South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The world’s premier leadership summit will take place at 14 venues in South Africa…Will you be there? DATES AND VENUES: 2 & 3 OCTOBER 2015 Johannesburg @ Mosaïek Teatro, Roodepoort 9 & 10 OCTOBER 2015 Durban @ Grace Family Church, Umhlanga (First Event) East London @ Christian Centre, Abbotsford Soweto […]
Originally published by World Watch Monitor Migrants and refugees in Libya are increasingly facing widespread abuse and persecution on religious grounds, a report by Amnesty International has revealed. Foreign nationals travelling irregularly to and from Libya face abuses, including abductions for ransom, torture and in some cases rape and other […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald The US House of Representatives voted 242-184 Wednesday to pass a bill that will ban most late term abortions after 20 weeks gestation, drawing praise from the pro-life community who have hailed it as an “important step in protecting the unborn.” Lawmakers held the […]
[notice]Prominent Christian researcher, author and speaker, Ed Stetzer disagrees with reports on latest research by Pew which conclude that Christianity in the USA is in decline. This article, commenting on his piece in USA Today titled “The ‘Christian Sky is [NOT] falling”, was originally published in Christianity Today[/notice] Keep in […]
The youthful, newly elected Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane, 34, has been in the news headlines since assuming the leadership of South Africa’s main opposition party. In this 51 minute Watchman on the Wall interview with Family Policy Institute Director Errol Naidoo, before his election as DA leader, Maimane shares […]
Farmer evangelist Angus Buchan who last weekend got back from a whirlwind ministry trip to the United States says it was his eighth mission to the US and the most fruitful. “It started with wonderful men’s event [The GodStrongMen event at Middle Tennessee University, Murfeesboro] on Friday night where we […]
Xenophobia, violence, poverty and inequality will all be targeted at a mass Pentecost celebration prayer rally at Ellis Park Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg from 1pm on Pentecost Sunday, May 24. The event, which will be hosted by the South African Council of Churches, the Premier of Gauteng Province, David Makhura and […]
Canon Andrew White, the world-renowned Vicar of Bagdhad today (Thursday, May 14) concluded a week-long visit to South Africa during which he shared about his remarkable ministry of reconciliation in Iraq and the Middle East and raised support for persecuted Christians in the region. More than 4 000 people attended […]
The OM (Operation Mobilisation) team in Cape Town has opened an empowerment centre in the city on Long Street to provide the local church with opportunities to serve the nations in the city with the gifts God has given them. Called Chanua, the new empowerment centre was officially opened on […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Danger levels rose sharply in late April for northeast Syria’s isolated Assyrian Christians, caught for nearly three months now between Kurdish militias and Syrian army forces battling with militants of the self-proclaimed Islamic State for control of Hassaka province. “We are going through a […]