South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
“The Lord has stirred the hearts of the people in central South Africa to initiate this momentous Day (and Week) of Repentance & Reconciliation,” says Dr Arno van Niekerk, Chairman of the Steering Committee for a National Day of Repentance (NDR) to be held in Bloemfontein on Sunday, September 13. […]
A recent “powerful” prayer meeting in Parliament has prompted intercessors to call a united prayer meeting in Cape Town on July 5, 2015, focusing on unity and 24/7 prayer for revival. “We are contacting all churches, intercessors, prayer warriors, watchmen on the wall and prophets to come and join us,” […]
Tens of thousands of people in Nelson Mandela Bay will be switched on to the Light of the World, Jesus Christ, during a citywide evangelistic outreach from August 16 to August 22, 2015. Churches throughout the Metro are partnering with African Enterprise in the history-making “Switched On” Mission in preparation […]
[notice]In Video of the Week we post a weekly video clip to inspire, inform, edify or entertain. Readers are welcome to email suggested clips of the week to news@gatwaynews.co.za[/notice] Originally published in The Christian Mail Hillsong United is thanking fans for the runaway success of their latest album, Empires, which debuted […]
Originally published in Open Doors SA Militants of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) abducted 88 Eritrean Christians in Libya on Wednesday, 3 June. According to reports by the Libya Herald, the Christians were seized by IS militants during an ambush on a people smuggling’ convoy near Oum Walid. This incident […]
Watershed case for religious freedom and church autonomy Originally published in For SA On August 27, 2015, the Constitutional Court will hear Ecclesia de Lange’s application for leave to appeal against the decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in September last year. In that decision, the SCA refused […]
Originally published in Truth Revolt A nursery worker from West London has won an anti-discrimination suit against her former employer after having been fired for expressing her beliefs on homosexuality to a fellow lesbian co-worker. While working at Newpark Childcare in Shepherd’s Bush, Sarah Mbuyi, 31, had been asked by one […]
Originally published in Christian Today People often get distracted by so many things in life, and sadly, even Sunday worship services are affected by these. In order to stay focused, Christian youth outreach ministry Jesus Culture is sharing ways on how people can stay engaged when they worship God. Chris […]
“For years already God’s men have been enjoying gathering at the Karoo Mighty Men Conference,” says Sonja Spies, coordinator of the first God’s Karoo Women Willowmore Conference on November 7 and 8, 2015. “We are swelled with excitement about this coming event. We trust the Lord for a blessed woman’s […]
Christians in Port Elizabeth are invited to attend Positioning the Prophetic, a prophetic training time on Friday June 19 and Saturday June, 20, at The Storehouse Church in Vitry Avenue, Lorraine. The training will be offered by a New Covenant Ministries International (NCMI) prophetic team made up of people from […]