South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Morning Star News Two siblings in their mid-20s were attacked and a church building burned last month in an area of Kenya where Islamic extremists killed at least 13 people last July – including the siblings’ father. Somalis in coastal Kenya’s Lamu County struck 25-year-old Annah after […]
Originally published in Fox News The Islamic State claimed responsibility Thursday for an attack on a popular museum in Tunisia that left 23 people dead a day earlier, according to an audio recording posted online. Thursday’s statement described the attack as a “blessed invasion of one of the dens of […]
Originally published in God Reports The Free Methodist Church USA announced the release of its kidnapped missionary in Nigeria, Phyllis Sortor. In a statement signed on behalf of the Board of Bishops of the church, David W. Kendall said the 71-year-old Sortor was released by her captors on Friday evening (March […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor A 70-year-old missionary, active in education, health services and clean-water development, was abducted Monday by unspecified kidnappers in Nigeria. Rev Phyllis Sortor, born in Rwanda to Portuguese and French missionary parents and based in the U.S. state of Washington when not in the field, […]
Originally published in Christian Post Meriam Ibrahim, the Christian mother who was held prisoner and initially sentenced to death in Sudan for her faith, is set to receive the National Religious Broadcasters’ President’s Award later in February for showing “what it means to not be ashamed of Christ.” “Meriam Ibrahim […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald ISIS recently posted a video where members of the terror group beheaded 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians on the shore of a beach in Libya. However, that video also showed the victims’ refusal to recant their faith and convert to Islam. According to Stefan J […]
Originally published in Christian Today Nigeria and its Lake Chad Basin allies pushed Boko Haram out of four more towns in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno after a joint allied offensive conducted over the weekend. According to a Yahoo! News article citing AFP, a joint operation involving Nigerian, Chadian and […]
I was privileged to part of a delegation of South African Christians who visited the country of Ethiopia. The trip to Addis Ababa was facilitated by Vuka Africa Foundation (VAF), an organisation that exists to take the message of restoration to the continent of Africa. Our 6-day trip began with […]
It’s time for Africans to get involved in the building and reconstruction of Africa, says Vuka Africa Foundation (VAF) which is leading a 6-day trade mission to Ethiopia. 15 South African business owners who are on the mission which began on January 27 and concludes on February 1 are participating […]
Originally published in Christian News Christians in Niger are joyfully meeting in homes under police protection as they plan to rebuild church buildings and houses after attacks last weekend (January 16-18) that were unprecedented in scale. “Nothing of this magnitude has ever happened in this nation,” wrote one missionary couple […]