South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published by World Watch Monitor While the world’s attention is fixed on IS in Syria and Iraq, it’s easy to forget that last year, French troops were rushed to Mali to prevent a jihadist-influenced coup that threatened to take over the country. This swift intervention meant that the coup […]
Originally published in Charisma News In a Wednesday broadcast from Jerusalem, GOD TV co-founder Wendy Alec spoke candidly about her husband Rory’s “moral failure.” Rory resigned in September after admitting to a breach in his marriage. The special episode was prefaced by words from GOD TV trustees Steve Beik and Canon Andrew White. […]
Port Elizabeth Christian youth worker Alta de Lange has been running Adventure Week children’s holiday clubs for 10 years. And the adventure just keeps on getting bigger and bolder. Having seen the love and joy of Jesus touch thousands of young people’s lives through Adventure Week and the programme spreading […]
Opportunity to sponsor students After more than 40 years in education Mart and Toy van Vuuren sensed God was giving them a vision to uplift disadvantaged students. Mart, a former Teacher Training College lecturer and Toy, a former High School Principal, spent three busy years preparing to launch a Grade […]
As Christians we are often unaware of the effect we have on other people and wonder if there is any purpose in much of what we do, said David Cape, who over the last 26 years has walked thousands of kilometres through more than 30 nations carrying a cross and […]
Port Elizabeth businessman Alan Barr woke up at 5am on January 28, 2012, from a dream that he believed was from God. And 19 months later that dream is rapidly coming true with the launch of ‘Project Sparkle’ — a remarkable community-supported renovation campaign that aims to tranform PE’s three state hospitals […]
Training of next generation of sons to lead church began 7 years ago On Sunday (September 7, 2014) Pastor John Scholtz, who has led Harvest Christian Church, Port Elizabeth, for the past 18 and a half years, passed the baton of leadership to his son, Pastor Mark Scholtz, in the […]
Jenny Langereis has learned to trust the God of the miraculous in difficulties and in grave danger. But she says it was not always so. There was a time when she lost her faith and she did not believe it 11 years ago when three different people prophesied that God […]
Originally pubished in Fox News Shamal Ahmad Tofiq was a fun-loving barber from the northern Iraqi town of Said Sada who liked women and a party – before he left his small hometown to find himself in Europe. Now he is back, and, as a fast-rising member of Islamic State, […]
Johannesburg was built on gold — and today there is an ambitious move to call out the gold in the city and to ‘reform and rebrand’ the city as JOYburg. Joy activist and laughter coach, Sue Jameson, says everbody is invited to join in the joyful movement to “build a […]