Rev Lazarus Chakwera, president of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), is set to become the nation’s new leader, with unofficial results showing he has amassed nearly 60% of votes in what will be Africa’s first change of power following a presidential election re-run ordered by the courts over irregularities. More […]
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Christian groups criticise ANC attack on chief Justice Mogoeng for his remarks on Israel
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has come under fire from the ANC and anti-Israel activists who want him to be disciplined or to resign over remarks he made in a webinar on Tuesday in which he lamented the South African government’s adoption of a lopsided attitude toward the Israel-Palestinian conflict which denied […]
Baptist president denounces ‘hijacked’ BLM group, but says it honours Jesus to say ‘Black Lives Matter’
J D Greear, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention in the US on Tuesday, implored Southern Baptist members to accept and promote that “black lives matter” as a Gospel issue but criticised the Black Lives Matter organisation in his 2020 presidential address to church members. Speaking from his office […]
Positive response to past prayers in parliament stirs faith for answers to Africa Day intercession
On days when events that shape the course of our history take place, it always seems to be just an ordinary day like many others, with the sun rising and going down in the same direction. It is always when we look back that we begin to appreciate the magnitude […]
Retired SA bishop pens prayer inspired by George Floyd killing in US
The killing of George Floyd by a police officer in the United States has triggered racial justice protests across America and in many nations, including South Africa. A former Anglican Bishop of Port Elizabeth, Eric Pike, has been moved by the tragic incident to write a prayer which is published […]
WATCH: ‘Releasing Jesus from prison and restoring Africa’
It is one thing to hear God declare his plan for restoring Africa. It is another thing to respond to what you believe God has said by buying land and starting to build new villages. But that is what he did, veteran Ugandan pastor and intercessor Laban Jjumba told fellow […]
WATCH: Powerful testimony of unity, hope in midst of US race protests
Called and anointed to be peacemakers In the past week the news from America has been dominated by reports of a wave of protest and riots that has swept across the nation in response to the shocking killing of a black man, George Floyd, in Minneapolis, by a white policeman […]
Historic virtual prayer meeting marks new phase in united church pursuing Africa’s divine destiny
Chief Justice Mogoeng of South Africa hosted a historic virtual Africa Day prayer meeting on Monday May 25 with nearly 1 000 leaders from across the continent. The meeting, which was birthed out of a campaign Mogoeng heads up to take healing to SA, marked a new phase of the Church […]
2020, you ain’t over yet – Lindy-Ann Hopley
We are preparing the nets A woman commented “false prophet” on one of my videos as I spoke in January of the revival that I see coming in the Spirit in 2020. My response: “Hold up lady! 2020 ain’t over yet!” I still see it. And we are hearing of […]
Men, wives testify of impact of Gospel message during online global Mighty Men conference
“Testimonies are coming in fast and furious” says Angus Buchan of how lives of people around the world were turned around by Jesus through a simple Gospel message the farmer-evangelist preached from his KwaZulu-Natal farm during the virtual Global Mighty Men Conference last Saturday. At the outset of his sermon […]