South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice] A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych[/notice] I always like to keep some hair grips with me in case of a hair emergency. These little metal clips can be bought in packs of about 20 to 30 units and are one of my staple accessories. So when they run out, […]
The Bless The Nations Conference — the premier, annual world missions event in the Eastern Cape — will celebrate its 25th anniversary next week. Delegates from more than 100 churches are expected to attend the multi-denominational event at the Hoogland Dutch Reformed Church, in Lorraine, Port Elizabeth, from Friday June […]
The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) are conducting hearings in four provinces into whether Christian public holidays in South Africa “unfairly discriminate against holidays of other religions.” The commission said in a media statement that it has “received a […]
While Groupon in the United States has reportedly stopped promoting pornographic campaigns, it appears that Groupon South Africa is promoting Playboy South Africa magazine. The Groupon about-turn in America follows an anti-porn consumer action campaign by Christian-based organisation, Morality In Media, which resulted in more than 20 000 people cancelling […]
[notice]KENNY SMAL, prokureur van Alberton het gedurende 2009, op 47 jarige ouderdom, voor die deur van die dood gestaan as gevolg van gervorderede serose van die lewer veroorsaak deur drankmisbruik. Medici het hom slegs ‘n paar weke gegun om te lewe. Tydens sy hospitalisasie en behandeling aanvaar hy Jesus as […]
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] “Very Wide: We sings songs from Vineyard and Hillsongs, Kingsway and Hosanna. ….” “Very Wide: We sing songs by Tim Hughes, Matt Redman, Michael W Smith, […]
Originally published on Compass Direct News An Islamic extremist ran a car full of explosives at a Pentecostal church in this Plateau state city yesterday morning, killing at least two Christians and injuring more than 40 others, military and police officials said. In Borno state also yesterday, gunmen reportedly killed […]
Originally published in Charisma News Groupon appears to be bowing to the anti-porn pressure. After a Christian boycott led by Morality in Media, the online coupon giant has finally stopped promoting companies that deal in pornography. Morality in Media launched the protest after it discovered Groupon was merchandising torture pornographer […]
Life has never been more exciting for stay at home mom, Sibongile Sibeko. This June, she will open for Gaither vocalist, David Phelps’ South African Tour in both Johannesburg and Cape Town. To top it all off, the singer is about to begin recording her debut Gospel album with Brettian […]
By Abdias Pasoville — Compass Direct News Amid allegations that soldiers were responsible for at least eight of 21 deaths after the suicide bombing of two churches here on Sunday (June 3), sources told Compass that most of those injured from the blast and alleged military shooting were in critical […]