South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in news24 Johannesburg – A complaint has been laid with the Advertising Standards Authority about an allegedly homophobic church billboard in Pretoria. The billboard features the naked torso of a man surrounded by the words “drug abuse”, “promiscuity”, “alcoholism” and “homosexuality”. It is captioned: “whom the son sets […]
Dozens of people, including two politicians, have been killed in a triple attack on a Christian farming community in Plateau state, Nigeria, by Muslim herdsmen. The first incident happened on Thursday morning (5 July) when Muslims from the Fulani ethnic group destroyed 43 Christian-owned farms. Nobody was arrested. They followed […]
Movie Review by Dr Peter Hammond, Frontline Fellowship MACHINE GUN PREACHER Genre: Drama Numerous friends and contacts from around the world have urged me to see the newly released film on controversial aid worker to Sudan, Sam Childers. Several ministers commented that I would really like the film and identify […]
WELKOM Hoogland is soos ‘n rivier wat wyd vloei met God se lewende water. In gewone Afrikaans beteken dit dat ons aan die beweeg wil bly, dat ons wil werk waar God reeds besig is, en dat ons met wat ons het ‘n verskil in sy wêreld maak. Kom saam! […]
About INcontext MinistriesINcontext Ministries provides a contemporary and contextual view on global events, trends, hotspots and a church in transit. With countless visits to the Arab world, Asia, South East Asia, Africa and the Gulf region, all information provided is shaped by the perspectives of local leaders and missionaries operating […]
Originally published in Christian Post Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has waded into the same-sex marriage debate in Washington State with a $100,000 contribution to help defeat a referendum that would ban same-sex marriage. Gates, along with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, both made the same six-figure contribution said Zach Silk, campaign […]
Originally published in Christian Post Oscar Pistorius is headed to London to represent South Africa in the Olympics. The double-amputee is the first amputee track athlete to compete after being selected by South Africa’s Olympic committee. “Today is really one of the happiest days of my life! Will be in […]
Originally published by barnabasaid Three of Africa’s most violent Islamist groups, which have perpetrated deadly attacks on Christians and other targets, are linking up, signalling a mounting security threat on the continent. This was the assessment of General Carter F. Ham, commander of the US military’s Africa Command, speaking at […]
An Arab Christian leader serving in a closed, Islamic-ruled country will brief South Africans next week about the Arab Spring Revolution from a Christian perspective. He is a keynote speaker at INcontext Ministries’ youth and young adult oriented 23:59 Missions Conference which is being held in Kimberley (July 9), Port […]
David McGillivray, a 20-year-old leader at Oxygen Life Church in Port Elizabeth who will be attending the INcontext Ministries 23:59 Missions Conference next week, recently experienced a life-changing and faith-growing missions trip to Mumbai, India. He was part of a church team that went to support a local pastor working […]