South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
I was privileged to part of a delegation of South African Christians who visited the country of Ethiopia. The trip to Addis Ababa was facilitated by Vuka Africa Foundation (VAF), an organisation that exists to take the message of restoration to the continent of Africa. Our 6-day trip began with […]
With less than three months to go until Karoo Mighty Men Conference (KMMC) 2015, the organisers have issued an urgent call to prayer. “From the very first year of KMMC in 2011, we have tried to lay a foundation of prayer in everything we have done. We are therefore requesting […]
It’s “my project but God’s ministry” says Vianca Kotze, 19, the youthful founder and director of Victims In X-treme (VIX), a new Non Profit Organisation (NPO) that aims to meet the needs of young people affected by sexual and physical abuse. Strongly believing that “youth is my advantage” Vianca says […]
KMMC took an important step forward at last year’s conference when a partnership was initiated with local churches after a meeting of church leaders who attended the conference was held. Dave Turner, one of the local organisers of the KMMC and a lay pastor in Middelburg, believes the meeting shifted […]
Several opposition party MPs with religious leaders on Wednesday (January 28,2015) in pursuit of restoring the dignity of Parliament, says the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) in a media release. ACDP Chief Whip who attended the meeting, together with party leader Rev Kenneth Meshoe, says that the National Interfaith Council of […]
Farmer evangelist Angus Buchan left for Brazil today in response to an impassioned cry to help men in that nation restore their identity as prophets, priests and kings in their homes. In an interview this week Buchan said he was first invited to Brazil four to five years ago but […]
Sunday February 1, 2015 is the 18th anniversary of the legalisation of abortion in South Africa and pro-life organisations have called on Christians to observe the day with prayer and repentance for “the national sin of abortion”. Since the passing of the controversial Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act on […]
It’s time for Africans to get involved in the building and reconstruction of Africa, says Vuka Africa Foundation (VAF) which is leading a 6-day trade mission to Ethiopia. 15 South African business owners who are on the mission which began on January 27 and concludes on February 1 are participating […]
School Governing Body (SGB) Associations and churches in Nelson Mandela Bay have launched a joint initiative to assist communities to reclaim their schools — beginning with a campaign to encourage parents at every school to participate in upcoming SGB elections. The initiative is headed by the Church Education Task Team […]
Concern at rising anti-Semitism Almost 300 survivors from the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland where over a million people were killed during the Holocaust returned to the infamous site on Tuesday (January 27, 2015) to attend the 70th anniversary of the camp’s liberation by Soviet soldiers. Mascha’s story Mascha […]