South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By World Watch Monitor Nearly twice as many Christians died for their faith in the past year than in 2012, according to Open Doors International’s 2014 World Watch List. Open Doors International, a charity that supports Christians under pressure for their faith, said 2 123 Christians were reported to […]
North Korea still tops World Watch List For the 12th consecutive year the hermit communist country of North Korea remains the world’s most restrictive nation in which to practice Christianity, according to the Open Doors 2014 World Watch List (WWL). However, a major trend which the WWL tracked in 2013 […]
Originally published in Crossmap South African born David Cape has spent the last 25 years on a journey of unprecedented servanthood evangelism, carrying a cross and a foot washing bowl, as he walked thousands of kilometres through 28 nations. In March of 2014 the ministry will shift its focus as […]
A South African husband and wife team, Michael and Renee Watson of Frontline Fellowship, completed an epic seven months overland mission trip through 12 African countries this year. The intrepid missionary couple covered 29 000 km as they ministered in Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Congo, […]
Open Doors will release its 2014 World Watch List (WWL) of 50 countries that are the worst persecutors of Christians on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2013 during a press conference in Washington, D.C. Open Doors is an international ministry which has been supporting and strengthening persecuted Christians for almost 60 years. […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Jesus Christ has been named as the most significant person in human history ever, according to a new rankings system that based its listing on Wikipedia data. The list was created by analyzing the impact a figure has had on people’s opinions over history. […]
By Dan Wooding — Assist News Service Evangelist Will Graham, the grandson of Billy Graham, has said that at the age of 95, Mr. Graham is close to going home to be with the Lord. In an exclusive interview at Hosanna Christian Fellowship, Bellflower, California, before he was to preach […]
Originally published in Charisma News Billy Graham and Nelson Mandela never met, but the two have been connected in many ways over the years. Both were born in 1918. Both have appeared countless times together on the USA Today/Gallup’s list of “Most Admired.” And the two corresponded with each other through letters during […]
Oorspronklik gepubliseer in Kerkbode Die Filippynse Bybelgenootskap wil deur middel van die “God is ons toevlug-projek” so gou moontlik 250 000 Bybelgedeeltes, 20 000 Bybelse strokiesprente en 20 000 volledige Bybels onder tifoonslagoffers versprei. Dit kom nadat die ergste tifoon in die geskiedenis onlangs die dood van meer as 10 000 mense en die […]
The announcement of a January 22, 2014 date for the Geneva II talks on the future of Syria is a ray of hope for Open Doors’ advocacy efforts for Christians in Syria and gives added impetus to the Save Syria campaign. More than 280 000 people from over 70 countries […]