South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
US authorises operations to prevent genocide Originally published in The Independent Christians from the town of Qaraqosh were fleeing today (Thursday, August 7) after it was taken by fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) on Wednesday night. The town had previously been a safe haven […]
Originally published in God Reports An Iraqi news anchorwoman working for the Iraqi cable TV Sumaria, headquartered in Beirut, has begun wearing a cross in support of Assyrians/Christians in Mosul, Iraq. Dalia AlAqidi, a Sunni Muslim from Iraq, says that this as not a “religious initiative but an uprising against […]
Originally published in CBN The death toll is still rising from the Ebola virus in West Africa, with health experts calling it the worst outbreak of the disease the world has ever seen. Ebola has killed nearly a thousand people in four West African countries. But a doctor working in […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Lecrae made history with his brand-new single “All I Need Is You” this week, becoming the first Christian hip-hop artist of all time to ever reach the number-one spot on iTunes. The rapper spoke with The Christian Post about the achievement this week and […]
Originally published in Charisma News Matthias Haghnejad, a pastor from the Church of Iran denomination, has been charged with “Moharebeh,” enmity against God, a crime that can be punishable by death. Haghnejad was arrested on July 5, after Iranian security forces raided his home in Karaj about 8:30 a.m. and confiscated […]
Scientists, sports heroes, TV personalities, performing artists on the outreach team Christian Campus Leaders in the University of Pretoria, South Africa’s largest contact university with an enrolment of over 58 000 students, have invited African Enterprise South Africa, under the leadership of Michael Cassidy, to conduct a Christian mission to […]
The Willow Creek Association 2014 Global Leadership Summit will run in South Africa at 11 venues from October 10. The consistently inspiring two-day leadership training event which is held in 105 countries celebrates its 20th anniversary this year — and its 10th anniversary in South Africa! MEET THE SPEAKERS — IVAN […]
Originally published in Israel Today Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system has been wildly successful during the current Gaza war, but on occasion it can and does miss incoming terrorist rockets. One would think that the 10 percent or so of Hamas rockets predicted by Iron Dome’s radars to hit populated […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor At least 25 people were killed in Cameroon, among them a church leader, as militants carried out two spectacular attacks in the far north of Cameroon at the end of July. In one attack in the town of Kolofata, the wife of the Deputy Prime […]
Originally published in South African Jewish Report A pro-Israel rally under the auspices of the South African Zionist Federation, in Johannesburg on Sunday afternoon drew over 10 000 people, reportedly the largest pro-Israel rally ever to have taken place in the African continent. The rally, which included a wide spectrum […]