South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
As a child born out of wedlock in rural Zimbabwe Lucia never knew her father, was abandoned by her mother at an early age, was despised by her family, kept outside in a box like an animal, treated as a servant, beaten and sexually abused. At the age of 13, […]
Originally published in Uganda Christian News Cornelius was a devout man and one who feared God — Acts 10:2 Lt Col Edith Nakalema, the head of the Ugandan State House anti-corruption unit, has been likened to Cornelius, whose story is told in Acts 10. The Bible describes him as a […]
Originally published by CSW Members of the Nigerian diaspora demonstrated outside the Nigerian High Commission in London today and will hand in a letter protesting the relentless attacks on communities in southern Kaduna by armed men of Fulani ethnicity. Protestors gathered under the umbrella of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Diaspora […]
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin — by Elizabeth Kendal Despite being resource-rich and having the largest economy in Africa, Nigeria has more people living in poverty than any other country on earth. To Nigeria’s shame, more than 102 million Nigerians live in poverty, which is more than twice the number in India […]
By Lyndsey Koh — Originally published in Mission Network News Idris*, a staunch Muslim in a 90%-Muslim area of Nigeria, was so opposed to the borehole and other services local Christian missionaries provided that he ordered his wife not to drink of the new well water. According to Christian Aid […]
Originally published in UG Christian News Streams of Life Church. where Pastor Gerald Mwebe is a lead pastor, has shared a remarkable testimony of a car accident survivor in Kampala who received Christ and walked again this week after years of paralysis. On Wednesday, the church said one of its evangelists, Mr […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute Abortion legislation in Kenya has been put on hold because of pressure from pro-life campaigners. The Reproductive Health Bill 2019 permits abortion up to birth, extends rights to pregnant adolescents, and threatens health care professionals with a prison sentence if they fail to refer […]
Originally published in CSW News A Shari’a court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of Kano City in Kano state, northern Nigeria, has sentenced a minor to 10 years in prison with menial labour for blasphemy. Umar Farouk, 13, was found guilty on 10 August of using foul language against […]
As an intensive campaign of “90 Days of National Prayer” launched in Zimbabwe on June 1 enters its final weeks resolute intercessors are not deterred by an apparent escalation in corruption, repression and economic collapse in the nation. “As intercessors we do not focus on the natural realm because often […]
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin — by Elizabeth Kendal Despite its location in the north-west region of northern Nigeria and also being one of 12 states ruled (unconstitutionally) by Sharia Law, Kaduna State actually straddles Nigeria’s ethnic-religious fault-line. The north is predominantly Hausa-Fulani Muslim whilst the south is populated by numerous […]