South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Open Doors will release its 2014 World Watch List (WWL) of 50 countries that are the worst persecutors of Christians on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2013 during a press conference in Washington, D.C. Open Doors is an international ministry which has been supporting and strengthening persecuted Christians for almost 60 years. […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Jesus Christ has been named as the most significant person in human history ever, according to a new rankings system that based its listing on Wikipedia data. The list was created by analyzing the impact a figure has had on people’s opinions over history. […]
By Dan Wooding — Assist News Service Evangelist Will Graham, the grandson of Billy Graham, has said that at the age of 95, Mr. Graham is close to going home to be with the Lord. In an exclusive interview at Hosanna Christian Fellowship, Bellflower, California, before he was to preach […]
When Jaco Burger was a young Jesus-follower — just two years out of school — the first three verses of Isaiah 61 were spoken prophetically over him. He was 43 and recovering his broken life in a Port Elizabeth alcohol rehabilitation centre, when Isaiah’s words about setting captives free first […]
Originally published in Charisma News Billy Graham and Nelson Mandela never met, but the two have been connected in many ways over the years. Both were born in 1918. Both have appeared countless times together on the USA Today/Gallup’s list of “Most Admired.” And the two corresponded with each other through letters during […]
A dream from God is coming to pass with the planning of a ‘Mighty Youth Conference’ in East London next year. The ambitious vision for the 5-day conference for young people from July 7 to July 11 was literally birthed in a dream he had more than two years ago, […]
Church leaders from all denominations and groups have been invited to an emergency meeting at the Johannesburg headquarters of the South African Council of Churches today to pray together and plan how to bury Nelson Mandela with dignity as international leaders and celebrities prepare to visit South Africa to attend […]
Former President Nelson Mandela. Originally published in Christian Today Nelson Mandela has passed away at the age of 95 last night (Thursday, December 5). The 95-year-old anti-apartheid hero had been frequently hospitalized in the months prior to his death today. Mandela’s death was announced by South African president Jacob Zuma at […]
Joshua Generation Church (JGC) will champion the cause of defending religious freedom through an independent organisation operating under the auspices of the church, says lead elder, Andrew Selley. In a letter of thanks to church leaders who have stood with JGC as it has come under attack because of its […]
[notice]Andre Viljoen speaks to former senior African National Congress provincial leader Mkhangeli Matomela, three months after he resigned from the ANC to lead a political movement dedicated to advancing the kingdom of God.[/notice] When South Africans go to the polls next year they will have to decide whether to vote […]