South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Charisma News High school senior Drake McCain is fighting for his chance at stardom in this season’s American Idol. While most contestants choose their favourite pop songs to sing for their auditions, McCain chose to turn his performance into a quick worship service. McCain stood before judges […]
Originally published in The Christian Headlines The Somali pastor of an underground church in Kenya near the Somali border suffered a broken thigh bone and other injuries after Muslim extremists beat him with wooden clubs last Friday night, sources said. Pastor Abdul (surname withheld for security reasons), a 30-year-old father […]
Abortion is very high on God’s agenda for the coming election, says Bloemfontein businessman and prayer ministry leader, Andre Venter. Explaining the background to a pre-election prophetic word he sent to Gateway News this week, he said the Holy Spirit released the message to Team House of Bread Prayer Warriors […]
The South African government must wisely choose new commissioners for the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights (CRL) in order to regain the trust of religious communities, says religious freedom scholar Professor Christof Sauer. “The actions and attitudes of the Commission in the past five years […]
Last Friday a full bench of the Pretoria High Court ruled that a 2016 decision by the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) Synod to reverse its 2015 decision to remove the celibacy requirement for homosexual ministers and to solemnise same-sex civil unions, was both procedurally and constitutionally unlawful. While technically nothing […]
A ruling by the Gauteng High Court, ordering the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) to allow clergy in same-sex relationships to serve as ministers, seriously overstepped the court’s authority, which is an infringement of the Constitution, says Philip Rosenthal of ChristianView Network. He told Jacaranda FM that the judgment in Pretoria […]
Originally published in News 24 The application to hear the rights of individuals to stand for national and provincial elections independently was delayed in the Western Cape High Court when Judge Siraj Desai insisted that political parties represented in the National Assembly be joined in the application. The application came […]
The annual Cape Town Company of Prophets conference is taking place at Bay City Church, Muizenberg on Friday March 15 and Saturday March 16. The conference theme is Restoring The Glory and the speakers are Paul Bevan, Anita Giovannoni, Sheldon Kidwell and Tony Cooksey. Entry to the Friday session from […]
Translated from a report in e-kerkbode Judgment is expected tomorrow (Friday March 8) at the High Court in Pretoria in a court case over a Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) Synod decision on homosexual relationships. BREAKING NEWS High Court scraps Dutch Reformed Church decision against same-sex marriages Read more at https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/high-court-scraps-dutch-reformed-church-decision-against-same-sex-marriages-20190308 […]
Originally published in Fox News The sun’s rays illuminated what appeared to be a glowing image of the Son of God. The awe-inspiring likeness of Jesus Christ was captured by an Italian man, Alredo Lo Brutto, on March 1 during sunset in his hometown of Agropoli, Italy. Watch the video below.