South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in CBN News The former Special Forces soldier who ran more than 100m under ISIS fire in Iraq to rescue a little girl said God’s Word inspires him to risk his life to save others. Dave Eubank has become famous for the video and pictures of his heroic […]
Originally published by Christian Today Eritrean Orthodox priests assisting in persecution A leading Christian human rights charity says Christians are facing yet another crackdown in Eritrea. The east African country has a repressive government that has a long track record of poor treatment of minorities. Now, Release International says 200 […]
Despite serious concerns expressed by the South African faith community, the CRL Rights Commission is heading to parliament today (Tuesday June 27) to present their final report on the “Commercialisation of Religion and Abuse of People’s Belief Systems” to several portfolio committees, says Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) in […]
The annual Bonnaroo music festival in an open field in Manchester, Tennessee, draws tens of thousands of people from all of the US for four days of music, drugs, drunkenness and debauchery, says Larry Tomczak, in an article in Charisma News. Not exactly the sort of place for Christians to […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen For many years, Diane was a New Age teacher. From her perspective, Christanity was archaic and irrelevant. She was very confident in her beliefs and enjoyed encouraging others along the same path. All this despite the fact that she was regularly tormented by a spiritual […]
Hot on the heels of its cinema run, South African movie Beyond the River, is set to hit the international circuit. Requests for the movie, which will be available on DSTV’s Box Office from June 24, and on DVD for rental or retail from mid-July, have been received from as […]
By Darren Willson — Originally published in Charisma News There’s a song by the popular band Needtobreathe, called Cops that is all about their frustration with Christians trying to peg them into a particular mold of “Christian artist,” and they liken the feeling to that of being “chased by all […]
Following the impactful “It’s Time” event on May 22, farmer-evangelist Angus Buchan is set to address the Mighty Men Conference at Amanzimtoti’s Kuswag High School from July 7 to 9. Around a million South Africans attended the It’s Time national day of prayer called by Buchan in Bloemfontein and the […]
Originally published in Agenzia Fides Zambia is likely to head towards dictatorship, says the joint statement of the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ), the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) and the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) — that is to say the bodies that represent the majority of […]
Originally published in Charisma News Canada passed a law on Thursday making it illegal to use the wrong gender pronouns. Critics say Canadians who do not subscribe to progressive gender theory could be accused of hate crimes, jailed, fined and made to take anti-bias training. Canada’s Senate passed Bill C-16, which […]