South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Seventeen year old Jessi Barron is on her way to Johannesburg for her live performance on MNet’s 1Gospel Channel, after walking away with the prize from Kingfisher FM’s Do You Rock?-2011. Jessi is a learner at Harvest Christian School, Port Elizabeth. She started singing in Grade 6 and has been […]
[notice]Movie reviews by Andre Viljoen[/notice] I recently received four Christian movie DVDs from Brettian Productions. As I watched these well-crafted, entertaining films it struck me that there has indeed been a welcome, upwards trend in Christian movie making. Many more films are being made for Christian viewers, and the production […]
[notice]Tania Ahlfeldt interviews fine artist Sonia Stumpfer who sees her work as an expression of her relationship with God. Strumpfer is opening her Summerstrand home to visitors over the last weekend of November.[/notice] Spending time in Sonia’s intimate, paint spattered studio was inspiring. From the studio I gazed onto the […]
Worship teams in South Africa are getting ready to play their part in leading slots as worshipers in 30 countries join tomorrow in the first annual Global Day of Worship (GDW) with the goal of lifting the name of Jesus in a united wave of worship that will span the […]
The Moipei Quartet, also known in their country as the Kenyan Angels walked away with an award in the Best Of Africa category at the 4th annual Crown Gospel Music Awards. On Sunday 6th November 2011, approximately eight thousand people attended this prestigious event hosted at the impressive iNkosi Albert […]
The winners of the 2011 Crown Gospel Music Awards were announced on Saturday at the ICC in Durban. The winners are: Best WorshipIsrael Mosehla – Uyinkosi YamakhosiNqubeko Mbatha -In The PresenceWord And Life -I Will Love YouKatlehong Gospel Choir- Uyingcwele Best JazzNathi Zungu- I Am Trust In MeLebo Sekgobela – […]
Bibles and Christian books are now on sale 24/7 at select Sasol petrol station stores in Port Elizabeth. And for Operation Mobilisation co-ordinator, Fred van der Westhuizen, coming up with the novel book sales idea, really was a case of thinking outside of the box. “I have lots of OM […]
South Africa is symbolic of a country that has seen political unrest and cultural hardships, but has begun enjoying a new found freedom. During these years on South Africa’s road to democracy there has been a central root connecting our diverse culture, contemporary gospel and spiritual music, making this the […]
A 200 voice choir will release “The Sound of Heaven” during an ambitious live CD/DVD recording at Word of Faith Christian Centre in Port Elizabeth on Sunday (November 6). Worship groups from Word of Faith and 11 relating churches in the area were collaborating in the recording which would include […]
Courageous, a new feature film from the creators of Fireproof, will be the first Sherwood Pictures film to be released on the big screen in South African cinemas. The film,an uplifting faith-filled story based on the scripture in Joshua 24:15 “But as for me and my household, we will serve […]