South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
In what was described as a pivotal moment for Christian education in South Africa when the newly-formed Federation of Christian Universities and Colleges (FCUC) was launched during a virtual meeting yesterday. Representatives of Christian education and training institutions across the country who joined the meeting were urged to rally around […]
Originally published by Independent Online In a bid to get to the bottom of large-scale corruption involving Covid-19 emergency funds, the SA Council of Churches (SACC) has announced a partnership with civil society groups to mobilise “a comprehensive societal response against corruption”. The council said it would work with other […]
As an intensive campaign of “90 Days of National Prayer” launched in Zimbabwe on June 1 enters its final weeks resolute intercessors are not deterred by an apparent escalation in corruption, repression and economic collapse in the nation. “As intercessors we do not focus on the natural realm because often […]
Africa4Palestine “distorted and twisted” his Bible-based reflections in a webinar last month and sought to take away his constitutional rights to freedom of religion and expression despite failing to highlight any constitutional value or provision that he violated, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng says in his response to their complaint against […]
Word of Faith Christian Centre (WOF) in Port Elizabeth sent a lawyer’s letter to police yesterday opposing a threat to charge churches who host more than 50 people at drive-in services. In the letter to SAPS spokesman Col Priscilla Naidu, who reportedly conveyed the threat via a local radio station, […]
This week I learned about a viral South African song that has got people around the world taking up the #JerusalemaDanceChallenge. Tshego Motaung Gateway News columnist and national coordinator of the Hope, Healing and Restoration campaign led by Chief Justice Mogoeng told me that the song Jerusalema became a global hit during […]
From August 1 to October 31 Christians in Port Elizabeth are invited to come together at the crosses at Fountain Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Walmer Heights from 5pm to 6pm on Sunday to Friday and from 3pm to 4pm on Saturday to pray for the great revival that many believe […]
Christian Consensus in South Africa emailed a letter to the editor of Daily Maverick on Monday asking for a public apology from the online newspaper and cartoonist Zapiro for publishing a cartoon (see above) that ridicules Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and the Bible. In the letter on behalf of Christian Consensus […]
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng stated unequivocally yesterday that he will not retract or apologise for remarks that he made about Israel during a webinar on June 23. Mogoeng, who has been facing bitter attacks from the ANC and other political and activist groups, and demands that he withdraw his comments […]
Last Sunday eight people were baptised in a water tank on the back of a bakkie parked in a street in Kwanokuthula, Plettenberg Bay. The Sunday before, 24 people surrendered their hearts to Jesus during a prayer, praise and preaching walk in the township. And on Tuesday this week another […]