South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]Our Stand Up Sport columnist Cobus Kruger and his wife Philna interview athletes who will represent South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio in August. Accomplished athletes themselves, Cobus and Philna minister together in the sports arena and will accompany Team SA in Rio.[/notice] — By Philna Kruger […]
Originally published in The Christian Post No, this is not satire. An Ohio judge decided that a Catholic man had to pay his debt to society in the most ecclesiastical way possible — by attending worship at a Baptist church. Judge William Mallory of the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati […]
Originally published in Christian Today The Bible has already been translated into hundreds of languages, but a new – and slightly more unusual – one is being published this week: the emoji Bible. Marketed as “Scripture for millennials”, the Bible has been translated from the KJV using picture emoticons for […]
Originally published in Mission Network News According to a report by Breibart, Rome will dye its Trevi Fountain red on Friday, April 29, in honour of this era’s historic number of Christian martyrs. As of today, there are around 150 million Christians facing persecution across the globe, and it doesn’t […]
AZUSA SA gathering in Johannesburg; GOD TV broadcasting live from USA Expectations are high for a powerful, fresh move of God when about 120 000 revival-hungry Christians gather at the Los Angeles Memorial Colisseum stadium on Saturday (April 9, 2016) for Azusa Now — a 15 hours session of “unity, […]
Originally published in Christian Concern At least 74 people have been killed and 341 others have been injured in an Easter Sunday bombing in Lahore, Pakistan. The suicide attacks were carried out by a splinter-group of the Pakistani Taliban, Jamat-Ul-Ahrar, who said they had deliberately targeted Christians. More bad news […]
In the aftermath of terrorist attacks on Tuesday (March 22, 2016) in Belgium, the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team is sending chaplains to provide emotional and spiritual care to those affected by the tragedies, reports Billygraham.org “The entire city has been traumatised,” said Jack Munday, international director of the Rapid […]
Originally published in The Telegraph UK Prime Minister, David Cameron has used his Easter message to the country to declare that Britain is still a Christian country, as he urged the nation to “speak out” over the persecution of the faithful around the world. In his message, Cameron said: “Across […]
Originally published in Charisma News How far will a father go for his daughter? Well, one father advertised for a future son-in-law in a Christian magazine, telling suitors she is “godly, gorgeous, athletic, educated, careered, humorous, travelled, bilingual, 26-year-old virgin.” The daughter, Rachel Stewart, says she was tipped off by some “sympathetic women” […]
Israel pursuing closer relations with Africa Calling Israel an apartheid state trivialises what black South Africans endured under that system, says Olga Meshoe, daughter of African Christian Democratic Party president, Rev Kenneth Meshoe, in a recent appearance on CBN’s 700 Club. For the past two years, as the COO of […]