South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in My Christian Daily The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday March 7 upheld the death sentence for a Christian who defended himself against an attack by Fulani herdsmen. Calling the ruling a “horrendous miscarriage of justice”, attorney and international human rights advocate Emmanuel Ogebe said in a […]
Last week Gateway News caught up with a Groot Brak couple who are celebrating their “jubilee year” (year of their 50th birthdays) by embarking on an extended Kingdom adventure including time in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. When I spoke to businessman Pieter Terblanche and his family-practice-lawyer wife Melanie […]
Originally published in CBN Evangelist Franklin Graham preached the powerful message of the Gospel to more than 400 000 people over the weekend in a massive public square that was once infamous for its Communist rallies. Hundreds of thousands of people worshipped Jesus at Meskel Square for the “Encountering God […]
SA voices also speak out on Christian persecution Originally published in Worthy News Hungary says it is rushing aid to families of 70 Christians who were beheaded by Islamist fighters in a Protestant church in the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and urges the world “not […]
The African Prayer Council (APC) has called on churches, prayer networks and intercessors to join in a 24-hour campaign of non-stop prayer for the troubled nations of Africa — especially Congo and Sudan -from 1am (SA time) on Friday March 7. Each hour, leaders of all ages from around the […]
South African evangelist Reini Coetzee is embarking on another epic cross walk — this time wheeling a wooden cross 10 000km from Cape Town to Jerusalem, through nine African nations. He will depart at 5am on Friday March 14, from Signal Hill, the starting point of his last two big […]
Originally published in My Christian Daily Hardline Muslims in eastern Uganda on February 15 beat and stabbed an evangelist after he and his team led a Muslim widow to Christ during open-air gospel preaching. Robert Kasozi, a 39-year-old evangelist also known as Mulokole, was stabbed in the stomach, and three […]
A church in Minnesota, USA, has responded after a woman in their church has been charged with the murder of her missionary husband in Angola. Jackie Shroyer has been charged with the murder of Detroit Lakes missionary, Beau Shroyer, after she was arrested last November. The Shroyers, including their five children, were […]
In one of the most concerning incidents in recent weeks in the troubled Democratic Republic of Congo, suspected Islamist militants rounded up 70 Christians, took them to a church and killed them with machetes and hammers, reports persecuted church watchdog Open Doors. Open Doors field sources say the violence began […]
Originally published in Christian Daily International Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, will host Africa’s first International Religious Freedom Summit on June 16. Kenya’s Chief Justice Martha Koome announced that the inaugural meeting will gather judicial officers and organisations working to promote religious freedom from across the continent. “I take this wonderful opportunity […]