South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Morning Star News Muslims burned down a church building in the early hours of Saturday Auguust 10 in central Nigeria’s Niger state, sources said. The razing of the building of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) congregation in Kontagora town at about 3am was the second […]
At least 50 Christians were murdered in Nigeria’s Benue state last week during an attack on their villages by Fulani jihadist herdsmen and a criminal gang, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. On Thursday August 8, Fulani terrorists and affiliated bandits raided the predominantly Christian village of Ayati village in Ukum […]
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 […]