South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Darryl Reid remembers a Friday night meeting at his local church (Breakthru Life Church, Johannesburg) about six years ago when a member of a visiting Bethel Church team prophesied that God was going to use him in filmmaking. “My thoughts were, ‘how far off the mark is this guy..?’ writes […]
A clear purpose seems to be one of the main reasons that keeps multi-award winning Christian pop rock group, Newsboys, going, in addition to being slightly unconventional. More than 20 years down the line, the group is still churning our hits like, ‘God’s Not Dead’, which was first released in […]
Originally posted in Christian News Net Reports that a Hillsong choir director (or former choir director) has come out as “gay” and is engaged to another member has raised widespread controversy and has elicited a response from the leader of the international chain of churches. Josh Canfield, a Broadway performer, […]
Members of Tim Omotoso Global Outreach’s (TOGO) Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) will reach out to the city on Saturday, August 8 with a peace march, PassionWalk4Peace, from the Durban City Hall to New Beach where they will host an outreach programme and a concert. The marchers will depart from West Street, near […]
[notice]In Video of the Week we post a weekly video clip to inspire, inform, edify or entertain. Readers are welcome to email suggested clips of the week to news@gatwaynews.co.za[/notice] Originally published in Testimony1 Dr Gerald Schroeder2 is a scientist with over 30 years of experience in research and teaching. He […]
[notice]A monthly interview column in which Mike Beets tunes into the heartbeat of Christian musicians and the SA Christian music industry.[/notice] The Altar Band is a prophetic worship band from Johannesburg, South Africa consisting of a husband and wife team Amiel and Octavia Govender. This dynamic and anointed team started […]
Holy Ghost Reborn, Wanderlust Productions’ sequel to last year’s Holy Ghost, will be screened at special premiere events around the United States from August 15 before its release on October 20. The feature-length documentary movie includes footage shot in South Africa in January last year when Darren Wilson and his […]
[notice]In Video of the Week we post a weekly video clip to inspire, inform, edify or entertain. Readers are welcome to email suggested clips of the week to news@gatwaynews.co.za[/notice] This video clip, at 12 minutes, is longer than our typical Video of the Week clips. But it will reward you […]
Originally published in Aleteia This video has amazed millions of people worldwide. It was produced by a multinational company a year ago as an ad, showing employees giving maintenance to the lighting of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Regardless of its commercial nature, the ad is inspiring in a number […]
[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] High-Jump Athletes are continually pushing themselves to achieve ‘higher’ standards of excellence. They do this by raising the bar, incrementally, and willing themselves to exceed the height they reached […]