South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on week 2 of 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] This week has been different from last week due to the union strike going on during the week. It was confusing who was meant to be on strike because while the majority of the staff turned up […]
If Boko Haram is granted pardon, will justice be done? Will Christians in Nigeria be safe? By World Watch Monitor A month ago, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said he would not negotiate with the militant Islamic sect Boko Haram because they were “ghosts,” faceless adversaries who would not step forward. […]
Leading United Kingdom Old Testament scholar, Dr Chris Wright will be running a one-day seminar in Rivonia, Johannesburg on SaturdayJune, 1. Wright, who is the chief architect of the Cape Town Commitment, the most influential evangelical document since the original Lausanne Covenant in 1974, will teach on preaching the Old […]
Open Doors Newsflash The eastern Kenyan town of Garissa has seen yet another incident of violence. It appears that gunmen walked into a restaurant this past Thursday and sprayed bullets on the guests. The latest reports to Open Doors indicate that nine people have died. The motive for the attack […]
Church Must unite To expose evil in society! It has become clear, upon further investigation, that the SA Human Rights Commission ruling that found Creare Training Centre guilty of discrimination against homosexuals – was media instigated. No individual lodged a complaint against Creare. The liberal media took issue with their […]
The most disturbing news to emerge recently is the SA Human Rights Commission ruling finding a Christian ministry guilty of discrimination because of its Biblical view of homosexuality. The SAHRC found the Creare Training Centre in Bloemfontein guilty of unfair discrimination based primarily on liberal media misrepresentations, distortions and outright […]
Merchant Musiek is verheug om aan te kondig dat Retief Burger se Luidkeels Dieper album wat einde Oktober 2012 vrygestel is, die Ghoema vir die Beste Geestelike Album by die jaarlikse Ghoema Afrikaanse Musiektoekennings op Sondagaand in Carnival City gewen het, se die platemaatskappy in ‘n persverklaring. Die album was ook genomineer […]
By Joseph G. Mattera — Originally published in Charisma News [notice]A New York church leader reflects on the root cause behind incidents like the terror attack on Monday in which two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 170, including two South African […]
Originally published in Charisma News Doctors gave Glenn Hicks a “death date.” He was diagnosed with stage 3 bone cancer on Dec. 14. Six weeks later, the cancer had spread and advanced to stage 4. According to the Enneking staging system for bone cancers, stage 3 means the cancer has […]
According to human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Justin Welby’s attitude to same-sex relationships is ‘still evolving’ Originally published in theguardian The Archbishop of Canterbury is in favour of extending civil partnerships to heterosexual couples, according to the veteran human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. Tatchell met Justin Welby on Thursday to […]