South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in The Gospel Herald Christian Asia Bibi had been the first woman to be sentenced to death under Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws. Now the country’s Supreme Court has suspended the sentence until a final decision is made on her appeal. According to a report from BBC News, 50-year-old […]
Following the massive success of the 2014 Mighty Men Conference held in Amanzimtoti, another has been planned this year for October 9 to 11 at Kuswag High School fields. More than 700 Christian men of all denominations benefitted from last year’s ‘urban style’ conference where they interacted in a relaxed […]
Churches in Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) have been asked to take up a special offering on Sunday, July 26 or Sunday August 2, to raise funds towards the historic Switched On evangelistic mission in the metro in August. The mission, comprising evangelism training from August 13 to 15 and Gospel […]
Originally published in Christian Today Turkish police detained at least 11 people overnight as anti-government protests following a suicide bombing blamed on Islamic State turned violent in Istanbul and other cities. Two police officers were found dead, shot in the head, in a house in the southeastern city of Sanliurfa […]
Originally published in Breaking Israel News “And the LORD called unto Moses, and spoke unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying…” (Leviticus 1:1) Advanced technology has allowed a rare and ancient Hebrew scroll, found over 40 years ago in the Dead Sea region, to be read despite its […]
Originally published in Christian Today A week after officially kicking off his White House bid, Wisconsin Gov Scott Walker signed a new law that bans non-emergency abortions at or beyond 20 weeks of pregnancy on Monday. Walker, a Republican presidential candidate, said the legislation outlaws abortions on expecting women who […]
Holy Ghost Reborn, Wanderlust Productions’ sequel to last year’s Holy Ghost, will be screened at special premiere events around the United States from August 15 before its release on October 20. The feature-length documentary movie includes footage shot in South Africa in January last year when Darren Wilson and his […]
Originally posted in World Watch Monitor Pakistani Christian Aasiya Noreen (known as Asia Bibi) has been allowed to take her appeal against her death penalty for blasphemy to Pakistan’s Supreme Court in the capital, Islamabad. Until the Supreme Court reaches its final decision, Noreen cannot be executed. Commentators today have praised the […]
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Little to celebrate on 4th anniversary of indepenednce By Richard Stearns, President of World Vision US and author of ‘The Hole in Our Gospel’ and ‘Unfinished’Originally published in The Christian Post Yesterday (July 9, 2015), South Sudan celebrated its fourth Independence Day, but almost no one there is celebrating. Instead […]