South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Charisma News Genius is a new and chilling movie based on the life and tragic murder of John Lennon. “It’s chilling because it reveals what people will do for money,” said Ray Comfort, the producer of the Los Angeles-based film company that made the movie. “There are […]
Originally published in Charisma News The Nativity Project” is a nationwide campaign to share the message of Christmas and also to confront the erosion and hostility toward public expressions of faith especially during the Christmas season. The Christian Defense Coalition gathered with live actors and animals in front of the […]
Against the background of the Marikana and subsequent crises a group of Christian leaders who met in Stellenbosch recently to listen to the Lord and to one another about the role of the church in South Africa have sent a statement called “The Church Speaks” to political, business, labour, church […]
Days after appearing in a Cape Town court for sticking Value Life stickers over illegal abortion advertisements, Christian activist Peter Throp got to hold a baby that was rescued from abortion as a result of his Value Life campaign. His wife, Terry, tells the story: “Peter was putting stickers on […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen NLT COMPACT BIBLE Distributed by Christian Art Media I find this compact edition of the Bible particularly attractive. I mean that firstly in the sense of it being good to look at and to hold. The version shown here is described as “LeatherLook Hot Pink”, […]
Before starting their Annual General Meeting in Worcester this week Western Cape SANTACO (South African National Taxi Council) members gathered on the N1 to pray for safety on the roads ahead of the Christmas holiday season. “We felt we needed to do that because we understand that we are fighting […]
Diary of faith and soul-searching during 18 days of turmoil in Western Cape farm unrest [notice]The Jonker family has farmed on beautiful Weltevrede for 100 years. Until recently this leading estate in the Robertson Wine Valley was a place of peace and harmony. But like other farms in the Western […]
I write this update from Durban, where I am speaking at three Victory Christian Academy Award Ceremonies. Arlene and I are amazed at the academic excellence produced by Christian education. The superior quality of education and Christ-like character instilled in young people at VCA and other Christian learning institutions – […]
On 12.12.12 worshipers around the world will unite in the second, annual Global Day of Worship — a 24 hour wave of worship across the globe from 7pm to 8pm in each of 24 time zones. The GDW was launched last year on 11.11.11. Once again GDW events will be […]
Originally published in Times Live Just hours before the resumption of the Western Cape farmworkers’ strike, farmers in the Hex River Valley gathered at the gates of their farms to ask God for help. Their prayers, it seems, were heard. The area was calm yesterday, in stark contrast to last […]