South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Dr Apostle Thapelo Selepe will be walking from Jeffreys Bay to Humansdorp — a distance of about 21km — tomorrow on a divinely-inspired mission to pray against killings of white farmers and citizens in South Africa. He told Gateway News today that in an encounter with God two weeks ago he was […]
Can a community be saved in a day? Can it be brought forth in a moment? Accendo Ministries witnessed just such a phenomenon on a miracle-filled day on September 12 when most of the residents of a hopeless, poverty-stricken Mpumalanga village gave their lives to Jesus in a day. Now […]
Church leaders in all nine provinces of South Africa participated on Tuesday in hour-long silent protests against Covid-19 corruption. The protests are part of a campaign launched nationally by the South African Council of Churches under the banner #CorruptionIsNotOurHeritage, a reference to September being Heritage Month in SA. The campaign […]
“We are praying for the downfall of corrupt officials from all walks of life,” said Methodist bishop Jacob Freemantle who spoke at the start of a silent protest outside the Nelson Mandela Bay City Hall on Wednesday. Just over 40 people, representing churches, civil society, unions and business stood silently […]
The relaxation of numerical restrictions on religious gatherings announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa last night has been welcomed by Freedom of Religion SA, says Advocate Nadene Badenhorst, legal counsel to FOR SA. The new rules, which become effective at midnight on Sunday, permit places of worship to accommodate people up […]
Richard Crompton, an advocate and pastor at Word of Faith Christian Centre, Port Elizabeth made a call on Monday for citizens of Nelson Mandela Bay to pray for the city at 12 noon every day for 30 days. He urged people to set their alarms for 12 midday every day […]
Anybody who wants to see the Kingdom of God advancing in every sphere of their nation — especially in the public sector, political realm, and economic and marketplace sectors — is invited to register for next week’s “September Intensive Online” hosted by South Africa’s newly-established School of Governance. So says […]
Over the past 40 years the Christian celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem has grown into an event that attracts thousands of believers to the Israeli capital every year, making it the largest and most popular annual tourist event in the nation. Since people cannot come to celebrate […]
It’s a movement that spread like wildfire, especially during the lockdown, when the needs of South Africans were highlighted like never before. The Dare to Love movement started in Pretoria but is currently active in various neighbourhoods, towns and provinces in the country, and even internationally in the Democratic Republic […]
Government is reviewing requests by religious leaders for at least half of their congregations and worshippers to attend meetings, instead of the stipulated 50 as per current level 2 regulations, President Cyril Ramaphosa said yesterday. Speaking during a virtual meeting with the South African National Editors Forum, he said South […]