South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Four months ago Ray Hartle, 55, underwent heart transplant surgery at Christiaan Barnard Hospital in Cape Town, giving him an unexpected new lease of life which he ascribes to “God’s grace given unmerited, undeserved; the knowledge and skills of medical staff; and the prayers and support of so many, many […]
Jesus does heal autism, neurological disabilities and mental illness, says Shellique Carby-Bird, 31, of Pietermaritzburg, who has experienced healing and freedom from her own suffering in those areas through the power of prayer and Christian ministry. Shellique who has a long history of health issues including Asperger syndrome (a type […]
Port Elizabeth businessman Malcolm Bailes chatted to his dad while surfing on at least 10 occasions – but during those pleasant encounters at the beach neither of them realised they were father and son, or that God was busy answering prayers they had both been praying for years. Malcolm was […]
‘Answer to prayer’, says Meshoe The Paris Peace Conference on Sunday which prompted calls by ACDP leader Rev Kenneth Meshoe for “prayer and fasting for sanity to prevail” fell far short of fears of anti-Israel nations imposing solutions on the Jewish state. “Our God has answered our prayers,” says Meshoe in […]
It works, when Jesus is the focus Fittingly, the first sign of Liv Village we encountered as we drove through the rural township of Cottonlands at the end of a long Gateway News team road trip, was a tall, blue, illuminated cross shining in the darkness. LIV Village manager Chester Koyana, […]
“It was one of the most meaningful services I have ever attended in my Christian walk,” said Trevor Jennings a member of a Nelson Mandela Bay church leadership task team that arranged a healing and reconciliation service at which four victims of apartheid-era forced removals from South End, Port Elizabeth, […]
I met Mary Naidoo at her stand — ‘The Jesus Business’ — at a recent Christian Expo in Durban. Intrigued by the dazzling array of Christian paintings, nativity scene models, and scripture-themed household items that she and her team were displaying , I asked her if I could interview her. […]
Meet Lucky Mbiko, the man at the helm of Christian television network TBN in Africa Luckly Khayalethu Mbiko remembers a time when he was about eight-years-old and he was standing in the fields looking after his grandmother’s cattle and wondering if there was anything for him beyond the mountains he […]
CHRISTMAS 2016 DISCOUNT CAMPAIGN Culture of reading Christian Book Discounters (CBD) was founded 21 years ago. It’s prime objective is to offer good quality Christian Literature to the-man-on-the-street at prices they can afford, and to promote a culture of reading amongst Christians. Today CBD helps churches in South African to […]
All the glory is the fitting name of the song which earned Adrian Sing the Best Gospel Rock award at the SABC Crown Gospel Awards at the Durban ICC on Sunday. “I would like to give all the honor to God as without Him we would not be in this position […]