who attacked a church in northern Burkina Faso, local officials said on Monday. The attack took place on Sunday during a worship service at a Protestant church in the village of Pansi […]
Originally published in Denison Forum Dagmar Turner is a fifty-three-year-old violinist. She recently played sections of compositions by Mahler and Gershwin. That would be impressive enough. What makes her concert far more amazing is that she did so while surgeons worked to remove a tumor from her brain. The tumour […]