South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Pastor Manie Schoeman who has been in ministry for 37 years is excited about a new thing that God is doing in his Pretoria church through a revival culture activation course called Firestarters. “I’ve seen people who are very timid and shy blossoming and being used by God. The fact […]
“Freed By God But Imprisoned By Culture” is the provocative title of a new book by Port Elizabeth pastor and author Afrika Mhlophe. Mhlophe says the idea for the book came to him while he was writing his first book, “Christianity and the Veneration of the Dead” which was released […]
On Friday (March 6, 2015) a group of 12 adventurers set out from Grahamstown on a 1 400km run across South Africa to raise money and awareness around human trafficking. The runners from South Africa,the United States, the United Kingdom, Mozambigue and Belgium are completing the distance in nine days […]
A group of Christian leaders in the Eastern Free State town of Harrismith aim to help people get out of debt and into “a spacious financial space” through an innovative programme that will provide interest free loans and financial mentoring, says Johnny Veitch, one of the leaders. “We call it […]
African Christian Democratic Party MP and Chief Whip Cheryllyn Dudley is calling for the establishment of a multi party parliamentary committee to focus on the promotion and protection of the “very important but often forgotten human right” of freedom of religion and belief. Dudley, who believes that there is an […]
Farmer evangelist Angus Buchan expressed thanks and praise to God for news of good rains in KwaZulu-Natal that began days after he led a community prayer meeting for rain on a sports field at Ashton International College, Ballito. “It’s answered prayer like this, that reaffirms to me personally that Jesus […]
Farmer evangelist Angus Buchan left for Brazil today in response to an impassioned cry to help men in that nation restore their identity as prophets, priests and kings in their homes. In an interview this week Buchan said he was first invited to Brazil four to five years ago but […]
Concern at rising anti-Semitism Almost 300 survivors from the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland where over a million people were killed during the Holocaust returned to the infamous site on Tuesday (January 27, 2015) to attend the 70th anniversary of the camp’s liberation by Soviet soldiers. Mascha’s story Mascha […]
It is spreading around SA as God said it would! They call themselves the Bag Angels. They are busy Joburg working women. And on Saturdays they love to take handbags filled with Bibles and “essential” goodies to women in shelters. In just six months since starting the Bags of Hope […]
Book Review by Andre Viljoen WALKING BY FAITH: 366 DAILY DEVOTIONS by ANGUS BUCHAN “Will you walk by faith and not by sight?” Angus Buchan asks readers in the January 1 entry in his new book of daily devotions for every day of the year. Echoing the words of Scripture […]