South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Persecution.Org Michael Oyedokun, a Christian math teacher in Nigeria, was killed after being abducted during coordinated attacks on schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo state. According to local sources, armed men stormed three schools along the Ahoro-Esinele and Yawota axis near Ogbomoso on May 15, kidnapping seven teachers and several pupils. Witnesses said the assailants arrived on motorcycles and fled […]
By Bafana Modise, National Spokesperson of South African Friends of Israel The National Black Empowerment Council (NBEC), a well-respected US-based advocacy group known for its successful government lobbying efforts, recently met with the South African Friends of Israel (SAFI) and the South African Community of Faith-Based Fraternals (SACOFF) in Sandton, […]
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has called for three days of national fasting and prayer from Friday May 22 to Sunday May 24 with the theme “The Consuming Fire” in view of insecurity, bloodshed, economic hardship, persecution, and other disturbing developments in the nation. According to a notice from Africa’s […]
Originally published in Christian Daily Governments in East Africa are increasingly turning to churches and religious institutions as partners in promoting morality, social stability and economic development, even as faith leaders continue to challenge state power on governance and human rights concerns. Recent statements from leaders in Tanzania and Uganda […]
Originally published in Charisma The internet expected another messy feud. Instead, God used a broken back, a parody video and an honest rebuke to help bring a worship leader back home. Cory Asbury, best known for the worship anthem Reckless Love, revealed this week that he spent the past five years running […]
Originally published in CBN Evangelist Franklin Graham held what’s being called the largest evangelistic event ever in the eastern European country of Belarus. The two-day “Festival of Hope” drew tens of thousands to the event in the capital city of Minsk. Graham preached to record-breaking crowds of nearly 31 000, […]
Originally published in Christian Today The World Council of Churches’ (WCC) general secretary, Rev Jerry Pillay has spoken of his deep concern at the Ebola outbreak that has hit the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). So far 131 people have been killed by the outbreak, which started in the […]
Originally published in CBN News A modern-day tent revival, nine years in the making, is on the move across the nation, complete with reports of record salvations and baptisms. Organisers of the Jesus Tent Revival movement say it’s shifting the nation’s spiritual landscape. It started back in 2019, during a powerful event […]
Former CRL Rights Commission Section 22 committee chairperson Professor Musa Xulu released a press statement this week in which he says state-security structures may be investigating Christians and organisations “opposing the CRL chairperson’s agenda”. Xulu, who resigned in January as chairperson of the Section 22 committee on Christian sector abuses, […]
Christian ministry leader Willard Matiza shares on his experience on OM’s Afrika Trek discipleship mission trip last year. Info about this year’s Afrika Trek, next month, is at the bottom of this page. In April last year, I embarked on a journey that reshaped my understanding of faith, community, and […]