South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in The Christian Post As many as 11 Christians were killed in a December 6 bus attack carried out by the Somali-based radical Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabaab in Kenya, according to a Christian persecution watchdog group. Police said a group of armed men ambushed a bus travelling from […]
Originally published in Fox News Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke, a German-born preacher nicknamed “the Billy Graham of Africa” for his record-setting crusades, died Saturday at 79. “He passed away peacefully, surrounded by family,” his wife, Anni Bonnke, said in a statement. The family lives in the United States but the founder […]
Originally published in Religion Unplugged In the latest move that pastors say is another threat to religious freedom, the Ugandan government ordered nearly 12 000 churches and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the country to close in November after failing to participate in a “validation exercise”. The exercise started in 2018 […]
By Deborah Bunting — Originally published in CBNNews.Com At least 10 gunmen stormed a Protestant church last Sunday in the West African nation of Burkina Faso, killing 14 people. The attack occurred during the church service when the worshippers were most vulnerable. Agence France-Presse quotes a source saying that approximately […]
In May this year Frontline Ministries (FM’s) set a new record when it delivered 125 000 Bibles and Christian books to the Nuba Mountains where Christians and other groups opposed to Sharia law have suffered years of bombings and food shortages due to scorched earth practices by the Islamic Sudan […]
First published by Thislife Online, a not-for-profit magazine sharing stories of hope from Cape Town and beyond. Tumaini Raymond from Arusha, Tanzania, has experienced more trauma and humiliation in her 31 years than many of us do in a lifetime. Yet look at what she’s done with her life! She […]
Originally published by Lifesite News The United States and 10 nations issued a stinging rebuke yesterday to the Nairobi Summit on population by declaring that any document the conference issued is illegitimate. The joint statement presented on the last day of the summit by the US Department of Health and Human Services […]
Originally published in Baptist Press It’s a hefty goal: share the Gospel 2,020 times by the fall of 2020. It’s an even loftier goal when following these conditions: – The entire Gospel story should be presented, not just a Bible story or a fragment of the Gospel truth. – It […]
Originally published in CBN News According to local Nigerian media reports, six girls and two staff members of a Christian high school in the north-central part of the country have been released after a ransom was paid. However, all eight were tortured during their ordeal. Morning Star News reports the […]
Originally published in Anglican News The Archbishop of York has called for urgent action to stop the oil spills that are devastating communities in Nigeria’s Bayelsa state. Following the release of an interim report of the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission, which he chairs, the Archbishop, Dr John Sentamu […]