South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in ACNS The Anglican Primate of Southern Africa has spoken out against clergy who attacked South Africa’s Public Protector for suggesting that the country’s president benefited unduly from state money. The Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, came in for the criticism from the priests the day before her report […]
Originally published by International Christian Concern International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Christian mother of two and her cousin were beheaded by al-Shabaab Islamic extremists once their Christian faith was discovered. The extremists beheaded them publicly in front of her daughters and many of the villagers in the […]
Originally published in CBN News About a quarter of the world’s Christians face persecution today, according to new research from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Research showed that 500 million believers live in countries hostile to their faith. Professor Todd Johnson said Christians are persecuted in 46 countries, with more than half […]
[notice]A new weekly column featuring images of the Kingdom of God in action. Readers are invited to submit current pictures to pics@gatewaynews.co.za. Please include some info about your pictures.[/notice] Freshfire Youth Conference, Port Elizabeth Lauren Jonas reports: On Friday evening hiphop artist CJay performed and ministered to 1000 young […]
The fourth annual Mighty Men Conference in the Bushveld on Snymansdrift farm outside Polokwane takes place next weekend (March 28 to 30) and farm owner Francois Brits says he and his committee are more excited and expectant than ever that God will reveal his love and mercy powerfully to each […]
On Saturday, March 22, 2014, at 10:00 a group of 45 motorcyclists and their support team will leave Bible House in Bellville for the fourth annual Word Riders tour. This tour takes place under the auspices of the Bible Society of South Africa. This year the weeklong tour will meander […]
The Karoo will host three of South Africa’s foremost worship musicians when Joe Niemand, Retief Burger and Dewald Gouws lead praise and worship during the Karoo Mighty Men Conference 2014 (KMMC 2014) from April 25 to 27. All three know and love the Karoo. They agree it is an amazing privilege to […]
An East London pastor is using church advertising space to challenge Christian citizens and his congregation to vote their values and not their fears in the coming national election. Pastor Stef Davi of Stirling Worship Centre is displaying a Biblical Issues Voters’ Guide on a notice board facing a street […]
The Church has an important role to play in a “new struggle” in South Africa against the abuse of power by elected leaders, say Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) Church leaders. In a strongly-worded joint statement ahead of the May 7 national election, the church leaders “give notice” of their intent […]
On Tues 18 March at 8pm on TBN Africa, “Watchmen on the Wall” features a debate on corruption with officials from the ANC, DA, ACDP, EFF and Agang at the Unashamedly Ethical Conference in Cape Town. Public and private sector corruption presents the greatest threat to South Africa’s future success. […]