South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in CBN News Eight Christians who were abducted at gunpoint while traveling to an Easter programme in Kafanchan, Nigeria on March 26 have been released from captivity. Members of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) were on their way to attend an evangelism program when their church’s bus was […]
In Part 1 of this short series of articles I shared some of the recollections of a Christian leader who was part of a multidenominational Christian revival that started among young people in Sudan in the early 90s and which spread to different parts of the Muslim-majority country despite civil […]
Originally published in ACN International A week after the attack on the town of Palma, in the far north of Cabo Delgado province, local parish priest Father António Chamboco expressed his sadness to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) about the lack of information about the whereabouts of the […]
As Gateway News we feel called to “tell the God stories of Africa”. But that is easier said than done. From our perch here in the south of this beautiful continent how do we get to share what the Lord is doing in the other 53 nations? And so I […]
Originally published in Voice of Martyrs Thirty-five Christians have been arrested in Eritrea for conducting prayer meetings. The latest arrests dash hopes of a change of heart towards Christians in that country, where many have been imprisoned for their faith since Eritrea closed most of its churches in 2002. The […]
Africa is moving and transitioning from a begging bowl mentality to become the breadbasket that she was born to be. This has been said and declared over and over the past years! It is not just going to happen on its own. It’s going to take exemplary leadership and persistence […]
Originally published in Uganda Christian News Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has once again suspended gatherings at places of worship in five counties over Covid-19, a move some church leaders are opposing. Addressing the nation Friday, Kenyatta put the nation’s capital, Nairobi, and surrounding counties under lockdown noting that the positivity rate […]
Originally published in CBN News A Christian’s five-year prison sentence for reposting a cartoon of the Islamic prophet Muhammad to his Facebook page three years ago has been upheld by an Algerian court. Morning Star News (MSN) reports Farid Khemisti, the man’s attorney, said his client received the stiff sentence because […]
Originally published in Jerusalem Post Isis-linked extremists are reportedly beheading children in Mozambique, the BBC claimed on Wednesday. The global jihadist movement has largely been defeated in the Middle East, but the genocidal Islamist extremism that it once sought to bring to Iraq and Syria is now being carried out in […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News Christians are being encouraged to pray for South Sudan as the UN has warned the country is facing “its highest levels of food insecurity and malnutrition” since it gained its independence in January 2011. The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has […]
