Originally published in BCNN5. For the first time in centuries, a remote African tribe called the Batwa Pygmies is being introduced to Jesus Christ. “We smoked, we drank, we performed witchcraft,” said Jovanis Nyirakayanje, a Batwa Pygmy. “We were devil worshippers.” For centuries, the Batwa were rain forest dwellers who […]
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Take action on religious, speech freedom threats — sign two online petitions
Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) have posted two online petitions which provide South Africans with an easy way to oppose current government-driven threats to freedom of religion and freedom of speech. FOR SA NEWSFLASH This afternoon (Thursday November 17 2016), FOR SA, acting on behalf of over 69 […]
When the glory of the Lord fills the store
The glory of the Lord surrounded them as they sang last week, said Lydia Lincks, one of the members of a fiery worship team I had the privilege of meeting this week. This is not your everyday worship group. The 13 women and two men I was talking to are […]
Nelson Mandela Bay Church leaders endorse SAVE SA campaign
Church leaders in Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) endorse the Save South Africa campaign and call upon local denominations, congregations and individual believers, to join the civil society movement, say a group of leaders in a statement issued on their behalf by the SA Council of Churches. The statement coincides with a […]
MPs call for parliamentary religious freedom forum across party lines
ACDP Member of Parliament Cheryllyn Dudley, supported by her #IPPFoRB colleagues in parliament, Narend Singh (IFP) and Nqabayomzi Kwankwa (UDM), has called on chief whips of political parties in parliament to invite and send members to join and help establish a multi-party forum committed to protecting and promoting religious freedom. […]
What Christian leaders say about Donald Trump’s election victory
[notice]The pollsters got it wrong. The media got it wrong. Described as one of the greatest upsets in US election history, controversial US billionaire Donald Trump this week was elected the 45th president of the United States. But God was not surprised and amidst the euphoria and shock following the […]
NG Kerk sê oor gays — 2015 besluit van die baan
Oorspronklik in Maroela Media gepubliseer Die besluit van die NG Kerk se buitengewone algemene sinode waar die gay kwessie weer onder die loep gekom het, is bekendgemaak. Die algemene sinode het herbevestig “dat die huwelik deur God ingestel is as ʼn heilige en lewenslange verbintenis tussen een man en een vrou […]
Judgment reserved in assisted suicide appeal
The Supreme Court of Appeal’s (SCA) decision on an appeal against a first-0f-its kind order by the High Court in Pretoria allowing assisted suicide will probably be released towards the end of the month, said Philip Rosenthal of Christian View Network. The SCA reserved judgment last Friday (November 4 2016) […]
Religious bodies granted more time to respond to CRL Commission proposals
The CRL Rights Commission has granted a request by religious bodies for more time to respond to its controversial proposals on the regulation of religion. The CRL’s report on the “commercia isation” of religion was published on October 26 and religious bodies were given until November 18 to comment. The […]
Churches worldwide to pray for persecuted Christians this weekend
Originally published in The Christian Post WATCH: ‘Hannelie’, testimony of South African missionary, produced by Voice of the Martyrs for International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church As Christians from around the world are facing persecution in unprecedented numbers, churches and Christian organisations will hold special prayers for the […]