South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By Vishal Arora — Compass Direct News No arrests have been made since 600 Islamists hurled bags filled with urine and ditchwater at about 100 members of a church in Indonesia last week and threatened to kill its pastor. Police looked on as the mob attacked the Philadelphia […]
The Western Cape Mighty Men Conference movement which was suspended following a surprise announcement in February is back on track following a recent constructive meeting between Mighty Men founder Angus Buchan and MMC stalwarts from all over South Africa. At the May 8 meeting on his Greytown Farm, Shalom, Buchan […]
Church leaders in Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) have requested a meeting with the re-elected regional chairman of the African National Congress, Nceba Faku, to discuss the “culture of recalling” elected leaders, and the possible ousting of the Executive Mayor Zanoxolo Wayile. The church leaders’ request, made in a letter that […]
Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s support of abortion and his endorsement of the work of the Marie Stopes Clinic (a chain of abortion clinics) will be discussed at the Anglican Diocesan Synod in Port Elizabeth next week. The pro-abortion-on-request stance of the former leader of the Anglican Church of South Africa is […]
Jako Meyer was a self-confessed racist with such a short fuse that he had to run his Karoo farm on his own because no labourers were prepared to work for him. “They would start working for me and leave on the same day because they could not take my temper,” […]
Two prominent Romanian friends, who remember how tough it was to be a Christian during the Communist era in their country, took time out from their schedules today to reunite in Port Elizabeth. Romanian Consul General Dr Silviu Rogobete flew in from Cape Town to catch up with prominent pastor […]
Gateway News visited St Thomas High School, Port Elizabeth yesterday to get a first-hand experience of a move of God that has transformed the school over the past two months. We spoke to the principal, Christopher de Doncker, who said there was a “new positive vibe in the school” as […]
When Tevin Kekana strained a hamstring muscle in a football match and was told he could not play soccer for three months it seemed that his dream of playing in an important soccer tournament in Cape Town would not be fulfilled. But that was before revival broke out at St […]
Click on the thumbnail below to view a picture gallery featuring photos by Rob Southey and Dave Stott –just a few off the images that will be featured in a photo CD, which will be on sale shortly, together with a DVD of all the meetings at the 2012 KMMC. […]
In the late 1980s successful, independent coal producer Barry Nel found himself in a position where retirement might have seemed an attractive option. But Nel believed that there was more work for him to do for God’s Kingdom. “I just knew that there was more to give back,” he said. […]