South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Also see commentary by Afrika Mhlophe: https://gatewaynews.co.za/when-artistic-licence-gets-pushed-too-far-afrika-mhlophe/ A Kwa-Zulu Natal matric pupil whose art is at the centre of a social media storm for being blasphemous says his sketches and sculptures “are a far cry from the satanic panic some people claim it to be”. In a statement released on […]
Originally published in Vryheid Herald At precisely 16 minutes past 3pm on Saturday afternoon, an airplane flew over Vryheid High School’s rugby field. Below, a massive crowd of Vryheid’s residents looked up and saw “JOHN 3:16” boldly printed beneath its wings and cheered as it soared above them, in celebration […]
Representatives from pro-life congregations and organisations in South Africa are invited to participate in the annual National Alliance for Life (NAL) Conference which will be taking place on Saturday October 5 from 9am to 1pm at Gateway Church, Umhlanga. For those in the Cape who cannot participate in the NAL […]
Women entrepreneurs are resilient in their challenging entrepreneurial journey but more support is needed to propel them to even higher levels. So says Dr Natanya Meyer, an entrepreneur and lecturer at the North-West University’s (NWU) Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences ahead of a networking session in Durban where the Christian […]
A Culture of Recovery Conference that will take place in Cape Town at the end of August will seek to ensure that no one is left behind in the delivery of effective prevention and addiction intervention services. This is according to Karin Ussher from Project Exodus, which is described as […]
The first leg of a national road trip to find Kingdom solutions to South Africa’s many challenges has left Mkhangeli Matomela and Jacques Malan astounded by what God has already initiated in different communities. Starting in Cape Town on July 20, the pair visited nine cities and towns in eight […]
A family tale by Grant Winter Rowly Empey, who tuned 93 this month, is my wife Colleen’s father and therefore my father-in-law. Although born in South Africa, he is of Irish descent from a big family of seven children and the Empey clan have always been an extremely hardy, long-living […]
As a healthcare professional and follower of Jesus, Jill Lawton longed to offer people both clinical and spiritual healing. In this article she shares on key events in her quest for integrated healing — leading to the Heaven in Healthcare conference which is being held next month, for the second […]
The 21st KwaSizabantu Ministers’ Conference in South Africa is planned for March 4 to 6 2019 and all pastors and others involved in Christian ministry are welcome to attend, say the organisers. The conference, which is held alternately in Europe and South Africa, is usually attended by over 2 000 […]
Originally published in ACNS More than 2 000 Anglicans from Southern Africa and around the world were in Durban last week for Anglicans Ablaze, an international conference within the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The biennial event, which ran from October 3 TO 6, is a renewal platform meant to […]