South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column. The other Sunday I listened to the world news before coming to our worship service. The news told of those destructive fires in Australia, of floods […]
Book review by Debbie Hemmens The explanation on the front cover says this book is “A Christian Teen’s Guide To Understanding Homosexuality. The book does just that through honest conversation, real-life examples and biblical research for people to find answers that align with God’s intent. The book is written primarily […]
Andrea Dawn Combs of Africa Christian Action reviews the movie, Unplanned which launches in select theatres in South Africa, Namibia and Zambia on Friday Unplanned is the powerful, true story of Abby Johnson, who was enchanted by the notion of working for Planned Parenthood, believing their goal is to help women and […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Filmmaker Dallas Jenkins and the star of his new series The Chosen, Jonathan Roumie, spoke about the power behind their multi-season hit series at the 28th annual Movieguide Awards. The first-ever multiseason show about the life of Jesus’ followers, The Chosen: Season One, is […]
Straight off her collaboration with Benjamin Dube, singer, songwriter and former Joyous Celebration lead singer HLE, also known to many as Hlengiwe Ntombela, released her debut solo single Dwala last Friday — and it went straight to number one on the iTunes charts. The iTunes success was achieved amid some major […]
Unplanned , a powerful film that tells the real-life story of Abby Johnson, the former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic who became an anti-abortion activist opens in South Africa, Namibia and Zambia on Friday February 28. Below you can listen to an interview (with questions in text and answers in […]
Bernard Victor Roebert, a pioneer of Christian television in Africa, passed away on February 7 at the age of 83. “A godly man who blessed everybody’s lives he came across in one way or another”, he oversaw Faith Terrestrial, the oldest Christian TV station on the continent that was founded […]
Originally published in Christian Today A New York City subway singer hoping to be the next winner on “American Idol” took a moment during her nerve-wracking audition to put the spotlight on God. During the audition, Samantha Diaz, who goes by the stage name of “Just Sam”, plucked up the […]
The founder of the world-acclaimed traditional, cultural, scathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Dr Joseph Shabalala passed away on the February 11 2020 at Life Eugene Marais Hospital in Pretoria at the age of 78. Joseph Shabalala was born in 1941 and was the eldest of eight children. This eldest son […]
The Gospel edition of the Magic Music Sessions due to be held on April 25 will feature Grammy Award-winning recording artist/songwriter Tasha Cobbs Leonard. Concert promoters Vertex Events have assured that the singer will perform at this year’s Magic Music Sessions despite a recently cancelled tour by another concert […]