South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
At an online service on Resurrection Sunday (April 12), Chief Justice Mogoeng accepted a call to lead a national 50-days-of-healing campaign. And in a follow-up Zoom meeting on Monday, around 300 national Christian leaders responded positively to his impassioned call for unity in order to partner in what God is […]
More than 100 000 people from dozens of countries across the world indicated they wanted to put their faith in Jesus after hearing the gospel during recent, virtual, evangelistic events hosted by Nick Hall and his student-led prayer and outreach movement, Pulse. The responses, which came via international call centres, […]
Unable to work as usual because of lockdown, the CEO of a Cape Town NPO that renovates children’s homes decided to launch a campaign to try and feed approximately 75 people in 15 needy families for two weeks. When I spoke to Lynn Haefele of Newkidz today she said that […]
The timing of the start of the national lockdown was terrible for Howick NPO African Spirit — their 12-months Lotto funding lifeline had just expired and now they could not complete their application for ongoing funding. Their craft shop, charity shop and other activities also had to close down leaving […]
Invitation to join live prayer, worship, communion on Sunday An ongoing programme of 15-days of live, online worship is changing the atmosphere in South African homes during the current lockdown — and it is also awakening the hearts of participating worship musicians, said Julita Kok, one of the organisers of […]
Homeless people are among the most vulnerable at the best of times and the recent announcement of a 21-day protective lockdown in South Africa raised the possibility of more danger for members of this community. But, at least for a diverse group of 27 homeless people in a temporary shelter […]
Nelson Mandela Bay Christian radio station Kingfisher FM is back on air again in time to bring Easter encouragement and hope to listeners unable to meet in church or get together with their families during the lockdown period. The much-loved station, which has been off air for the past 10 […]
Prophets are given the wonderful gift of “seeing” into the spirit realm and translating what they see to the Body of Christ. Covid-19 is the perfect time for much translation as to what’s going on in the Church, the economy, political arena, education the social environment and most importantly, the […]
The high level of commitment of Christians he met in India and the power of testimony were two big takeaways from a recent short ministry trip to the Hindu-majority country, said Port Elizabeth evangelist and church elder, Allan Verreynne. The importance of testimony was illustrated when he and a local […]
In a video posted this week Christian marketplace leader Dr Arno van Niekerk made a strong call on the Church to stand on the absolute truth of the Word of God. He started by commending Dutch Reformed Church leaders who met at Moreletapark Church recently to discuss the way forward […]