South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Introducing people to Jesus has become a normal part of the working life of Port Elizabeth banker and family man, Gary Quantoi. “I develop relationships with people in the course of my work, and this creates opportunities, as the Lord leads, to minister,” says Quantoi who has worked at a […]
No, Port Elizabeth’s international cricket stadium is not getting new floodlights. But the 20 000 seater St George’s Park Cricket Oval is confirmed as the venue for the opening rally and final celebration of Switched On — the citywide evangelistic outreach in August, 2015. The opening rally will be from […]
OM Ships International’s famous floating book fair ship Logos Hope is scheduled to make its first visit to South Africa from March 2016 until July 2016. The ship, which carries more than 5 000 affordable Christian and educational titles aboard will, arrive in Durban on March 16 and will visit […]
The deadline for submissions to the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) regarding what many Christians perceive as a threat to remove Good Friday and Christmas public holidays is next Tuesday (June 30, 2015). The deadline was originally May 31 but the SALRC subsequently extended it to June 30. In […]
Alleged shooter has no SA links despite old SA flag on jacket Originally published in The Christian Mail The gunman wanted in the killing of nine people at a prayer meeting at a historic black church in this city’s downtown area was taken into custody on Thursday morning (June 18, […]
Reflections on becoming selfless in a culture that celebrates the ‘selfie’ A time of forced rest in hospital, which resulted in intense and intimate fellowship with God, has changed Graham Ries’ life. Waking up in hospital without knowing how he got there was a shock for Ries, who is known […]
Originally published in allAfrica.com A South African legal NGO is “strongly considering” bringing contempt of court charges against government officials for allowing President Omar al-Bashir to leave the country on Monday. The Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC), the group which secured a court order for Bashir’s arrest, said in a […]
Chokka fishermen became the catch of the day when father and son Allan and Brad Verreynne swam out to their boat moored 500m off Hobie Beach, Port Elizabeth, and presented the Gospel to them. Thirteen crew members responded and prayed the sinners prayer, says the chokka boat skipper, Gavin Ratcliffe, […]
The “very dedicated” Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Disaster Response Team serving in earthquake-battered Nepal have been working hectic, 7-day weeks since their arrival six weeks ago, says South African aviation Mark Liprini who joined the team at the beginning of June. He is coordinating the strategic helicopter response service operated […]
Dustin Thomson believes God revealed Himself through a photograph that he took at the Karoo Mighty Men Conference (KMMC) 2015, which filled him with awe and gratitude. Dustin and two work mates, Wayne van der Made and Mandla Ndlovu, trekked the 1 100km from Ballito Bay on the north coast of […]