South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A young Port Elizabeth musician whose rap song ‘Genoeg is Genoeg’ was a rallying cry in a 2011 campaign against drug abuse and gangsterism in the suburb of Helenvale is working on his first rap album. Earlier this year Jean-Mikyle Roos a Gr12 scholar at Andrew Rabbie High School received […]
Christian music veteran Carman has raised more than $233,000 to fund his first independent album in a decade. Christian music veteran Carman, who was diagnosed with incurable cancer earlier this year, has raised more than $233,000 to fund his first independent album in a decade. He credited kickstarter.com, a “crowd-funding” […]
Home, South Africa’s first ‘deaf movie’ — a 60 minute feature film performed by deaf actors using sign language — is launching nationwide this weekend. A contemporary adaptation of the Biblical story, The Prodigal Son, the film is being screened at churches throughout South Africa from Friday, May 24 to […]
Originally published in INContext Ministries’ World In Motion, Issue 76 The pan-Arab news giant is laying the groundwork for the launch of al-Jazeera America after its purchase of Current TV, a struggling US cable channel. Adel Iskandar, a professor of communication at Georgetown University and co-author of a 2002 book on the […]
Is it a theatre? Is it a coffee shop? Is it a church? The brightly coloured ‘Artuo Teatro’ building in Richmond Hill, Port Elizabeth keeps passers-by guessing. For musician, worship leader, ‘not-a-dominee’, Nagel Myburgh Artuo is indeed a unique blend of theatre, coffee shop and church. It is a ministry […]
‘God was in control of song’ A little bit of music history was made at the 19th MTN South African Music Awards at Sun City on Saturday night when for the first time ever a gospel album, Kulungile Baba, by Sifiso Ncwane, scooped the prestigious Record of the Year […]
[notice]PETE GOOCH coordinator of the Burn 24/7 prayer and worship movement in PE loves the unity that is expressed as believers from different churches gather to worship the King. He explains.[/notice] Why did Jesus pray for unity in John 17? Because He knew there would be division among us as […]
Music Review by Shelley Wasserman JOSH WILSON — ‘CARRY ME’ (single) The single ‘Carry Me’ has a lot of vulnerability and hope within its lyrics. During the last while Josh Wilson has battled with health issues of anxiety and panic attacks. He even went through a time when he had […]
[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] The ‘Sons of the Pioneers’ captured the essence of Cowboy life on the Western Plains with songs like ‘Cool Clear Water’ and ‘The Last Round-up’. Their […]
Originally published in Charisma News The record-breaking miniseries The Bible may be on its way to the big screen. Producer Mark Burnett divulged on Monday (April 22) that he is preparing a three-hour movie version of the hit series, which aired on the History Channel. “We’re cutting a movie version […]