South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
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 […]
Luxury car brand Porsche came in for some sharp criticism on social media after somebody spotted and shared that a landmark statue of Jesus overlooking Lisbon was missing from a car advert it filmed in the city. About 44 seconds into the advert posted on the company website last week […]
Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema, who is currently on a state visit to Israel, met on Tuesday with Israel’s president Isaac Herzog, and is also scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Jerusalem Post reports that Hichilema is the third Zambian president to visit Israel over the past decade. In […]
Originally published in The Christian Post World Aquatics is moving forward with plans to implement a separate category for trans-identified athletes to compete in amid intense debate about the fairness of allowing trans-identified male athletes to compete in women’s athletics. The World Aquatics Congress, the body that governs competitive swimming […]
South African moviegoers will be the first outside of North America to see Sound of Freedom, the record-breaking, faith-based thriller movie about a former US government agent rescuing children from sex traffickers, when it releases at cinemas across the country on August 18. Taking Hollywood by surprise, the independent movie […]