South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Jesus does heal autism, neurological disabilities and mental illness, says Shellique Carby-Bird, 31, of Pietermaritzburg, who has experienced healing and freedom from her own suffering in those areas through the power of prayer and Christian ministry. Shellique who has a long history of health issues including Asperger syndrome (a type […]
Originally published by PNCI President Donald Trump, in one of his first executive orders, reissued and expanded the Mexico City Policy (MCP) which prevents foreign non-governmental organizations that perform or promote abortion from receiving funds from the population account of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) unless they pledge to […]
Freedom of Religion SA (FOR SA) has prepared a sample submission on the Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill which churches and individuals can copy or adapt and submit to government by January 31 2017 which is the deadline for submissions. With its very broad definition of hate speech, FOR […]
The World Watch List (WWL) — a list of the 50 countries where persecution of Christians is the highest — is a tool given to the Church each year to help us pay particular attention to those countries, to pray for our persecuted brothers and to consider how we can […]
With the publication of its annual World Watch List (2017) of the 50 countries where it is most dangerous to be a Christian, Open Doors has identified five major trends in global persecution. In some parts of the whole it is the government’s intention and goal to completely wipe out […]
Port Elizabeth businessman Malcolm Bailes chatted to his dad while surfing on at least 10 occasions – but during those pleasant encounters at the beach neither of them realised they were father and son, or that God was busy answering prayers they had both been praying for years. Malcolm was […]
As fires in the Western Cape continue to rage — 19 have been reported in the province this week — churches throughout the province are being urged to set aside time in their services and Sunday School gatherings to pray specifically for the fires to cease. “Land is being lost, farms, […]
Originally published in God Reports While they have never qualified for the World Cup, the national Rugby Union team known as the Cranes finds inspiration for their play with prayer and hymn-singing before and after each game. “If I live a holy life, shun the wrong and do the right, […]
It works, when Jesus is the focus Fittingly, the first sign of Liv Village we encountered as we drove through the rural township of Cottonlands at the end of a long Gateway News team road trip, was a tall, blue, illuminated cross shining in the darkness. LIV Village manager Chester Koyana, […]
“It was one of the most meaningful services I have ever attended in my Christian walk,” said Trevor Jennings a member of a Nelson Mandela Bay church leadership task team that arranged a healing and reconciliation service at which four victims of apartheid-era forced removals from South End, Port Elizabeth, […]