South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A music video featuring a tribute song about the late Nelson Mandela and sung by a group of 60 musicians headed by Loyiso Bala and Elwira Standili, was released yesterday in support of a campaign to fight gangsterism in the Cape Town area. While the song, Madiba Wethu, is a tribute to […]
Originally published in Charisma News Darren Wilson is ready to move back to the big screen. While he has spent the last three years creating two television shows (Adventures With God, Questions With God), he always knew his legacy would be tied to the feature films from his company, WP […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Katy Perry revealed that her mom has been praying for her to “come back to God” her entire pop star life after her transition out of the Christian music industry. Though the singer said she never left God, she is now focused more on […]
It takes a mere glance at the news so see that Jesus wasn’t kidding when He warned that “in this world you will have trouble” — John 16:33 AMP! The good news is that He goes on and urges us to “be courageous (be confident, be undaunted, be filled with […]
I recently thought of a book I had read a while ago called Africa Arise – Thoughts for a way forward. The book is written by Pastor Zerubbabel Mengistu of Beza International, known as Pastor Zee. The church is based in Ethiopia and annually hosts the Africa Arise conference, at […]
The jury is still out on a possible adjustment of the age classification of the movie ‘Show Dogs’ which launches in South Africa tomorrow (Friday July 6 2018), a spokesman for the Film and Publications Board said today. “We are yet to receive update from the office of the minister,” […]
Troubadours, a team of 19 young dancers, musicians and actors for Jesus from Brazil, England and South Africa, will be performing at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown from June 30 to July 8. The group members, aged from 18 to 25, are all volunteers with the Worcester office of […]
Verena Salzwedel is a retired teacher and has attended the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown for many years. She is always intrigued by the amazing range of God-given talents employed at the biggest arts festival in the southern hemisphere. And this year she found God intentionally on display in various […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen Leonard Sweet is the author of more than 60 books — this refreshing book is his most personal to date. Sweet grew up as a PK (preacher’s kid), but in his case the preacher was his mother. Mabel Boggs Sweet was an extraordinary woman, who […]
Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column. God wants to hear congregational singing that spans the generations and the genres. But, as could be expected, it is the contemporary generation and genre that […]