South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By Simba Tian — Compass Direct News A Somali convert from Islam was paraded before a cheering crowd last month and publicly flogged as a punishment for embracing a “foreign religion,” sources said. Sofia Osman, a 28-year-old Christian from Janale city in Somali’as Lower Shabelle region, had been taken into […]
[notice]In a message to Christ followers in South Africa, PE pastor Afrika Mhlophe asks whether we are producing faithful church members or disciples of Jesus. [/notice] It is often said that the continent of Africa is over evangelized but under discipled. The focal point of the Great Commission […]
[notice]Pastor Yannis Acavalos of Shofar Christian Church, Franschhoek was bitten by a venemous snake while spending time with God on a mountain. Hours away from his car he called out to God for help: this is his testimony.[/notice] Living in Franschhoek, I often go up into the mountains to spend […]
Originally published in Christian Post Police in Virginia USA, have recovered an 36 kilogramme statue of baby Jesus after a woman who allegedly stole it from a nativity scene uploaded a picture of the figure on her Facebook page. Fredericksburg Police detectives found the plastic baby Jesus figure, which had […]
A wave of top-class holiday entertainment will sweep from Langebaan on the west coast to Port Elizabeth on the east coast in the 10-day Coast-2-Coast Music Fest which starts next week. Aimed at holidaymakers and local residents in coastal towns, the programme features exciting SA bands Kaleidoskoop and Shofarband as […]
TopTV will further offend Christians in South Africa if it goes ahead with a reported plan to launch three hardcore porn channels by Christmas. Entertainment news service Channel 24 reports that TopTV senior manager of regulatory affairs, Thato Mahapa, believes the pay service already has the right to launch the […]
The Justice Alliance of South Africa (JASA) has assembled a lineup of experts to support its argument against an application by Teddy Bear Clinic and RAPCAN to strike down sections 15 and 16 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 32 of 2007, declaring as unconstitutional […]
By Simba Tian — Compass Direct News Young Muslim men of Somali descent beat a 23-year-old Somali Christian unconscious last week in Kenya, less than six weeks after a related gang attacked his older brother. Ibrahim, 23, whose surname is withheld for security reasons, was beaten by seven Somalis born in Kenya […]
Originally published in Christian Post Online evangelism is producing real disciples for Christ, according to a recent study. Over half of those who made a decision for Jesus over the Internet have subsequently shared their faith with others, Global Media Outreach’s study reveals. Additionally, 34 percent read their Bibles daily […]
Originally published in Christian Post A Pakistian laborer was jailed for blasphemy last week in Qaziabad, Pakistan for a crime he didn’t know he was committing: the illiterate man burned pages of the Quran. Khurram Masih, 25, a mason by trade, was working with other Muslim laborers to lay marble […]