[notice]SPECIAL REPORT by Paul Clough, the visionary coordinator of a growing schools prayer walk movement in Port Elizabeth.[/notice] Siphosethu Gcobisa Bhayi, a Grade 5 student at the Walmer West Primary School in Port Elizabeth, tells us of a vision that God gave her during a recent prayer walk held at […]
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Christian leaders unite to protect religious freedom in SA
On Thursday, May 29, 2014, some of the most influential Christian leaders from around the country met in Johannesburg to reflect on 20 years of democracy and in particular to discuss the current threat to religious freedom and the autonomy of the Church in South Africa. The meeting, which was convened […]
Move to rename Devil’s Peak
What is in a name? A great deal according to a group of prominent Cape Town Christians who are not happy that the mountain in the middle of the city is named after the devil. In a move that will be welcomed by many people who have been praying about […]
Mighty Men Western Cape gets official go-ahead
A campaign to bring the Mighty Men Conference back to the Western Cape has received the blessing of Shalom Ministries, which oversees the MMC movement in South Africa. The new MMC WC executive committee were scheduled to meet again tonight (Thursday, June 5, 2014), said Piperjames aka the War Piper For […]
SA group attending Global Day of Prayer event in India
A delegation of South African Christian leaders set out for India today (Thursday, June 5, 2014) to participate in a mass Global Day or Prayer (GDOP) event in India on Pentecost Sunday, June 8. Businessman Graham Power, who founded the international prayer initiative in South Africa in 2000 will be […]
Church calls for empathy for striking miners and their families
The Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) has called on financial institutions to show leniency and empathy to mineworkers and their families who are facing extreme financial pressure due to the protracted strike in the platinum belt. “The tragedy currently playing-out in Rustenburg and surrounds is not a natural disaster but a […]
Nigeria tops Christian persecution violence list: new Open Doors report
By Open Doors The World Watch List (WWL) Research team of Open Doors International has released a Top 10 Violence List of countries in which Christians have experienced the most violent incidents for their faith in Jesus Christ. The World Watch Top 10 Violence List, which is based on persecution […]
WEA urges churches to celebrate World Refugee Sunday
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) encourages Christians and churches around the world to remember and pray for refugees and forcibly displaced people on World Refugee Sunday, designated this year to fall on June 15 and 22. The WEA and the Refugee Highway Partnership (RHP) have prepared useful resources for local […]
Global Leadership Summit 2014: Weekly Update — June 4
MEET THE SPEAKERS The Willow Creek Association 2014 Global Leadership Summit will run in South Africa at 11 venues from October 10. The consistently inspiring two-day leadership training event which is held in 105 countries celebrates its 20th anniversary this year — and its 10th anniversary in South Africa! This […]
Christian group pickets Sudanese Embassy in Pretoria
Sudan rebuts reports it will free mother sentenced to death A group of 15 Christians representing various evangelical organisations picketed the Sudanese Embassy in Pretoria at lunch time today (June 3, 2014) and handed over a memorandum demanding the release of Meriam Ibrahim, 27, who has been sentenced to death […]