Originally published in MLive When Sarah Farkas of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, decided to donate a kidney to a man she barely knew, she broke the news to him one Sunday at church. “This is going to sound crazy,” she said, “but I think God told me to give you […]
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Selley urges action on new ‘Gender Bill’ threat to religious freedom
Cape Town church leader Andrew Selley has called on Christian leaders in South Africa to take urgent united action to avert a new threat to religious freedom posed by a proposed Government Bill on gender equality. In a letter to church and ministry leaders he warns that while the intent […]
Prayer, services, pickets over ‘national sin of abortion’ [UPDATED]
South African Christian pro-life activists urge churches and Christians in SA to mark the approaching 17th anniversary of abortion-on-demand in the country by praying and participating in pickets in various parts of the country. Since the Termination of Pregnancy Act was passed on February 1, 1997 against the will of […]
Mustard Seed Project offers free community training
A Johannesburg Christian training centre is promoting moral transformation by offering free basic community training to anybody who will carry the training to their communities or beyond. The training, offered through the Mustard Seed Project of the Peniel Training Centre (PTC) in Florida Park, Roodepoort, includes growing a vegetable garden […]
Top teachers for PE missions course
Christians are invited to enrol for a 3-day missions course in Port Elizabeth that will be led by top international teachers, says Rev Dave Doveton of the Southern Missions Society. Canon Dr Vinay Samuel, and internationally renowned missiologist and co-founder of the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies and Professor Rollin […]
Christians deaths double in 2014 World Watch List
By World Watch Monitor Nearly twice as many Christians died for their faith in the past year than in 2012, according to Open Doors International’s 2014 World Watch List. Open Doors International, a charity that supports Christians under pressure for their faith, said 2 123 Christians were reported to […]
Persecution of Christians rises in ‘failed’ states
North Korea still tops World Watch List For the 12th consecutive year the hermit communist country of North Korea remains the world’s most restrictive nation in which to practice Christianity, according to the Open Doors 2014 World Watch List (WWL). However, a major trend which the WWL tracked in 2013 […]
A broken man discovers the power of forgiving
For two and a half years, Ken Langford, sat paralysed at home planning the day that he would take revenge on a young man whose drunken driving ‘ruined his life’. The accident that cost him his mobility happened in December 2008 right in front of his house in Salt Lake […]
South African, David Cape, walking out the Great Commission
Originally published in Crossmap South African born David Cape has spent the last 25 years on a journey of unprecedented servanthood evangelism, carrying a cross and a foot washing bowl, as he walked thousands of kilometres through 28 nations. In March of 2014 the ministry will shift its focus as […]
Opposition parties form coalition to challenge ANC
Five opposition parties, including two Christian parties, have formed a coalition called the Collective for Democracy to contest the general elections next year, they announced yesterday (Tuesday, December 17). The alliance partners are the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), the United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP), Congress of the People (Cope), […]