South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland — Isaiah 43.19 (New Living Translation) As the Bethel Musicians walked into the press conference on […]
20 years at the frontline of grassroots bible translation [notice]Lauren Sprout reports on a South African family’s response to God’s call to translate the bible into a language they did not know and which was not even written down — and on a ministry’s vision to make God’s word available […]
100 parliamentarians from 60 countries met last week (September 12-14 2016) in Berlin, Germany for workshops and seminars under the title “An Embattled Right: Protecting and Promoting Freedom of Religion or Belief”. ACDP Member of the South African Parliament, Cheryllyn Dudley said: “I came away from the conference with a […]
[notice]A new fortnightly column by a team of real people dedicating their lives to the fight against human trafficking, exploitation and social injustice. This week’s writer is Bertha Bresler of STOP and Prevention vs Cure[/notice] National Human Trafficking Resource Line 4am, the phone’s ringing. At 4am it’s never good news. “Hello.” “Hello, […]
As news of violence on South African campuses over the issue of university fees dominates news headlines, Jericho Walls International Prayer Network has published a timely call to pray into the education crisis and campus violence. We publish the prayer guide in full: Prayer for the education crisis and accompanied […]
[notice]Alf James reports on a leadership talk by author and coach to elite sportsmen Myan Subrayan at a church breakfast in the Karoo. [/notice] As Christians each and every one of us is called to be a leader in our families and in the world around us, however, it is […]
Sunday October 2 is International Life Chain Sunday and South African Christians are invited to take a stand for the right to life of pre-born babies by participating in the National March for Life in Durban, or in Life Chains in other centres. On previous Life Chain Sundays, up to […]
Originally published in World An Australian pastor died yesterday in a South African hospital after a weekend assault in Malawi, his family announced today. Salvation Army Major Geoff Freind, 59, had embarked on a five-week trip to train Christian pastors in several African countries, stopping last week in Rwanda. Freind’s […]
A brave Scot who sowed in tears The discovery of a handwritten will and more than 70 photographs has provided fresh insight into the life of a Christian martyr who perished at Auschwitz. Just six months before the camp was liberated by the Red Army on January 27, 1945, the […]
Homeless ministry Acts of Bravery certainly had a brave start. While on his way home from a night shift at work, Dylan Coert was approached on a Port Elizabeth street by a homeless man who feared he was dying. Coert led the man to the Lord and called an ambulance. […]