South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The simple Gospel works! That is the explanation given by Jane Louw of Christ for all Nations for over 60 000 school children coming to faith in Jesus in Nelson Mandela Bay during evangelism outreaches in Nelson Mandela Bay this month. “It’s a heavenly matter — something that matters to […]
Originally published in Relevant. As the Olympic Games gear up in Paris this weekend, the French Bible Society has announced their plan to distribute 200 000 special editions of the New Testament—140 000 in French and 60 000 in English. The FBS hopes these free New Testaments will leave “a […]
About 82 Christian leaders across the country participated in an “excellent” national consultation on blessing the new season of working together in South Africa, said the campaign visionary, Pastor Segun Olanipekun. He said the multiracial gathering of leaders agreed on the themes for prayer gatherings around SA yesterday, ahead of […]
Gerda Potgieter reports on the pioneering work of Lidia Dube, a community builder who initiated an influential youth conference which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary Lidia Dube is a community builder who has a heart for young people, for the helpless and for the Lord. She has done pioneering work […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Former President Donald Trump formally accepted the Republican Party nomination for President last night, less than a week after surviving an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Near the end of his acceptance speech he said: “Just a few short days ago, […]
By Tali Feinberg, orginally published in South African Jewish Report Local non-governmental organisation Citizens For Integrity (CFI) has taken Cricket South Africa (CSA) to court over its decision to strip Jewish cricketer David Teeger of his captaincy of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup (U19 CWC) team on January 12. The […]
“The Church must teach South Africa God’s Kingdom culture of love, peace, racial integration, and forgiveness. A teaching priesthood (apostolic and prophetic) must take responsibility for instructing South Africans in the ways of the Almighty God” Extract from invitation to national consultation on blessing SA and GNU South African Christians […]
South Africa got a reprieve from the threat of legalised prostitution in June last year when the government withdrew its “Prostitution Bill” because of concerns about its constitutionality. Will SA’s lawmakers take note of a major new UN report which finds that prostitution is a system of gruesome violence and […]
What if 2.5 billion Christians on Earth could be mobilised to share the Gospel? That is the goal of Gather25, a global initiative to gather 2.5 billion Christ followers around the world on March 1 next year to pray, worship, repent, and mobilise believers to reach the 5.5 billion yet-to-be-saved […]
Originally published in Church Times THE Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches (GSFA) took steps during its gathering in Cairo this month to become “a well-structured home for orthodox Anglicans worldwide”, a communiqué says. The GSFA’s first assembly under its new “covenental” structure ended on 15 June, and was attended […]