South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]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.[/notice] Much has been written about the ‘children of today’, being the ‘leaders of tomorrow’. In harmony with […]
Originally published in Charisma News Iraq’s Christians are begging the world for help. Is anybody listening? Since capturing the country’s second-largest city of Mosul in early June, the Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, has ordered Christians to convert to Islam, pay taxes levied on non-Muslims, or die. The extremist […]
Originally published in Ecumenical News Egyptian authorities arrested Christian convert from Islam, Bishoy Armia Boulous immediately after he was released on bail. Local security officials on July 21 turned Boulous over to the Ministry of Interior to face blasphemy charges filed in 2009, Morning Star News reported. Boulous, who is […]
Originally published in Christian Today The family of the Christian doctor who has contracted Ebola in Liberia have released a statement saying they believe God will heal him. The US doctor, Kent Brantly, is one of the victims of an outbreak that has killed at least 672 people in Liberia, Guinea […]
Originally published in Christian News A Dutch professor who once expressed his support for legalized euthanasia is now warning others that it can lead to a ‘slippery slope’ of a surge in deaths. “I used to be a supporter of the Dutch law,” stated Professor Theo Boer of the University […]
Steve Green, one of the world’s foremost gospel singers for just on three decades, is returning to South Africa for his third concert tour of the country. This time it spans only two weekends, and he is doing it for a Christian charity that has made a big impact for […]
The Foxfire Youth Team, which impacts thousands of young people all over South Africa every year with the love and truth of Jesus Christ, is looking for vibrant young leaders aged between 18 and 25 years old to give a year of their lives to serve on the programme. Applications […]
Article originally posted in CBN When we think of Iran, scenes of mobs shouting “death to America,” blindfolded hostages, and radical leaders demanding nuclear technology come to mind. But there’s another side of the country: Iranians who love America, Israel, and Jesus Christ. CBN News Middle East Bureau Chief Chris […]
Originally published in Christian Post Pope Francis became the first pope to make an official visit to a Pentecostal church, after he flew on Monday to speak at the Evangelical Church of Reconciliation in the southern city of Caserta, Italy. The pontiff apologized for persecution of Pentecostals the Roman Catholic […]
Originally published in Christian Today The American Atheists lost their appeal on Monday, and the “Ground Zero cross” will remain at the 9/11 memorial site. The atheists alleged that the cross violated religious freedom protections, but a three-judge panel found that the cross was not just a religious symbol. The cross […]