South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
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 […]
Abortion has become a hot topic in Namibia since a Windhoek writer and blogger, Beauty Boois, launched a petition earlier this month calling for abortion to be legalised in the country. Last week, Pastor Zelda van der Collf of Windhoek responded by launching a petition calling on pro-lifers to reject […]
What began as an outreach to the men of Canada has grown into a worldwide simulcast — and “our greatest hope is for a spirit of awakening”, said Candian evangelist Jef Zak who is organising an online Mighty Men Canada event with South African farmer evangelist Angus Buchan and Northern […]
Originally published in Church Times Eastern Orthodox leaders have urged the Turkish government to abandon plans to turn the ancient basilica Hagia Sophia, now a museum, in Istanbul, Turkey, into a mosque, if approved by the country’s highest court in early July. “This is a masterpiece of architectural genius, globally […]
At an online day of repentance meeting on Tuesday Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng urged South African Christians, beginning with himself, to repent of unbelief, fear and complacency and to boldly contend for the full measure of the revival and reformation that God wants to bring at this time Sharing his […]