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A delegation of senior Port Elizabeth church leaders met with Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Mongameli Bobani and members of his leadership team in the mayor’s office this morning. Items discussed during the two and a half hours indaba were organisational stability, corporate governance, disruption of local council meetings, service delivery, […]
Originally published in God Reports In Algeria, about 95 percent of the population follows Islam and less than two percent are Christians. The government bans conversion from Islam to Christianity, regulates non-Muslim worship, and enforces blasphemy laws, which can be used as a cudgel against followers of Jesus. “Church growth […]
Gateway News interviews pastor, author, columnist and public speaker Afrika Mhlophe about his latest book A Passion for Position In your first two books you boldly challenged the prevalence in our part of the world of Christians who also worship ancestors, and believers who care more about their ethnicity than […]
Originally published in Christian Today A church in Paradise, northern California, is still standing after most of the town was devastated by the horrific Camp Fire. The fire — the most destructive in the state’s history — has burned down 8 800 structures and according to Fox News has killed […]
Originally published in The Christian Post The Nigerian government is “aiding and abetting” the deadly Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram by releasing captured militants who have “repented,” a Christian activist has said. As the Borno state-based Boko Haram has made a name for itself as one of the world’s deadliest […]
Originally published in The Christian Post A 99-year-old man living in a communist country where some have no conceptions of the gospel of any kind has said he wants to follow Jesus, a pastor and missionary revealed. Jordan Standridge, pastor of evangelism at Immanuel Bible Church in Springfield, Virginia, wrote […]
Originally published in Christian Headlines Archaeologists have discovered a 1 500-year-old painting of Jesus they say is the oldest known depiction in Israel of Christ being baptised. The painting was found inside a church in the Negev Desert of southern Israel and dates to the Byzantine empire. The church was […]
In a positive development during its latest deliberations on the Films and Publications Amendment Bill, the Select Committee on Communications and Public Enterprises — a working committee of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) — rejected a proposal to legalise the distribution of vile and dehumanising forms of pornography, […]
Originally published in God Reports Paul Wood realised there was something terribly wrong when he had massive headaches and couldn’t walk down a hall without losing his balance and clutching the walls to balance himself. Wood’s physician referred him to a neurosurgeon at UC San Francisco. The specialist initially thought […]