South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Pastors Phil and Lucinda Dooley, the Cape Town-based lead pastors of Hillsong Church Africa confirmed in a letter to their African constituency this week that the co-founder and global senior pastor of Hillsong Church, Brian Houston, has asked them to step into the role of acting global senior pastors. Houston […]
Bethel Church in Redding, California, is calling on members and Christians around the world to pray for senior leader Beni Johnson as she battles cancer. Beni, along with husband Bill, are senior leaders of the globally-influential church that is well-known for its revival culture, school of supernatural ministry and inspiring […]
In December US multisite megachurch Life.Church announced that it had brought church to the “metaverse” — an online, 3-D, virtual reality world where people can interact through avatars — virtual representations of themselves. Nearly 100 people from various parts of the world attended the first service and two of them […]
One in seven Christians worldwide suffers persecution, says Open Doors Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover is now the most dangerous place in the world to be a Christian, according to figures released today in the 2022 World Watch List (WWL). The WWL, which records levels of persecution and discrimination across […]
Yesterday the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) sponsored a rescue flight for 65 South African Jews who were allowed to make aliyah to Israel, even amid the current tight travel restrictions. The flight tickets were funded through a special donation of the ICEJ-South Africa branch, and marked its second emergency […]
An urgent application brought by non-profit organisation Citizens for Integrity challenging the government’s stance on Miss South Africa participating in Israel was struck off the roll in the Pretoria High Court yesterday. This means that Lalela Mswane will compete in the pageant in Eliat, Israel on Sunday without the blessing […]
A baby girl who is thought to have been born last night or in the early hours of this morning was picked up among reeds in a flowing stream in Kuwadzana, Harare and brought to Dawnview Children’s Home, said Tatenda Gunguwo of Voice of Peace an NPO which cares for […]
Port Elizabeth will be rising up with more than 40 countries and 150 cities around the world in taking a stand for five important freedoms on Saturday, says Wendy Louw, local leader of a movement that is mobilising citizens to protest against loss of liberty due to excessive coronavirus restrictions. […]
While rebel forces are advancing on the Ethiopian capital, strict curfews and security sweeps are in place, and a nationwide state of emergency is in force, nothing can stop the power of the Gospel, says evangelist Tamryn Klintworth who is leading a series of evangelism crusades in the troubled nation. […]
Originally published in CBN NewsEach November, the call goes out around the globe for Christians to come together and pray for the persecuted church. Organisers of this year’s International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians say intercession is needed now more than ever as hundreds of millions of believers are experiencing attacks […]