When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven — Nehemiah 1:4 On Monday I joined retired Anglican Bishop of Port Elizabeth Eric Pike and a group of walkers on the 14th of 19 stages […]
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Prayer webinar on Thursday against CSE, for godly solutions
South African Christians are invited to join a strategic, live prayer webinar at 8.30pm tomorrow (Thursday November 28) to resist the implementation of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in schools and to release Heaven’s education system in SA. Missed the webinar? Click here for a replay The online prayer event, which […]
Joyful conclusion to Love Cape Town City Fest campaign
Report by Brandon St Clair, media coordinator The Love Cape Town CityFest took place on Saturday November 16 at Westridge Gardens, Mitchell’s Plain Cape Town, marking a joyful conclusion to a series of outreaches headed by African Enterprise and the Luis Palau Association in which thousands of people made […]
Critics of CSE reject DBE’s ‘fake news’ claims, call for wider consultation
Organisations critical of the Department of Basic Education’s handling of Comprehensive Sexuality Education stood their ground this week in the face of DBE statements accusing critics of spreading fake news and causing confusion and anxiety about CSE. Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) dismissed as “utter nonsense” DBE claims […]
Cape church leaders inspired to counter misinformation, antisemitism
About 100 pastors from various churches attended a pastors’ late lunch meeting at Friends of God Church, Goodwood, Cape Town last week to hear a message by Dr Laurie Cardoza-Moore founder of Proclaiming Truth and Justice to the Nations (PJTN). Cardoza-Moore, who was brought to SA by the International Christian […]
BDS movement criticised in UN report on antisemitism
The activities of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement are mentioned in the first-ever comprehensive UN report on antisemitism, reports the Embassy of Israel in South Africa in a press release yesterday. The recent report notes a rise in antisemitism around the world and an increase of use of anti-Semitic […]
Bloemfontein Christians unite in prayer for rain
Thousands of people — many holding umbrellas aloft in faith — united in a day of heartfelt prayer for rain at the Toyota Vrystaat Rugby Stadium in Bloemfontein on Sunday. Against a backdrop of a serious drought in the Free State, Northern Cape and other parts of South Africa, prayers […]
‘Modern-day slavery is rife – South Africa is soft target’
When we hear about slavery we tend to think of dehumanising episodes of history such as the Holocaust or apartheid, but unbeknown to many of us, criminals still make large sums of money treating humans as a commodity. Human trafficking is a thriving industry worth an estimated $ 150-billion […]
FOR SA refutes ‘false statements’ by DBE, continues to call for parents to have say on sex education
Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) which has been at the forefront of calls for greater consultation about proposed new Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) lesson plans for public schools today dismissed as “utter nonsense” statements by the Department of Basic Education and in certain media reports, saying that it […]
OPINION: Painful week for Angus Buchan could end well, with deeper links with black Christian leaders
Pastor and author Afrika Mhlophe who has been a main speaker at a number of Mighty Men Conferences reflects on a week in which Mighty Men Movement founder Angus Buchan has taken a battering in the media and apologised twice for something he said. Angus Buchan stirred the hornets’ nest […]