South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in The Christian Post It’s been almost 35 years since that fateful day on Dec. 8, 1980 ,when Mark David Chapman fired shots that echoed around the globe as they killed one of the world’s most beloved singer-songwriters in ex-Beatle, John Lennon. But in Chapman’s eighth parole board […]
Saeed Abedini, who is serving an eight-year sentence in a brutal Iranian prison for his Christian faith, came to Christ at age 20. A devout Muslim at the time, he had found a Bible and started reading it. One night, he was awakened three times by a voice that said, […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald The number of people who have fled Syria has hit an estimated 3 million Friday, and a further 6.5 million are believed to be displaced within the war-torn country, the UN refugee agency said. According to the agency, almost half of all Syrians have been […]
Compiled from reports by African Enterprise Team The opening night of the Fired UP! Mission to the University of Pretoria went off with a “big bang” with over 2000 students and members of the public attending an event headed up by Christian R & B singer Loyiso Bala and the […]
Originally posted in The Christian Post Tired of being slaughtered like sheep and chased from a place they have called home for two millennia, some Christian groups in northern Iraq have decided to take up arms to defend their place in the war-torn country from the terror of ISIS. Henry […]
Originally published in Newsweek One in six French citizens sympathises with the Islamist militant group ISIS, also known as Islamic State, a poll released this week found. The poll of European attitudes towards the group, carried out by ICM for Russian news agency Rossiya Segodnya, revealed that 16% of French […]
Originally published in Charisma News Francis and Lisa Chan’s new book, You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity, released Tuesday. The couple made and performed in a rap video to promote the book. Watch the funny video, “Ride It Out Together,” below.
The campaign to raise funds for a full page advertisement in the Sunday Times to “bring the truth about Israel” has had “tremendous support” and the advertisement will be placed this Sunday (August 31), said the project visionary, Vivienne Myburgh. The project which she initated because of “a lot of […]
Originally published in The Christian Post British police and social care workers are facing mounting criticism after a major report revealed widespread failure to help at least 1,400 children in the town of Rotherham who were subjected to horrific sexual abuse, mostly by Pakistani criminal gangs between 1997 and 2013, […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the nation. (PHOTO: CBN screenshot). Originally published in CBN News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation Wednesday evening for the first time since the Egyptian-mediated open-ended ceasefire took effect 24 hours earlier. CBN News reports that the Israelie government has already come […]