South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
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 […]
By Obed Minchakpu — Compass Direct News Fulani Muslim herdsmen along with Muslim soldiers have killed at least 45 ethnic Berom Christians in Plateau state in the past week, Christians in this northern-central Nigerian town said. Smaller attacks beginning on November. 20, reportedly over allegations by Fulani Muslims of cattle […]
Originally published in Charisma News Rick Warren is calling his affiliation with Chrislam (a bridge-building attempt to allow the two religions to coexist) “nonsense” and “a lie that won’t die.” Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, directly responded to one of his Twitter followers on the microblogging site on Saturday. The […]
[notice]The leader of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (FCA), Archbishop Eliud Wabukala of Kenya, addressed the recent FCA conference in Durban. The FCA is a network of orthodox mainstream Anglicans which represents 40 million of the 55 million churchgoing Anglicans worldwide and Wabukala is considered by some as the counterpart […]
By Benjamin Weinthal – originally published in Jerusalem Post Iran’s government and security apparatus have ratcheted up the pressure on Evangelical pastor Youcef Nadarkhani to convert to Islam or face execution, Fox News reported on Saturday. Youcef Nadarkhani, now 34, was arrested in 2009 for questioning the compulsory Islamic education […]
Originally published in Charisma News As I turn 93, I am thankful to the Lord that not long before my birthday, I was able to complete a book I’ve been working on for some time. The book is called Nearing Home, and it’s about how to prepare for and face […]
Originally published in Christian Post A series of bombs attacks have hit numerous targets, including churches, in the northeastern Nigerian town of Damaturu, killing 63 people. Christians are among the scores of people killed as churches were blasted, and the Yobe state police HQ was also among the targets hit. […]
Originally published in Christian Post Forty-two years of terror seemingly ended today with the killing of ex-Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi by the Misrata Military Council. Libya’s Prime Minister confirmed Gaddafi’s death this morning. “We have been waiting for this moment for a long time,” confirmed Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril. With […]
Originally published in Baptist Press The attorney for imprisoned Iranian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani has confirmed that Iran’s Supreme Court will review his case if the appeals court returns it, CNN reported on Ocober 13. “The reversal is a minor victory for the two-year-old legal battle; the Supreme Court passed on […]