South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Anglican News Service Bishop Raphael Hess, of the Saldanha Bay Diocese is making good strides on his 800km pilgrimage from one end of the diocese to the other. The journey, which he is undertaking during Lent, touches each of the six Archdeaconries that make up the diocese. […]
One of the world’s biggest, multi-platinum selling, Christian bands, Casting Crowns, will be live in South Africa this June, in association with Radio Tygerberg, Groot FM and Christian Art Media. The Atlanta, Georgia based group will be in Cape Town on June 26 at the GrandWest Arena, in Johannesburg on […]
Originally published in Christian Life News Mozilla Chief Executive Brendan Eich has stepped down, the company said on Thursday, after an online dating service urged a boycott of the company’s web browser because of a donation Eich made to opponents of gay marriage. The software company came under fire for […]
Prisoner goes on hunger strike Originally published in Christian Today A group of Christians imprisoned after a raid on a prayer meeting in Iran have lost appeals against their sentences. The sentences being served by the six Christians vary in length and were upheld by a court on 29 March […]
Originally published by Barnabas Fund Four people were killed in an Islamist attack on a church in Egypt, while another Egyptian Christian has been murdered in Libya. Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood shot at the church building in Ain Shams, a suburb of Cairo, and set cars parked by it on […]
Originally published in Christian Post A Roman Catholic priest from Kenya is mobilising churches and believers to tackle the growing slaughter of rhinos and elephants, arguing that humans are supposed to help protect, not destroy, animals and the environment. “I’m raising awareness that conserving the environment and protecting the animals […]
Originally published in Worthy News An increasing number of Muslim majority nations are strictly enforcing Islamic blasphemy laws in order to penalize Christians and other religious minorities, according to Barnabas Aid. All blasphemy laws are incompatible with international human rights standards, according to a recent report by the US Commission […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen THE ARTIST’S DAUGHTER by ALEXANDRA KUYKENDALL This memoir starts with the author’s first meeting with her elderly artist father at the age of eight in Barcelona. Alexandra had high expectations of this meeting and the father-daughter relationship that she assumed would result. Her disappointment in […]
A Johannesburg wife, Honey King, is giving God the glory for the dramatic and speedy recovery of her husband, Dennis, 66. who underwent head surgery on Thursday March 27 and was back home on Saturday, March 29. She said the 2-hour operation to remove blood that had collected between Dennis’s […]
By his own admission, former Creed lead singer Scott Stapp has been to hell and back, a difficult and circuitous trip to be sure. Yet, you won’t hear the 40-year-old Stapp complaining about the pain and difficulties he endured on the way to becoming one of the world’s top rock […]