South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has not yet responded to a call made on it last Thursday to help secure the release of two South African women kidnapped by Hamas, says South African Friends of Israel (SAFI) national spokesperson Bafana Modise. “We still haven’t received any response […]
Originally published in The Christian Post The killers of a tour guide and two tourists in western Uganda accused them of supporting Christian work, days after an evangelist in Kampala was beaten unconscious after Muslim extremists attacked him for being an “infidel,” sources said. Those killed were Ugandan Christian tour […]
In early October, Afshin Javid was visiting Israel with his ministry Cyrus Call, which promotes friendship between Persians and Jews, reports CBN News. But like millions of others, he found himself in the middle of a war when Hamas launched a bloody attack on October 7. As a former Hezbollah […]
United States Missionary pilot Ryan Koher and two South African volunteers – Eric Day and Willem du Plessis – have returned to their home countries after Mozambique authorities released their passports and permitted them to leave the county, says Missions Aviation Fellowship) communications officer Jazz Christie. The missionaries were arrested […]
Last week I published a short update from Israel from Vivienne Myburgh national director of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ), South Africa, who was leading a tour group of South Africans at a joyful Feast of Tabernacles celebration. Little did either of us suspect that the next week we […]
A video of a rare moment in world rugby — when Springbok and Tonga players huddled together in a circle and then knelt and prayed together after their bruising pool match last Sunday — has touched millions of people on social media and even non-believers were positively moved. The 49-18 […]
The Time2Rise movement that is uniting the Body of Christ for change in South Africa has spread to Malawi. Time2Rise Malawi was launched in central Malawi on August 29 at a gathering hosted by movement founder Pastor Francis Ananda Chipukunya and Pastor Amanda le Roux, a leader of Time2Rise South […]
Originally published in Christian Today Steve Osmond, a zoologist and scientist, has just moved with his family from South Africa to Scotland to take up a new role at the Solas Centre for Public Christianity as an apologist and evangelist. Solas’ assistant director Gavin Matthews has called Osmond an answer to prayer […]
Gary Millar, 54, of Broughshane, Northern Ireland is cycling 440km this month to raise funds for brain tumour research. Piperjames McGowan of Mighty Men Western Cape said Gary — a cancer survivor himself — is a keen supporter of the Mighty Men movement, especially in South Africa. An attorney in […]
By Jesse T Jackson — Originally published in Church Leaders Brian Houston, founder and former global senior pastor of Hillsong Church, was found not guilty of covering up his father’s sexual abuse by an Australian magistrate on Thursday (Aug. 17). The decision comes nearly two years to the date after Houston was charged by […]