Originally published in World Watch Monitor Historic gathering of Christianity’s different traditions Twenty-five years ago, on November 4, 1990, a priest risked his life to hold a mass in a cemetery in Albania. In 1967 his president, Enver Hoxha, had declared he’d “abolished” Christian faith, and that his country was […]
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CRL apologises to pastors over summonses on commercialisation of religion
An investigation by the Commission for Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) into the commercialisation of religion has angered respected church leaders in Gauteng who recently received summonses ordering them to attend hearings or face a year behind bars. The CRL has subsequently apologised to the church leaders […]
Open Doors invites you to pray like a secret believer from November 1 – 8
By Open Doors SA Open Doors’ International Days of Prayer (IDOP) is a global movement of intercessory prayer for the persecuted Church. From the 1st until the 8th of November 2015, Open Doors, and Christians around the world, will unite in prayer for the persecuted Church worldwide, with a special […]
Call for Christians to make official complaints about halaal certification
The coordinator of a national Christian network that focuses on issues pertaining to Islam has has urged Christians to make official complaints to the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) about being forced to buy halaal certified products that fund […]
The heart of ‘God’s Karoo Women Conference’
The great women of the Bible such as Esther, Ruth, Deborah and Mary the mother of Jesus, all have one very simple character trait in common: a surrendered heart. They each made themselves available for God to do His work in and through their lives and as a result the […]
Conferences addressing children’s hunger to know God
We are living in an age where children are developing a hunger and thirst for God unlike anything seen before, says Esme Schmitt, a children’s pastor who conducts conferences to train people working with and parenting children. Several prophetic words have been released of a billion children who will have […]
Prayer wave gains momentum as thousands heed call to pray for SA on October 28
By Daniel Brink, Jericho Walls Thousands of Christians all over the country gathered in small groups at homes, churches, schools, universities, businesses, and various other public places on Wednesday, October 28, 2015, to pray for South Africa. A recent increase in social unrest, economic decline, moral decay of the Church, […]
The miraculous healing of a devastated pomegranate orchard
The miraculous is one of the ways our Almighty Creator reveals Himself to us. Recently, I heard of a farmer near Somerset East whose pomegranate crop had been destroyed by black frost, which not only wiped out the fruit crop, but two-thirds of his 30 000 trees. However, after prayer […]
‘Hate speech’ comments about former homosexuals referred to HRC
The Commission for Gender Equity (CGE) has asked the Human Rights Commission (HRC) to investigate disparaging comments about former homosexuals that were posted on Facebook by Dr André Bartlett, a gay activist and Dutch Reformed Church minister, and two others, says André Bekker, a former homosexual and founder of New Living Way […]
Pedalling to promote a purpose-geared life
A visit by Frans Cronje, the filmmaker of “Faith like Potatoes” and “Hansie” fame, who lives in Cape Town, to his friend Franco Smith, head coach of the Toyota Cheetahs, ended-up in the two deciding to challenge themselves by cycling from Bloemfontein to Cape Town’s Sea Point! Frans, Franco and […]