Open Doors publishes 50 worst persecutors list Persecution of Christians in Africa enormously increased in 2012, according to the Open Doors 2013 World Watch List of the 50 countries where Christians are most persecuted for their faith. Countries on the African continent sharply increased on the World Watch List, due […]
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Good-news stories that stood out in 2012!
[notice]Here are links to 12, memorable good news stories — one for each month — that appeared in Gateway News in 2012. [/notice] JANUARY Irish builders making school dream come true – Cheerful Irish volunteers defy a PE heatwave to help local Christian project make a difference in education. FEBRUARY […]
Kingfisher FM provides a voice for voiceless
Hope that justice will be done for home-improvement-fiasco victims before Christmas Will 43 Port Elizabeth families who are the victims of a RDP-rectification project gone wrong be able to move back into their houses before Christmas? Will they be compensated for their floors and furniture that have been damaged during […]
SA church leaders differ widely on Israel
South African church leaders have made conflicting statements on Israel over the past 10 days, highlighting the widely different positions held by SA Christians on the Holy Land conflict. A group of church leaders led by Bishop Zipho Siwa, the Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of South Africa, has […]
Zimbabwe Anglicans take back cathedral
Originally published in News 24 Mainstream Anglican Christians in Zimbabwe are returning to their cathedral after a lockout of more than five years staged by an excommunicated, breakaway bishop who claimed loyalty to President Robert Mugabe’s party and used loyalist police to keep people away. Worshippers from across the country […]
It’s never too late: 108-year-old receives Jesus as Saviour
Originally published in God Reports Margaret Cooke felt numb. She could not believe what she was seeing. For more than a half-century, Cooke, 78, had prayed that her mother, Lula Wallace, would accept the Gospel. Now, five months shy of her 109th birthday, Wallace — still in her wheelchair — […]
Top 5 news events of 2012 — from a Christian perspective
From A World In Motion, Issue 66 — INContext Minististries 1. The eight-day war between Israel and Hamas The conflict between Israel and Hamas that lasted eight days resulted in the deaths of more than 160 Palestinians and at least five Israelis. Hamas is a militant Palestinian party that, since […]
Giant cross vision to stop bridge suicide jumps
A Jeffreys Bay publisher, Robbie Hift, is mobilising support for a vision to erect a giant steel cross opposite the Van Stadens Bridge to deter people from jumping off the bridge where yet another person died this week. The latest person to jump off the 140m high bridge west of […]
Vroue geniet koninklike behandeling
Op Woensdag November 28 het die opgewondenheid hoog geloop by die vroue van Women in Action, van Wesbank, Kuilsrivier. Dit was ook heel te verstane want hulle het net gewag vir die bussie van Women on the Move 4 Christ Ministries om hulle te kom haal vir ‘n onvergeetlike dag […]
Open Doors to release worst persecutors list on Jan 8
Open Doors will release its 2013 World Watch List of 50 countries that are the worst persecutors of Christians on Tuesday, January 8, 2013, during a press conference in Washington, DC. “The annual World Watch List has raised awareness of the plight of persecuted Christians for many years,” says Open […]