South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Reuters.Com Gun and bomb attacks by Islamist insurgents in the northern Nigerian city of Kano last week killed at least 178 people, a hospital doctor said todayo, underscoring the challenge President Goodluck Jonathan faces to prevent his country sliding further into chaos. A coordinated series of bomb […]
By Simba Tian — Compass Direct News BWERA, Uganda – A 15-year-old Christian girl in western Uganda who lost the use of her legs after her father locked her in a room for six months for leaving Islam has begun to take tentative steps. Susan Ithungu of Isango village, Kasese district, had […]
By Simba Tian — Compass Direct News NAIROBI, Kenya — Far from the world media’s gaze in remote islands off the eastern coast of Africa, church buildings are razed and Christians are ostracized and imprisoned for their faith – leaving one with a skin disease. On Tanzania’s island of Zanzibar, […]
An international team of 46 women — including nine from South Africa — started climbing Mount Kilimanjaro this week to raise awareness and funds to combat slavery. The women are being supported by a 10-woman prayer team, interceding for them at the base of Africa’s highest mountain — the highest […]
By Simba Tian — Compass Direct News A Somali convert from Islam was paraded before a cheering crowd last month and publicly flogged as a punishment for embracing a “foreign religion,” sources said. Sofia Osman, a 28-year-old Christian from Janale city in Somali’as Lower Shabelle region, had been taken into […]
Originally published in Christian Post Police in Virginia USA, have recovered an 36 kilogramme statue of baby Jesus after a woman who allegedly stole it from a nativity scene uploaded a picture of the figure on her Facebook page. Fredericksburg Police detectives found the plastic baby Jesus figure, which had […]
Originally published in Christian Post Online evangelism is producing real disciples for Christ, according to a recent study. Over half of those who made a decision for Jesus over the Internet have subsequently shared their faith with others, Global Media Outreach’s study reveals. Additionally, 34 percent read their Bibles daily […]
Originally published in Christian Telegraph Pope Benedict XVI revealed his three Christmas wishes for this year, just before remotely switching on the lights of the world’s largest Christmas tree, reports Catholic News Agency. “When we look at it our eyes are lifted up, raised toward the sky, toward the world […]
By Paul Kendall – Originally published in The Telegraph At just after 1.30pm on Thursday, Paul Apowida, a soldier with 1st Battalion The Rifles, marched on to the parade ground at Beachley Barracks, near Chepstow, to receive a campaign medal for his service in Afghanistan. Fresh off the plane from […]
Christians in cities in South Africa and around the world will unite for an hour of public prayer for their nations from 7.14 pm to 8.14pm tomorrow (December 1) as they participate in the global 7:14 prayer initiative. Named after the inspirational intercessory Bible verse, 2 Chronicles 7:14, and timed […]