South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday (holy)days observed this past weekend again focussed the world’s attention on mankind’s greatest triumph – Christ victory over sin, death and the grave! Jesus Christ, the Son of God, defeated sin and death at the Cross – and by so doing – overcame the world. […]
Originally published in iol News An application by a Christian group challenging government regulations allowing a wide range of food packaging to be religiously certified and to carry religious signs is on hold as the government takes a second look at labelling. In May last year, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi published […]
Being in charge of the safety, security and emergency planning at Karoo Mighty Men Conference (KMMC) is no normal job of work for Riaan Janse Van Vuuren, even though he has 30 years of experience in this field and is the assistant fire chief in Kimberly. First of all, he […]
Originally published in Christian Today Leaders across the Arab world announced on Sunday (March 29, 2015) that they will form a military coalition in opposition of extremist forces such as the Islamic State (IS). The representatives agreed to study the creation of a joint military force, and present their analyses […]
Originally published in God Reports Molested a few times when he was a child, Paul Gualtieri dabbled with homosexuality as a largely unsupervised 13-year-old in Palm Springs. It wasn’t long before he found himself in his bedroom proclaiming his destiny: “I’m gay. I’m a homosexual,” he said out loud with […]
Originally published in Charisma News A day after becoming the first politician in Nigerian history to succeed a sitting leader by ballot, president-elect Muhammadu Buhari promised today (Wednesday, April 1) to “spare no effort” to defeat Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The 72-year-old general, who first came to power three […]
A new US research study from Microsoft and The Internet Watch Foundation showing that there is a rise in youth-produced child pornography highlights the need for empowering children to protect themselves against sexual abuse, says Corinne Sandenbergh, Director of STOP (Stop Trafficking of People). “We at STOP have an amazing programme, Valuable […]
A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking. Being part of God’s family is a privilege which regularly provides us with small glimpses into our […]
Rev Malcolm Hedding a sought-after international speaker on Israel and the Church will be speaking at several venues in Cape Town and Stellenbosch this month. Hedding who served as He served in Jerusalem as the head of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) from 2000 to 2010 is an ordained […]
Originally published in Christian Today A Chinese pastor has been sentenced to a year in prison for his involvement in a protest against the removal of a cross from a church in Zhejiang province. Huang Yizi, who leads Fengwo Church in Wenzhou, was sentenced by the People’s Court in Pingyang […]