South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in LifesiteNews.com In some quarters the bishop of Rome is considered infallible; in others, he’s considered irrelevant. Pop singer Lady Gaga told Europe 1 radio that Pope Benedict XVI’s views on marriage are meaningless. “What the Pope thinks of being gay does not matter to the world,” the […]
Originally published in Fox News.com Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has spoken out in a letter of thanks to his supporters around the world after his release from the Iranian prison where he was held for three years for refusing to renounce his faith. (See letter below) The carefully worded, […]
An Ohio church that once had a large statue of Jesus known as “Touchdown Jesus” has completed construction of its equally large replacement. The Lux Mundi Jesus statue was put in front of Solid Rock Church of Monroe off of Interstate 75 on Wednesday, being positioned by a lake the […]
Military officials accused of masterminding attack, manipulating investigation By Open Doors News Nineteen suspects accused of inciting the brutal 2007 murders of three Christians in eastern Turkey went on trial before Malatya’s Third Criminal Court in early September. With the court’s acceptance in June of a third indictment in the […]
Riots start of serious movement — Hezbollah leader Eight South Africans were among 12 people killed in an attack by a 22-year-old woman suicide bomber in the Afghan capital, Kabul, today. An Islamist militant group Hizb-i-Islami, which claimed responsibility for the attack on a minibus carrying foreign aviation workers […]
The US is on heightened alert every September 11. This time, the attacks are coming from atheists and the target is the cross. The American Atheists Foundation filed a lawsuit regarding the 17-foot, relic cross found amid the rubble at the World Trade Center. The lawsuit complains of unequal representation. […]
Report compiled from reports in Christian Post and Religion Today Anti-Islam film sparks protests A United States ambassador and three American citizens were killed by Muslim protesters and US embassies were attacked in Libya, Egypt and Yemen in a week in which the US marked the 11th anniversary of the […]
Originally published in Christian Post A Bible used by Elvis Presley until his death in 1977 and containing his handwritten notes, thoughts, annotations and underlining was bought by an American man based in the U.K. for £59 000, or R780 000, at an auction in Cheshire on Saturday. The holy […]
[notice]Operation Mobilisation Ships CEO Peter Nicoll is in South Africa training on leadership development. Bonnie Mentel met him in Pretoria where they chatted about unusual ministry opportunities opened up by the ship, Logos Hope which has had more than 3 million visitors in the last three years.[/notice]Operation Mobilisation (OM) Ships […]
Originally published in Christian Post Former US President George W. Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair should be tried as war criminals, Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican Archbishop of South Africa, wrote Sunday. “The immorality of the United States and Great Britain’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003, […]