South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) yesterday urged the government to stop using state security agents to indiscriminately shoot at protesting civilians who were exercising their constitutional right to demonstrate, reports NewsDay. And in another development linked to this week’s bloody protests in Zimbabwe over 150% fuel hikes, popular pastor […]
Persecution of Christians continues to rise with 73 countries showing extreme, very high or high levels of persecution, reports the authoritative Open Doors World Watch List (WWL) for 2019. A year ago 58 countries were listed in those categories. Five years ago, North Korea (#1) was the only country categorised […]
Greetings from Cape Town! Hot off the plane From Pakistan! What an adventure! It’s my privilege to share it with you here on Gateway News. God is looking all around the world for someone who will say: “Here I am Lord, send me!” Both God and I took it literally […]
Originally published in The Christian Post A 99-year-old man living in a communist country where some have no conceptions of the gospel of any kind has said he wants to follow Jesus, a pastor and missionary revealed. Jordan Standridge, pastor of evangelism at Immanuel Bible Church in Springfield, Virginia, wrote […]
Multitudes of people who attended the recent It’s Time prayer day in Pretoria were blessed by the playing of two verses of Amazing Grace by English professional trumpeter Dan Newell. There was also an air of mystery around his performance, as Angus Buchan shared that Newell had come out from England at […]
Originally published in Fox News A Christian woman acquitted after eight years on death row for blasphemy was released but her whereabouts in Islamabad today remained a closely guarded secret in the wake of demands by radical Islamists that she be publicly executed. Asia Bibi was with her family and […]
A monthly column bringing you frontline testimonies of what God is stirring up across the globe. By international revivalist Lindy-Ann Hopley, Beautiful Witness Ministries. PANAMÁ PARA CRISTO Jesus is king. Not just here, not just there, but everywhere! This month I have been in South Africa, Pakistan (via video) & […]
Originally published in BBC.com A Pakistani court has overturned the death sentence of a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy, a case that has polarised the nation. Asia Bibi was convicted 2010 after being accused of insulting the prophet Muhammad in a row with her neighbours. She always maintained her innocence […]
South Africa has been promised that we are on the verge of a mighty harvest. There has been so much prayer backing and more united prayer with ‘Its Time’ that we can be expecting this harvest and great turn around in all the spheres of society. The prophetic words that […]
On October 20 thousands of people in hundreds of cities across the world will be walking in single-file, dressed in black as they participate in Walk For Freedom events to raise funds and awareness for the fight against human trafficking. Human trafficking is the fastest-growing crime in the world today […]