South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]Christian music’s biggest selling group Casting Crowns will release their 6th studio album, ‘Thrive’, on January 28, 2014. All seven of the band members remain active in youth ministry. Lead singer and principal songwriter and veteran youth pastor Mark Hall provides an inside track on the inspiration behind ‘Thrive’ in […]
Music Review by Donovan de Necker INTERVAL – “THE GREAT ESCAPE” EP I have been involved in the music scene for almost 25 years now in one form or another, and over the years my taste in music has become more eclectic. The result is I enjoy most music, but […]
Jesus Culture artist Jake Hamilton and Jesus Culture producers will be collaborating with Sons of Life, the worship band at Spirit Word Ministries (SWM), to record a live album at the church in Stilfontein, North West, on November 22 and 23. “The band feels it is not only going to […]
Christian supporters of a pioneering feature length movie project that aims to portray the first three chapters of Genesis literally, using cutting-edge 3D visual effects and the latest scientific research, have pledged nearly $240 000 to date. Within just over a week of launching their Indiegogo crowd funding campaign the […]
South Africa’s premier Gospel awards show, the Crown Gospel Awards, will be screened live on SABC 2 on December 17, said World Gospel PowerHouse President Zanele LaMbokazi Nkambule, who founded the event in 2008. She said that during its first five years the big night for Gospel artists in SA and the […]
Multi-award winning US Gospel singer, Kirk Franklin, will head up an impressive line-up of talent at the first International Gospel BLESTIVAL in Durban on December 7. Franklin will also perform in Johannesburg on December 6. “The church and Gospel Music lovers will for the first time gather at Moses Mabhida […]
[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] Tigers face extinction. The rhino population is diminished by more than 2 per day. At current poaching rates, elephants will disappear within 12 years. Our grand-children […]
ONE Gospel, channel 331 DStv has chosen three finalists from more than 300 people from across Africa who entered its Inspired Lyric Competition, the channel says in a press release. Finalist Gershon Muller, 25, from Pinetown in Durban, is a musical director and plays keyboards at Hope Family Church International, which is pastored by […]
Christian documentary feature filmmaker Darren Wilson announced this week that his current, keenly-awaited ‘Holy Ghost’ project is producing “so much amazing stuff” that he has decided to make two movies that will be released 6 months apart. The first movie, which he will take on tour in August or September […]
Originally published by Charisma News In the two-night-only showing of SURGE, an interactive youth rally/rock concert/movie, 1 126 people made decisions to follow Jesus at more than 500 theaters nationwide. “This is the first time I’m aware of where an invitation was given for people to commit their lives to […]