South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Sustainability Corporate and Social Investment The i-Foundation is an Intercape initiative that aims to improve the quality of life of staff and impact and transform communities in Southern Africa. This non-profit organisation (NPC 2012/082516/08), under the leadership of Pastor Hanli Marais, operates through the initiatives of i-Care, Intercede and i-Equip. […]
Port Elizabeth pastors have been asked to mark World Teachers Day (October 12) by doing something special to encourage teachers during church services on Sunday. The call is made in an email from Johann McFarlane, Co-ordinator of the Transformation Christian Network (TCN) Church Education Task Team. “It could be something […]
ABOUT THE GLS The Global Leadership Summit is a two-day event designed to inspire and equip Christian leaders for the sake of the local church. Founded 18 years ago by Willow Creek Community Church Senior Pastor Bill Hybels, the GLS has trained and inspired more than a million leaders all […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]