South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Climate of terror created in Niamey, the capital, say locals By Illia Djadi — World Watch Monitor Four attacks within the last three weeks in Niger have raised the spectre of a growing Islamist threat in the country. In the latest attack on Tuesday (June 11), unidentified armed men attacked […]
Revival fire was spread from school to school in the Eastern Cape on Friday (June 14) when a team from Uitenhage went to minister at a school in Alexandria. Principal of Alexandria Christian Academy (ACA), Gretel Olivier, who invited the team from Fountain Of Life Christian School, which is experiencing […]
ACDP leader will give reasons at media conference next week The African Christian Democratic Party yesterday confirmed a date for a press conference to be held next week, to respond to speculation about the reasons why the ACDP President, Rev Kenneth Meshoe, will be stepping down ‘temporarily’ as a Member […]
Revival has broken out at a Christian school near Tzaneen where for the past few months children have been displaying an unprecedented passion and hunger for God as well as many visible manifestations of the Holy Spirit, reports Bible teacher Andrew Mullek. ‘I am not in charge. God is’ — […]
An apartheid era widow and her husband’s torturer are the protaginists in a short film, ‘Freedom Road’, that Cape Town Christian production company Media Village has entered into the international Christian-themed speed filmmaking contest, 168 Film Festival. More than 150 teams of filmmakers have entered the contest in which teams […]
‘Opportunity for church to lead nation back to healthy living’ — Helsby South Africa is in a financial hole because of greed and it is time for churches to lead the nation back to healthy living, said Brian Helsby of Heartlines who is on a national tour to promote their […]
The wheels of justice are turning slowly and somewhat erratically, it seems, in the case of the appeal by Cape Town Christian pro-life activist Peter Throp against his conviction for damaging municipal property by placing pro-life stickers over illegal abortion stickers. Nearly four months after a Cape Town magistrate fined […]
Holy Ghost, the next documentary feature film to be made by Darren Wilson (Finger Of God, Furious Love, Father Of Lights) this week became the most-funded Christian film to date on the popular Kickstarter crowd funding platform, where 2 356 backers have contributed $356 655. Wilson who has just started […]
Book review by Andre Viljoen LIMITLESS: Devotions for a Ridiculously Good Life by Nic Vujicic Limbless Nick Vujicic does not just talk about overcoming odds, he epitomises it. And so, who better to write a book of encouraging devotions than this evangelist, author, and inspirational speaker who has overcome his […]
Book Review by Andre Viljoen Truth Stained Lies by Terri BlackstockGenre: Christian thriller Prolific Christian writer Terri Blackstock’s Truth Stained Lies is a satisfying page-turner that will be enjoyed by a broad cross-section of readers. The story kicks off as former lawyer and investigative murder trial blogger Cathy Cramer receives […]