South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in News 24 The Methodist Church of SA said yesterday (Thursday, March 31, 2016) that if President Jacob Zuma did not resign, they would put pressure on the ruling party and the government to get him to do so. The church, in a statement, was reacting to a […]
Originally published in Christian Concern At least 74 people have been killed and 341 others have been injured in an Easter Sunday bombing in Lahore, Pakistan. The suicide attacks were carried out by a splinter-group of the Pakistani Taliban, Jamat-Ul-Ahrar, who said they had deliberately targeted Christians. More bad news […]
On Wednesday, March 30, Joshua Generation Church delivered its appeal against the findings and recommendations of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in ‘the spanking case’, to the SAHRC. The Church’s appeal follows a finding by the SAHRC in January 2016, that spanking in the home violates children’s and […]
The Christian Church has a role in building society as a voice for what is right and not only for what is wrong. Likewise, the growing concern over the state of South Africa should prompt Christians to start praying for and proclaiming that which is good, right and of God. […]
“Imagine a giant electronic display board situated right next to the main highway where passing motorists can have access to the inspired word of God! ” This is so exciting! The possibilities of this method of encouraging the nation with God’s Holy Word are endless!” says Robbie Hift, the visionary […]
Radio broadcasts are set to add a new dimension to the Karoo Mighty Men Conference 2016 (KMMC 2016). In the past KMMC has had access to radio frequencies to broadcast translations of the speakers’ messages from Afrikaans to English and isiXhosa or visa-versa. However, this year plans are to expand […]
In the aftermath of terrorist attacks on Tuesday (March 22, 2016) in Belgium, the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team is sending chaplains to provide emotional and spiritual care to those affected by the tragedies, reports Billygraham.org “The entire city has been traumatised,” said Jack Munday, international director of the Rapid […]
[notice]In the first of a series of KMMC 2016 speaker profiles, Alf James introduces Dr Arno van Niekerk who will speak at the first session on Friday, April 29.[/notice] Today, in these end times, in these times of tribulation in our country and throughout the world, we are encouraged to […]
Christian family values advocate and media personality Errol Naidoo will be one of the speakers at the Mighty Men Conference Western Cape at Malmesbury in September, says Piperjames McGowan, MMC WC Public Relations. Naidoo who is the founder and president of Family Policy Institute, a regular guest on various mainstream […]
The SA Christian Leadership Initiative has issued “an urgent appeal for prayer on behalf of our nation” in the wake of “the phenomenon of state capture currently unravelling in our nation”. Referring to St Paul’s exhortation to offer prayer for “all people, especially those in authority”, SACLI says of the […]