South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Virtue Online. The Anglican Church of Southern Africa voted last Friday to reject a proposal to allow prayers of blessing to be offered for people in same-sex civil unions under South African law. The vote was taken by the church’s Provincial Synod, its top legislative body, on a […]
Operation Smile is fast becoming a household name in South Africa, as more people become aware of life changing operations, done for people with facial anomalies. Across Southern Africa many children are born with cleft lips or palates — a visible facial difference, requiring surgery. Society rarely regards this anomaly […]
On Tuesday this week I managed to weave myself into the conflict engulfing Rhodes University and had two sessions to share the gospel during an evangelistic mission hosted by Christians @ Rhodes — an umbrella body that represents all Christians on the campus. Their mission — with the theme ‘Break […]
Influential pastor, pioneering revivalist and author Bill Johnson will be leading a three-day Kingdom Conference in Johannesburg in February next year — and the timing of his first ever ministry trip to South Africa has more than a little to do with Springbok rugby! To understand the divinely-inspired rugby link […]
Over 300 young people from various cultures, tribes and provinces attended DEISI International’s first annual Youth Summit in Johannesburg on Saturday September 24. “We give God glory for the incredible success of the Youth Summit, this despite all the criticism and accusations that the event would be a failure! God […]
No matter how just the cause behind student protest sweeping the country there is no justification for the loss of life, destruction of property and injury to students and others currently taking place, say Port Elizabeth church leaders. “It is now enough” and “unintentional as it [violence and destruction] may […]
[notice]Riaan Janse van Vuuren reports back on the inaugural Norther Cape Mighty Men Conference near Kimberley last weekend. [/notice] The very first Northern Cape Mighty Men Conference — hosted by Kimberley Christian Network and organised by a team of 15 under the spiritual oversight of Pastor Herman Steyn and Rev […]
South Africa has given the enemy legal grounds to use students as pawns to wreak havoc on the nation through the “gate of education”, says Janet Brann-Hollis of SA Back to God (SABTG). In the video clip below she calls for a three-day fast from October 3 to 5 to restore […]
Saturday September 24 was Heritage Day in South Africa. What better way to celebrate it than to open a nursery school, built from a heritage of love? In the township area, closest to the front of the Highveld Steel gates, just outside of Witbank, a small crowd of people gathered […]
The clean-up of the Durban Christian Centre Jesus Dome has begun. The iconic Jesus Dome was destroyed by fire on the evening of June 7 this year. A full investigation into the cause of the blaze indicated that the fire had been started by an electrical fault. The clean-up of […]