South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in The Christian Post Muslim relatives of a pastor in eastern Uganda took him from his home and killed him for his faith this month, sources said. Pastor Adinani Bulwa had fled Muslim opposition in northern Uganda and returned home to Muterere village, Bugiri District in January before […]
Originally published in Morning Star News Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed 27 Christians in two attacks this month in Kaduna state in northern Nigeria, local sources said. Both attacks took place in Zangon Kataf County, where 10 Christians were killed on March 14 in Langson village and 17 slain […]
Part 3 of a 3-part series based on an inspiring interview with Shodankeh Johnson, a pastor, church planter and reformer from Sierra Leone, West Africa Several times during my interview with Shodankeh Johnson leader of New Harvest Global Ministries in Sierra Leone he said: “We do whatever it takes to […]
Originally published in Global Christian Relief It was a seemingly normal Sunday when Miriam was kidnapped. She was returning home from church when terrorists surrounded her village; they kidnapped the pastor and his family along with Miriam and her two daughters. At the terrorists’ camp, Miriam saw the brutality of […]
When Gateway News asked Romie van Wyk what had inspired him, as the visionary of the Speak Jesus event in Windhoek, Namibia, on Saturday, his response was clear. The chairman of Mighty Men Namibia, who is hosting the event at Vegkop Stadium, said he is not the visionary — God […]
Part 2 of a 3-part series based on an inspiring interview with Shodankeh Johnson, a pastor, church planter and reformer from Sierra Leone, West Africa As I listened to Shodankeh Johnson sharing passionately about his vision to plant “churches that plant churches that plant churches” all over Sierra Leone and […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News Record-breaking Cyclone Freddy has doubled back on southern Africa, wreaking havoc in southern Malawi where landslides and flooding have killed 190 and left 58 946 homeless. The government has declared a state of disaster in 10 districts in the south that have been hardest-hit […]
Part 1 of a 3-part series based on an inspiring interview with Shodankeh Johnson, a pastor, church planter and reformer from Sierra Leone, West Africa. Recently I had the privilege of interviewing Shodankeh Johnson, this year’s recipient of the William Wilberfoce Award presented annually in the United States by the […]
Originally published in Church Leaders A pastor invited to participate in a religion debate by mosque leaders in Uganda was attacked after his arguments ostensibly led to 37 Muslims accepting Christ, sources said. Muslims who apparently converted to Christianity were among those who assaulted Pastor Arthur Asadi Babi, 42, on […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state, has won Nigeria’s presidential election amid opposition from Christians for not following the customary electoral practice of featuring one Christian and one Muslim on a party’s presidential campaign ticket. This deviation, Christians fear, may exacerbate the […]