South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By Emmanuel Ogebe/Assist News — via Charisma News In a 60-hour killing spree that began last weekend, about 200 Christians were slaughtered in Plateau State even as the US ambassador at large for international religious freedom was departing Nigeria. Ambassador Sam Brownback’s one-week visit was pockmarked with six suicide bombings by […]
Originally published in Faithwire An extraordinary story has emerged of an Iraqi refugee who managed to memorise 87 chapters of the Bible, despite being completely blind. “Fadhil,” whose name has been changed for security reasons, is a refugee in Amman, Jordan who has an innate passion for the Word of […]
The ACDP is disappointed by the United Nations General Assembly’s biased resolution passed on Wednesday, condeming Israel for defending itself against Hamas-led attacks from the Gaza strip, says ACDP MP and international relations spokesperson Cheryllyn Dudley. She said the resolution condemning Israel for excessive violence against Palestinians in recent weeks, […]
Verena Salzwedel is a retired teacher and has attended the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown for many years. She is always intrigued by the amazing range of God-given talents employed at the biggest arts festival in the southern hemisphere. And this year she found God intentionally on display in various […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen Leonard Sweet is the author of more than 60 books — this refreshing book is his most personal to date. Sweet grew up as a PK (preacher’s kid), but in his case the preacher was his mother. Mabel Boggs Sweet was an extraordinary woman, who […]
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Originally published in The Catholic Herald The Canadian Supreme Court has ruled that law societies can refuse to give accreditation to a proposed Christian law school over claims that it discriminates against LGBT people. Students at the evangelical Trinity Western University must agree to abstain from sexual activity outside marriage […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute While Christians have been able to hand out football-themed tracts at previous tournaments in other countries, a 2016 law in Russia prohibits people from sharing their faith anywhere except government-sanctioned premises. Foreign mission workers and groups are also barred, meaning all evangelism must be […]
Originally published in Persecution.org Yesterday (June 19 2018) marked the ninth anniversary of the arrest of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for allegedly committing blasphemy in Pakistan. The case against Bibi remains the highest-profile blasphemy case in Pakistan and has claimed the lives of several prominent Pakistani […]
Originally published in Prophetic TV In a video message released in Jerusalem, speaker, author and thought-leader Lance Wallnau, who prophesied in 2015 that God was raising Donald Trump like he did King Cyrus in Isaiah 45, offers some insights into the significance of the US president’s historic meeting with North Korea’s […]