South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
South African church leaders have made conflicting statements on Israel over the past 10 days, highlighting the widely different positions held by SA Christians on the Holy Land conflict. A group of church leaders led by Bishop Zipho Siwa, the Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of South Africa, has […]
Originally published in News 24 Mainstream Anglican Christians in Zimbabwe are returning to their cathedral after a lockout of more than five years staged by an excommunicated, breakaway bishop who claimed loyalty to President Robert Mugabe’s party and used loyalist police to keep people away. Worshippers from across the country […]
[notice] A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych: the fourth of a series of reflections on the five fruits of the Spirit (Galations 5:22-23)[/notice] If you have been reading my column recently, you will know that I am currently in the middle of writing a series on the nine fruits of […]
Originally published in God Reports Margaret Cooke felt numb. She could not believe what she was seeing. For more than a half-century, Cooke, 78, had prayed that her mother, Lula Wallace, would accept the Gospel. Now, five months shy of her 109th birthday, Wallace — still in her wheelchair — […]
Originally published in God Reports A mob of about 1 000 people in southern Sri Lanka, led by Buddhist monks, protested the presence of a church by overpoweringpolice, vandalizing property and beating the pastor on Sunday (Dec. 9), Christian sources said. The Buddhist monks had given a day’s notice for […]
Originally published in Lifesite News After repeatedly reintroducing the legislation for 14 years, the Philippines lower House has voted 113 to 104 to pass the controversial RH bill at second reading – the most difficult stage. “This is a very dark day for the Philippines and for the fight for […]
Originally published in Jerusalem Post Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday criticized Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal’s statement that his group would never recognize the state of Israel, Turkish daily The Hurriyet reported. “I don’t agree with Khaled Mashaal’s statement on the non-recognition of Israel because we, in fact, recognized […]
Music Review by Val Viljoen DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? SONGS OF CHRISTMASDistributed by Christian Art Media One of the things that I particularly enjoy about the Christmas season is the music – to my mind some of the traditional carols remain the most inspiring music we have. I […]
[notice]Muslim extremist violence against Israel and the West is excused by liberal “experts”. But these rationalisations do not work out when it comes to a form of violence that is widely practiced in Muslim majority countries, according to an analysis published in INContext Ministries’ World In Motion, Issue 66.[/notice] Which […]
From A World In Motion, Issue 66 — INContext Minististries 1. The eight-day war between Israel and Hamas The conflict between Israel and Hamas that lasted eight days resulted in the deaths of more than 160 Palestinians and at least five Israelis. Hamas is a militant Palestinian party that, since […]