South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Daily International At least 19 Christians were arrested in Sudan’s city of Madani on various occasions in January and February, area sources said. Seven Christians were arrested by security personnel associated with the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on January 21 as the group traveled from Barakat […]
In a historic decision last Thursday the Dutch Reformed Church in Namibia took a final decision to break away from the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa. The resolution, passed by a two thirds majority at a Synod session in Windhoek, follows a decision by the […]
Originally published in RNS Nearly four years ago, the Biden administration removed Nigeria from a list of countries whose threats to religious freedom are of “particular concern,” but continued attacks on Christians and other religious groups by Islamist militias have prompted calls from local faith leaders and members of the […]
Originally published in The Christian Post An American pastor is offering his life in exchange for a Nigerian Christian sentenced to death by hanging for killing a Fulani herdsman in self-defence during an attack on his farm. Pastor William Devlin, the missions pastor of Infinity Bible Church in the South […]
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 […]