South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Christians around South Africa are uniting in worship and prayer on the eve of the elections and on election day — and the list of events is growing. We publish (in quite random order) below a list of worship events posted on the Facebook Page A Praying South Africa where event […]
By Adv Nadene Badenhorst Nine judges of the Constitutional Court today heard an urgent application by the New Nation Movement (NNM) to allow eligible South Africans to stand for election to the National Assembly and Provincial Legislatures independently of political parties. The Court ruled that the matter was not urgent […]
Originally published in Christianity Today Christians in Burkina Faso are mourning a deadly attack on a Protestant church as “a new turning point in terrorism” in the West African nation. Sunday’s shooting at an Assemblies of God congregation in a northern village left six people dead, including the pastor, and […]
Originally published in The Christianp Post Australian rugby player Samu Kerevi of the Wallabies, who apologised to fans who were offended because he declared “I love you Jesus” during Easter, has clarified his comments after an uproar on social media. “‘For God so loved the world that he gave his […]
Originally published in CBN News Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon used the Bible to defend the Jewish people’s claim to the land of Israel during a special session at the United Nations Security Council on Monday. Danon was tasked with the job of proving the case for Jews’ connection to […]
Jen Bryson Moorcroft Theatre and Cornerstone Anti Human Trafficking Institute are proud to bring you their second original social justice theatre production, following on from the success of Hold For Release last year. This show will run at The Arts Theatre of East London from 25 – 28 April, with […]
Originally published in Charisma News Vernon Brewer, founder and CEO of World Help, says explosive revival is happening in the Middle East, particularly in Iran and along the Syrian border. “Last year alone, in this one clinic on the Syrian border, we saw 1 000 Muslims become Christ- followers,” Brewer […]
Ajith Fernando, a theologian in Colombo, is teaching director of Youth for Christ, Sri Lanka, and author of Discipling in a Multicultural World (Crossway 2019). Following the brutal bombings on Easter Sunday across the nation of Sri Lanka, which killed at least 320 people, he declares that God gives Christians the freedom to […]
Just six days before South Africans are due to go to the polls on May 8, the Constitutional Court will hear an application for leave to appeal in the matter of the right of independent candidates to contest elections. The Chief Justice has directed that the application be set down […]
Janet-Brann Hollis, of SA Back to God, reports for Gateway News on a historic prayer gathering at Victory Sandton Church, Johannesburg last Saturday evening. Dr Arno van Niekerk, founder of the Christian Consensus in SA initiative, opened the evening in prayer, welcoming everyone. Janet Brann Hollis, of SA Back To […]