South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The sweet sound of God’s grace filled the air at It’s Time Pretoria on Saturday as accomplished British trumpeter Dan Newell played Amazing Grace from the platform. There was an awed hush over the grounds as Newell, who plays for the Royal Opera House, London Symphony Orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra, trumpeted […]
Farmer evangelist Angus Buchan delivered a forthright word from the Lord to President Cyril Ramaphosa during the It’s Time Pretoria prayer meeting on Saturday. Speaking to the large crowd of believers, who he had earlier led through prayers of repentance, he said South Africa has tried and exhausted many different […]
All roads lead to Rhino Park airfield east of Pretoria as planes, trains, buses, taxis, cars, bicycles and takkies are readied to get the faithful together at what is expected to be South Africa’s biggest prayer meeting ever on Saturday. Gateway News will be at It’s Time to join believers […]
Two months ago Cape Town missionary Juan Van Tonder said the Lord told him it was time for a new season of evangelism in Africa and it was to be all about the Kingdom of God. This month he and his wife Nikki took part in a 10-day evangelism campaign […]
The Angolan government has given 1 106 “illegal” churches a 30-day ultimatum — which ends on November 4 — to regularise their operations or be shut. The move is the latest government response to improper commercial activities and human rights abuses it says are being carried out by certain churches […]
A new, ethical nation-building movement that aims to restore power to the people of South Africa has postponed its scheduled October national launch to early next year after it received an encouraging response from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to its proposed non-partisan participation in next year’s elections. The decision […]
With the It’s Time Pretoria prayer day just over a week away Angus Buchan’s priority during this time is to “go up the mountain to prepare my heart for the biggest prayer meeting this country — and I think this continent — has ever seen”. Explaining that his mountain-top time […]
Originally published in Christian Today The Trump administration is hopeful that American pastor Andrew Brunson who is on trial in Turkey could be freed at a Friday court hearing, but the State Department said it was unaware of any deal with the Turkish government for his release. NBC News and […]
“The population of South Africa is buying into this prayer meeting because we are facing a potential civil war — and if God doesn’t intervene we will be in a very bad situation.” “The good news is that God is going to intervene because God’s people are going to come […]
Book Review by Andre Viljoen Pretoria-based pastor, leader and author Olusegun Olanipekun has written a timely book on building a great nation according to biblical principles — an assignment that he believes is the next focus of the Holy Spirit and demands the attention of all Christians. Indeed, against a […]