South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Today A pastor has been arrested in Canada after holding in-person worship services in breach of public health orders. Pastor Artur Pawlowski and his brother Dawid Pawlowski were arrested and charged with “organising an illegal in-person gathering, including requesting, inciting or inviting others to attend an illegal […]
Originally published in barnabasfund.org The savage violence of Islamist militants in northern Mozambique is driving the local population from their homes in terror – and Christians are one of their main targets. Beheading, skinning and cutting off the limbs of their victims are the group’s typical methods. “What they do […]
Western Cape Mighty Men stalwart Piperjames McGowan sent Gateway News the pictures on this page of a 10 miles (16km) walk he completed in Melton Mowbray, in Leicestershire, United Kingdom, pushing his care client David Weston-Webb on Easter Sunday to raise funds for Cape Town pro-life doctor Jacques de Vos […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News The Duke of Edinburgh and the Queen’s marriage was so strong because they were “so deeply rooted in Jesus Christ”, Dr John Sentamu has said. The royal couple had been married for more than 70 years when Philip died at Windsor Castle on Friday, […]
Originally published in Voice of Martyrs Thirty-five Christians have been arrested in Eritrea for conducting prayer meetings. The latest arrests dash hopes of a change of heart towards Christians in that country, where many have been imprisoned for their faith since Eritrea closed most of its churches in 2002. The […]
Originally published in Christian Today Christians are being called to pray for their fellow believers living in persecution hotspots after last Sunday’s bomb attack on an Indonesian cathedral. The blast in Makassar injured 20 worshippers as they were leaving a Palm Sunday service held at the start of Holy Week. […]
Originally published in Uganda Christian News Around East Africa, multitides are sharing tributes to Tanzania’s president John Pombe Magufuli who passed away at age 61. He died on Wednesday from “heart complications” at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Samia Suluhu Hassan, the vice-president of Tanzania said in an address on state television. She […]
Western Cape Mighty Men stalwart Piperjames McGowan will be pushing his care client David Weston-Webb 10 miles (16km) in a wheelchair in England on Easter Sunday to raise funds for pro-life doctor Jacques de Vos who needs specialised surgery in London for a serious health condition. Dr De Vos, 33, […]
The terrorist insurgency in northern Mozambique is not just a Mozambican problem but is a Southern African regional emergency that cannot be ignored by governments of the region, says the Fellowship of Christian Councils in Southern Africa (FOCCISA) in a statement released this week. According to the statement FOCCISA has […]
A multi-aged, multinational and multi-denominational army of women prayer warriors joined ranks last Saturday in a second Africa-wide vittual prayer connect hosted by Dr Fay Nqoloba, CEO of Warrior Woman of the Kingdom and Talitha Cumi Foundation this year. Following on a general Africa prayer connect on January 30, this event was […]