South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
On Saturday (August 25) evening Hugo and Lynette Strydom were drinking coffee with neighbours who had invited them over to watch rugby at their home in Beethoven Street, Walmer Heights, Port Elizabeth. The adults were chatting in the kitchen while their children played with a ball in the garden next […]
A standoff has developed between the City of Cape Town and Christian pro-life activists over a sticker campaign in Parow. The City has warned the pro-lifers that they will be prosecuted for contravening the Outdoor Advertising and Signage By-law if they continue to place “Value Life” stickers over illegal abortion […]
South African Christians are becoming more Kingdom-focused at work but need help with finding true purpose in the workplace. This is one of the findings of Christian marketplace initiative Call 42, which has conducted a national survey that explores the issues and obstacles that Christians experience in living a calling […]
An event that many women have been asking for is finally happening. The first official Mighty Woman’s Conference (MWC) is taking place from September 7 to 9 on a guest farm south of Johannesburg. The MWC has its historical roots in the Mighty Men movement founded by Angus Buchan in […]
[notice]A monthly column by the Editor of Gateway News.[/notice] It is now just over 18 months since we launched Gateway News with a deep sense of calling to provide a daily news service that would bring a much-needed Christian perspective into the South African news realm. With no budget, no […]
‘Engage’ fatherhood restoration movement spreading among schools During 2010 a Stellenbosch high school for boys ran a Christian character development programme for their learners. Little did they imagine that they were about to discover a truth that would give birth to a movement that aims to inspire schools to use […]
Frontline leaders in the intensifying war against human trafficking in South Africa will brief church leaders in Port Elizabeth at an Anti Human Trafficking Conference on September 1. The speakers will bring delegates up to date with latest developments and strategies in the prevention of trafficking, the protection of trafficking […]
Church leaders and intercessors in East London and as far afield as Nigeria are joining hands in a concerted spiritual battle to transform a township that is ravaged by poverty, drunkenness, violent crime, drug abuse and rape. The project team are half-way through 60 days of prayer and fasting for […]
He is known in Bloemfontein Christian circles as “Paul from the Congo”. A burly man with a ready smile, he is recognised by his predominantly white, Afrikaans Christian brothers in Bloemfontein as a missionary sent by the Lord to pray for “the great revival” — an End-Time national revival that […]
[notice]A year ago we published a remarkable story “The school that God established” about a grassroots Christian school that came into being through the favour of God. Recently I visited the school again and found that it is indeed being blessed to be a blessing.[/notice] “God has blessed us with […]