South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Thousands of Jesus followers answered a call to gather at Loftus rugby stadium in Pretoria on Saturday for a time of fasting, prayer, repentance and worship at an event called The Return. The call was put out by Christian musician Joe Niemand just 9 days before the gathering by sending […]
Pastor Ray has gone to be with the Lord peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family and loved ones”, his son and successor as senior pastor of Rhema Bible Church, Joshua McCauley, said in a statement released last night on behalf of the McCauley family. The popular Charismatic preacher […]
South Africa was among the nations of the world that held events on Monday to commemorate the first anniversary of the October 7 massacre in Israel, where Hamas invaders killed 1 200 Israelis and took about 250 hostages. Christian and Jewish leaders from around South Africa marked the anniversary by […]
“Come out of your tents”, “Come out of your comfort zone”, “Take your seat at the table.” Speaker after speaker at a national Time2Rise gathering at the weekend called for a “remnant” from the Church to rise up and take a bold and forceful stand for God’s agenda for South […]
A bridge-building pastor-politician met up at the weekend with a businessman-turned Kingdom pioneer who introduced him to politics in 2004. Pastor John Mathuhle, 43, the president of #Hope4SA, and Hennie Muller, 69, the owner and developer of Camp Unity near Bloemfontein, met at a national Time2Rise gathering at Camp Unity […]
Originally published in Church Times THE provincial synod of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa has rejected two connected proposals: to commend prayers of blessing for same-sex couples, and to allow priests to use these in their churches. In his opening synodical address last week, the Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd […]
Clarina van Ieperen and Ryan Smit shine a light on the unique opportunity for believers who desire to be used to impact society with the justice, truth and love of Jesus in their vocational spheres, to sign up for the Wilberforce Academy residential week in January The third annual Wilberforce […]
The Church must embrace every technological tool at its disposal to engage with today’s digital world or else lose the next generation, the head of the Lausanne Movement has said. Dr Michael Oh laid out the vision for the global evangelical movement during its 50th anniversary celebrations in Incheon, near […]
Ready, Set, Revival… says a headline on Kimberley’s Jesus Week Invasion website. I encountered that level of excitement and expectancy for what Jesus is going to do in the city next month when I spoke to Jan van Reenen senior pastor of City of Hope Church and coordinator of the […]
UPDATED REPORT: President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the controversial Bela Bill into law this morning at a public ceremony at the Union Buildings that was boycotted by his own Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube, a DA MP who urged him to return the bill to Parliament for further deliberation. In a […]