South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
South African evangelism ministry In His Name Ministries reports back on their recent ground-breaking campaign in eastern Ethiopia We started building our relationships with the evangelical fellowships of Dire Dawa and Harar in August of last year, when we included these cities among those we visited to distribute the Amharic […]
Brother Andrew, whose clandestine Bible deliveries behind the Cold War Iron Curtain earned him the title of “God’s smuggler” and who launched a global organisation supporting persecuted Christians, died yesterday at his home in Harderwijk, Netherlands. Brother Andrew, whose given name was Andrew van der Bijl, was 94 years old. […]
A fresh wave of prayer is sweeping through the global ministry of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) — and it is releasing revival in remarkable ways. In an update posted on the ministry’s website, ICEJ prayer coordinator Joshua Gooding says that when Covid struck two years ago the ICEJ […]
Originally published in CBN News Bethel Church co-Pastor Beni Johnson – an author, Bible teacher, intercessor, and the wife of Pastor Bill Johnson – has passed away after battling cancer. Bill wrote on social media that Beni is now “Healthy and free” in her eternal home in heaven. Their son […]
Leaders from around the world have spoken out against appropriation of the term “apartheid” from its historical South African context with the goal of defaming and isolating Israel by portraying it as a racist entity. At a conference at the end of Junes, co-hosted by the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), […]
Andre Viljoen interviews Richard Gordon spiritual director of the world’s only Christian coding boot camp (Part 1 of 2) Four years ago, some visionaries at Bethel Church in Redding California came up with an out-there, first-of-its-kind idea. What if they took people who had never coded before and in just […]
Originally published in Church Times THE persecution of Christians around the world has reached “genocidal” proportions, and needs a response on the scale of the abolitionist or climate-change movements to raise awareness, a conference of politicians, bishops, and charities concluded. One in every seven Christians is facing discrimination and persecution daily — much of […]
By Tali Feinberg — Originally published in South African Jewish Report Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein has called on South African Reverend Professor Dr Jerry Pillay to “retract statements accusing Israel of apartheid and calling for a boycott of the Jewish state” after Pillay was elected general secretary of the […]
Originally published in CBN News The US Supreme Court has overturned its 1973 landmark Roe v Wade decision that legalised abortion nationwide for nearly 50 years. The ruling came in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The case challenged Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, and whether it was unconstitutional. It was enacted […]
UPDATE: World rugby follows swimming example — Transgender players banned from women’s international rugby league Originally published in The Christian Post World swimming’s governing body, FINA, has decided to prohibit some men who identify as female from participating in women’s competitions. However, some say the new policy is misguided and […]