South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Old punk rockers don’t just get saved when they turn to Jesus. They set out to redeem punk music — at least that’s the testimony of Don de Necker, 38, one of the band members of Old Timers, whose first album, Soli Deo Gloria, is doing well in some surprising […]
The 10th International Creative Arts Worship Destiny in God Conference 2012 featuring Jakes Hamilton of Jesus Culture launches at the Alberton Civic Centre on Saturday, Key speakers at the conference, which runs until July 7, are Dr Hendrik Bester, Bishop Christopher Hardy, Pastor Wentzel Du Plessis and Jake, say the […]
Originally published in Christian Telegraph On Tuesday evening, June 19, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) celebrated the songwriters and music publishers behind the past year’s most-performed songs in Christian music during the organization’s annual Christian Music Awards, held at BMI’s Nashville offices on Music Row, reports Ginny McCabe, Special to ASSIST […]
Worship teams from the United Kingdom and around the world will hold a 30-day Olympic Burn in London from July 14 to August 12 to keep the fire of God’s presence burning continuously throughout the 2012 Olympics. The fireplace was prepared on Saturday, May 26 at the London’s Burning event […]
Popular Gospel duo Takie and Rohliwa supported by an array of church choirs and gospel artists are performing in a Youth Praise Concert at the Winners Chapel International church in Pretoria on Saturday, June 16. The “Giving Him the Highest Praise” Youth Day event at the church on the corner […]
Mission Possible — a full day of music and entertainment for the young and young-at-heart — will be taking place from 10am until 10pm at the corner of the N1 and Standford Road, Nelson Mandela Bay, on Youth Day, Saturday June 16. The programme for the evangelism outreach to the […]
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] “Very Wide: We sings songs from Vineyard and Hillsongs, Kingsway and Hosanna. ….” “Very Wide: We sing songs by Tim Hughes, Matt Redman, Michael W Smith, […]
Life has never been more exciting for stay at home mom, Sibongile Sibeko. This June, she will open for Gaither vocalist, David Phelps’ South African Tour in both Johannesburg and Cape Town. To top it all off, the singer is about to begin recording her debut Gospel album with Brettian […]
Music review by Shelley Wasserman STAY AMAZED — Oslo Gospel Choir (featuring Loyiso Bala and Courtney Jonas) The Oslo Gospel Choir is an internationally renowned choir that originates from Norway. They began in 1988 and since then have performed over 1 000 live shows and sold more than 1.5 million […]
Music review by Shelley Wasserman LOFT SESSIONS — Bethel Church Loft Sessions is really a beautiful CD. The title, obviously, is not for nothing as it really was recorded in a refurbished loft. But I believe that is not the only reason for the title. The artists gathered family and […]