South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A little over a year ago 21-year-old Will Garringer of Columbus, Ohio in the United States started a run club that he hoped would be “a cool little community where we did a devotional beforehand and then we ran together”. Today Run With Christ – which describes itself as “way […]
Originally published in Christian Today Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen is praying that she will finally be exonerated of hate speech charges over her biblical views on marriage and sexuality after the case against her was heard by the Supreme Court today. Räsänen, former Minister of the Interior, was first charged […]
Nelson Mandela Bay pastors, prayer warriors and Christian volunteers who have been pulling together to prepare for an evangelism crusade in the metro’s gang-violence-plagued Northern Areas next week were excited today to see the 5 000 seat crusade tent going up. What began as a vision about two months ago, […]
Twenty Christians were killed, about 2 000 were displaced,1 300 homes were destroyed and two churches were burned down by al-Shabab jihadists during a series of attacks in Nampala Village in northern Mozambique from October 9 to 12, says Open Doors Africa (ODA) in a media release. Local pastors and […]
Yesterday I spoke to Vivienne Myburgh South African director of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ), who was once again in Israel at a time when history was being made. “It’s amazing that we were here on the 7th of October 2023, an hour and a half away from where […]
ALSO SEE: SANCF asks ConCourt to declare CRL chair’s reappointment unlawful and Legislated ‘self regulation’ of religion amounts to state control — SACOFF, FOR SA Thousands of people joined a national march to the Union Buildings, Pretoria today to protest against what they believe is an unconstitutional attempt by the […]
ALSO SEE: SANCF asks ConCourt to declare CRL chair’s reappointment unlawful The South African Community of Faith-Based Fraternals and Federations (SACOFF) and Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) have both released statements warning that “self regulation” by the religious sector that is enforced by legislation amounts to state control […]
Yesterday marked the second anniversary of October 7, that awful Saturday morning in 2023 when Hamas terrorists invaded Israel where they brutally murdered 1 200 people in their homes and at a music festval, and took 250 hostages to a nightmare of captivity in Gaza. 48 hostages remain of whom […]
The South African National Christian Forum (SANCF) has asked the Constitutional Court to declare that the reappointment of Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva as chairperson of the CRL Rights Committee “is unlawful, unconstitutional, and invalid”. Bishop Marothi Mshashane chairperson of the SANCF told Gateway News that they filed an urgent application to the […]
Also see: SA Church Defenders leading march against state control of church The CRL Rights Commission is hosting a by-invitation-only event in Johannesburg tomorrow to launch a Section 22 committee which it says will facilitate dialogue on the self regulation of the Christian sector, but which critics say is a […]