South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Charisma News Ryan Ries, co-founder of The Whosoevers, a cause-based movement set out to build and strengthen at-risk youth, tells his story of overcoming a life filled with pain, sorrow and emptiness from drug, alcohol and porn addiction in a new film produced by I Am Second. At […]
Originally published by International Christian Concern International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that two nuns, Sister Miskintah and Sister Atur Joseph, and three orphans have been released after being held for 17 days near Mosul, Iraq. The five went missing on June 28th from Mosul and were held until being released […]
Originally published in Christian Today Impris0ned Chinese pastor Zhang Shaojie’s family has escaped China and arrived safely in the United States this week. The family has been harassed by Chinese officials since Zhang’s sentencing to 12 years on July 4 for fraud and “gathering a crowd to disrupt public order.” […]
Tutu supports euthanasia Originally published in Christian Today Archbishop Justin Welby has joined over 20 other British faith leaders in rallying against Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill, which will have its second reading in parliament on Friday (July 18, 2014). A joint statement, written from a “deep human concern”, warns […]
Originally published in Jerusalem Post After days of waiting and deliberation, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday night directed the IDF to send ground troops into Gaza to strike the terror tunnels into Israel. Signaling that the initial phase of the ground attack would be limited, a statement put out […]
Originally published in The Christian Post The lawsuit brought by Christian mother Meriam Ibrahim’s Islamic relatives in Sudan has been dropped, a lawyer working on the case said, which could open the way for Ibrahim and her family to soon travel to the United States. “We are no longer proceeding […]
[notice]Pieter Pohl, founder and managing director of Innovation Films, sheds some light on the latest movies.[/notice] NOW SHOWING IN CINEMAS DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES WARNING: Foul Language and Extreme Violence IN CINEMAS: FROM 11 JULY 2014 MOVIE TRAILER: http://youtu.be/3sHMCRaS3ao MOVIEGUIDE REVIEW: http://www.movieguide.org/reviews/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.html#.U8ftd6gWGCQ MovieGuide: DAWN OF THE PLANET […]
Originally published by World Watch Monitor After at least 65 people were killed a month ago on June 15 in the predominantly Christian town of Mkepetoni, 40km inland from Kenya’s mainly Muslim coastal strip, attacks in the area have continued. Now residents are sleeping in a nearby prison because they […]
[notice]Revivalist Shannon-Leigh Barry shares her wit and passion and the pursuits of her 20something heart in a monthly column that speaks to the desires of young adults in today’s Christian society. [/notice] I was recently watching the movie “The Best Man Holiday” and if you loved “The Best Man” you […]
Originally published in Charisma News The Church of England voted on Monday (July 14, 2014) to allow women to become bishops, a historic decision which overturns centuries of tradition in a Church that has been deeply divided over the issue. Two years ago, a similar proposal failed narrowly due to […]