South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Rugby star Jamie Jones-Buchanan has picked up a crock of medals in a glittering Super League career spanning half a lifetime — but Jesus is clearly his greatest treasure. The second-rower with Leeds Rhinos, for whom he first played in 1999, is now in his 18th season with the Rugby […]
In the book of Esther, God shows that He created each one of us for a specific purpose, calling us to act with courage and boldness in a specific time. Rachel Katlego Mathebe, the speaker of the City of Tshwane council is a devoted Christian who makes no apologies for her […]
Last Sunday, on a cold and wintry Cape Town day, I visited a church that started under a tree at the Brackenfell Station in July 2010. We visited the congregation — still known as Church Under The Tree or Lazarus Ministries – where the members, who include many homeless people, […]
Janet Brann-Hollis of SA Back to God (SABTG) says she was led to issue a special call to prayer for July after she was awoken by the presence of God showing her to pray against calculated plans aimed at devastating various sectors of the nation. She urges Christians to join in […]
A monthly column bringing you frontline testimonies of what God is stirring up across the globe. By international revivalist from South Africa Lindy-Ann Hopley of Beautiful Witness Ministries. What have a cutting tool and an anime necklace got to do with Jesus? Read on to join Lindy-Ann in her latest […]
Durban Christian Centre hopes to start on their new building in October this year. The DCC Jesus Dome, an iconic feature of the Durban skyline, was destroyed by fire on June 7 last year. Since then church has been holding services in a 2 500-seater tent pitched in the parking […]
Durban Christian Centre’s Overflow Jesus Conference begins on Sunday (July 2) finishing on Wednesday July 5 in the Jesus Tent, in Mayville Durban. The featured speakers are Apostle Harunah Goroh, formerly from Nigeria but who now has a thriving church in Windhoek, Namibia; Pastor Nick van der Westhuizen, from Johannesburg, Dr […]
Parliamentary portfolio committees this week heard the conflicting views of the CRL Rights Commission and the religious sector — represented by Freedom of Religion SA (FOR SA) — on how to deal with commercialisation of religion and other abuses in the religious arena. At a workshop at parliament on Tuesday […]
Inspirational athlete and outspoken Jesus-follower Wayde van Niekerk, 24, did it again — as he set a new world-best time for the 300m at the Ostrava Golden Spike yesterday, surpassing world-bests by Michael Johnson for the second time in less than a year. His 30.81 seconds at Ostrava broke Johnson’s […]
Ntomboxolo Matiwane asked Port Elizabeth businessman and former school friend Thamsanqa Ngamlana to share his testimony. This is his emotional rollercoaster of a story. Having been raised by a single parent under challenging circumstances I will not lie and say I was never a happy child. I had been taught […]