South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Siyanda Dlamini, 31, has been walking across the highways and byways of Southern Africa since January 2022 spreading a message of peace and stability and inspiring communities to take action to improve their lives. The young man from Mandeni, KwaZulu-Natal, told Gateway News this week that his burden for peace […]
Authorities in Christian-majority Rwanda have closed more than 5 600 churches in the last month, on the grounds they did not comply with health and safety regulations, BBC News reports. Pentecostal congregations were the most affected by the closures, with 427 churches having operated in caves, BBC News said. In […]
Originally published in Worthy News Prominent Nigerian evangelist and politician Joan Onyemaechi Mrakpor, who was abducted from her church in Nigeria’s Delta state on July 30, was found dead in a river on August 1, her body naked and showing signs of torture, the Gist Mania news outlet reports. The […]
Originally published in Uganda Christian News A 19-year-old woman in Lwangoli, Busoba sub-county, Mbale district, Uganda suffered horrendous burns on July 21 at the hands of her Muslim father over her decision to leave the family religion and put her faith in Jesus Christ. This is according to persecution watchdog Morning […]
Originally published in Morning Star News Gunmen in southern Nigeria on Tuesday kidnapped a prominent Christian woman and wife of the attorney general of Delta state, Nigeria, from a church Bible study in an attack that left her driver and a policeman dead, according to various sources. Joan Onyemaechi, also […]
Fulani attackers killed 18 Christians in a late-night assault last Friday in central Nigeria, area residents said. The assailants invaded Mbacher village, a predominantly Christian community in Benue state’s Katsina-Ala County, at about 11 p.m., said Joseph Achiv. “A group of Fulani Muslims carrying deadly weapons attacked Mbacher village,” Achiv […]
Originally published in CHURCHLEADERS Five weeks after young Kenyans poured into the streets under the banner of “Gen Z,” forcing changes in the government, they have also called Christian churches to account for how denominations relate with politicians. Rejecting a controversial finance bill floated by the government in June, the […]
Special report by Tebello Matsela and Ryan Smit On June 19 2024, a team of seven from South Africa, Lesotho and the United Kingdom travelled to Namibia to present a Wilberforce Academy (WA) pilot programme – the first of its kind in Africa outside of South Africa. The two and […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News “As food has grown scarce, the nuns have boiled tree leaves for the children to eat, and many of the adults have skipped meals.” Excerpt from report Around 80 people are taking refuge inside the Dar Mariam mission, a Catholic church and school compound […]
Originally published in Christian Daily Christian leaders in Nigeria expressed shock and dismay at suicide attacks in Gwoza, Borno state on Saturday June 29 that killed both Muslims and Christians. “We are concerned about the resurgence of suicide bombing in our country and the threat it poses to the lives […]