South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Daily On June 9, seven Christians participated in an extracurricular activity in school in which they distributed a handkerchief and a Bible handbook titled “A Great Story” to each of the 885 students. Local politicians told the police about the activity, leading to the arrest of […]
Originally published in The Christian Examiner If Mel Gibson is able to deliver a sequel to The Passion of the Christ, more than one resurrection may be depicted – one of Jesus on film and, the second, the director’s career. Gibson’s film about the crucifixion of Jesus in 2004 was […]
Deur Ds Gideon Aggenbag Op Saterdag, Junie 11, het Blouwaterbaai Familiekerk in Port Elizabeth ‘n insiggewende seminaar oor Die Bybel en Selfdegeslagverhoudings aangebied. Ek was aangenaam verras deur die wye verskeidenheid dissiplines wat betrek is en waaroor verskeie sprekers hulle kennis en ondervinding met ons gedeel het. André Bekker het die […]
Originally published in Charisma News America has been in mourning for days. We’ve cried for the 49 victims of the senseless Orlando shooting. We’ve prayed for the families and friends of the innocent people who died in the Pulse nightclub, and the 53 others who were wounded in the massacre. […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Authorities in Bangladesh arrested more than 5 000 people over last weekend in connection with Islamic terror, seeking to stand up to the growing wave of attacks against minorities, including Christians and atheists, in the South Asian country. The Telegraph reported that a number of […]
Originally published in The Christian Post The Rev Franklin Graham led thousands in a prayer for the victims of the recent nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida during one of his Decision America stops this week. As announced on his Facebook page, the renowned religious leader and son of the Rev […]
By Gordon Hickson (see profile at bottom of page) — Originally published in Charisma News Forgive me for being emotional and personal: I woke up at 3:30 this morning with my heart churning about Orlando and quickly emailed Steve Strang [Founder and CEO of Charisma magazine] that we were all […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Pope Francis and several prominent Evangelical and Pentecostal leaders met in Rome last Friday to discuss areas of mutual agreement and where they respectfully disagreed. The aim of the gathering, which had no official agenda, was to build unity between Christian traditions that have […]
Almost a quarter of a million slaves in SA Nearly 46 million people across the globe — including a quarter of a million in South Africa — are living in modern slavery, a system of exploitation that governments and businesses must do more to end, according to the Walk Free […]
By Judy van Aardt On Saturday June 11 ACDP leader Rev Kenneth Meshoe addressed an impromptu meeting in the East London home of Frans and Judy van Aardt who gathered about 35 people at short notice after learning that Meshoe was visiting their on a local government election campaigning road […]