Originally published in Times Live Three members of Overcomers Through Christ have been stabbed to death since July. The latest killing was on Thursday when Michaela Valentine, 25, was found stabbed to death in her home in Ruimsig, western Johannesburg. Only her cellphone was missing. On August 13, Pastor Reg […]
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Five Iranian Christian converts receive trial date
Originally published in Mohabat News Following a long wait and much uncertainty and after the judicial authorities rejected their appeal to be released on bail, five Christian converts in Shiraz officially received a trial date. They spent eight months after their arrest in prison with their fate unknown. According to […]
2 300 make decisions for Christ in Albania
Originally published in God Reports After the fall of Communism and state-imposed atheism 20 years ago there were only five known believers in Albania. But recently, local churches and evangelist Luis Palau collaborated to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ to more than 20,000 people at Tirana’s Mother Teresa […]
United we stand, divided we fall
The heart-rending interview I conducted with three ex-prostitutes at Victory Outreach Ministries in Cape Town again revealed the awesome redemptive power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Their harrowing tales of exploitation and inhuman abuse each ended with a powerful testimony of what God can do through obedient vessels willing […]
Rimsha and family will stay in Pakistan, lawyer says
By Open Doors News Rimsha Masih and her family will remain in Pakistan after her legal ordeal is over, one of her lawyers says. The teen-aged Pakistani girl, whose arrest in August on suspicion of desecrating Islamic texts, is due to appear in an Islamabad juvenile court on October 17. […]
Millions pray for peace of Jerusalem
Originally published in Charisma News Millions of Christians united across denominational, cultural, and political differences yesterday (Sunday) as part of The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem (DPPJ). As its name suggests, the purpose of the prayer rally was to intercede for the city God calls His own […]
Iranian lawyer imprisoned, sentenced to 9 years
Originally published in Mission Network News Human rights watchdog Amnesty International is demanding freedom for lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah. He’s currently detained in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, sentenced to nine years of imprisonment. “I was in a court in Tehran defending one of my clients–a jailed political activist on death […]
Islamist who burned Bible to stand trial under Egypt’s blasphemy law
Originally published in barnabasaid A high-profile Islamist cleric who destroyed a Bible during a protest against the anti-Islam film is to stand trial under Egypt’s blasphemy law. Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah, also known as Abu Islam, was filmed tearing up and burning a Bible during a demonstration in front of the […]
Ordinary citizens ignored again in magazines constitutional court case
Public must now go to extraordinary lengths to act against sexually explicit magazines By Africa Christian Action Network Ordinary citizens have been put ‘on the back foot’ yet again in the recent Constitutional Court Ruling (28 September) on Section 16 of the Film and Publications Act dealing with sexually explicit […]
SA-born Brenton Brown releases first live solo album, God My Rock
Renowned modern worship songwriter/artist, South African born and bred Brenton Brown, released his fourth full-length album, God My Rock, on October 2 from Integrity. Marking Brenton’s first live solo record and first live worship project since the Vineyard UK’s release of Come Now is the Time and its all time […]