The prayer warfare campaign against suicide jumps off Van Stadens Bridge near Port Elizabeth, will be held on a platform overlooking the bridge — and no longer on top of the bridge. The change of plan for the prayer event on November 24 follows a decision by the National Roads […]
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Marie Stopes threatens Bloemfontein doctor over pro-life protests
Marie Stopes Clinic in Bloemfontein says pro-lifers who stage protests outside the abortion clinic are unlawfully harrassing and intimidating clinic personnel and clients. They have warned pro-life doctor and protest co-ordinator, Faan Oosthuizen that they will take legal action unless he agrees, in writing, to conduct the protests peacefully and […]
Hot, hot, Kalahari tested faith and fighting spirit of Mighty Men
The second Mighty Men gathering on local farmer, Jan Fourie’s potato farm in Tosca greeted all that attended with a ‘furnace’ like welcome. To say that it was ‘hot and dry’ there would have been an understatement! Indeed on the evening of Thursday November 8, the night before the bulk […]
Christians called to join Cape Town protest march against Gaga concerts
Christians in Cape Town are urged to participate in a peaceful, two hour, city centre protest march tomorrow morning against the upcoming Lady Gaga tour of South Africa. Protest co-ordinator, Abraham Warren of Christians For Truth said the march was a call on Christians to take a stand against the […]
Cape Town acts on illegal abortion ads but still prosecuting Throp
The City of Cape Town has appointed contractors to clean up abortion advertising on lamp posts and other structures, reports Philip Rosenthal of Christian View Network. He says citizens should report illegal abortion advertising in the city to Ivan.Mongaile@capetown.gov.za or by calling 021 400 6523 or faxing 021 425 4448 […]
New Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby inherits divided Anglican Communion
Originally published in Christianity Today Bishop Justin Welby, a former oil executive who’s emerged as a critic of corporate excess, was named Friday (Nov. 9) as the 105th archbishop of Canterbury, primate of the Church of England and leader of the worldwide 77 million-member Anglican Communion. A statement from British […]
Graham Power receives entrepreneurial leadership award
Originally published in Christian Today South African businessman and Global Day of Prayer founder Graham Power has received the first WEA/ELO Entrepreneurial Leader of the Year Award. The award from the World Evangelical Alliance and Entrepreneurial Leaders Organisation recognises exemplary Christian and ethical behaviour in the marketplace, which has significantly […]
Meshoe on SAfm to discuss threat to Christian public holidays
African Christian Democratic Party President Rev Kenneth Meshoe will be on SAfm tomorrow morning (Tuesday, November 13) to discuss the reviewing of Christian public holidays by the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities, says the ACDP in a press statement […]
SACC delegation requests Government to stop Gaga tour
Christians opposed to Lady Gaga performing in South Africa handed a memorandum to the Department of Arts and Culture in Pretoria today requesting the Government to prevent the pop star from visiting the country, said SA Council of Churches Youth Forum President Vuyani Pule. He told Gateway News that the […]
ACDP invites public to join J’burg march against “attack on Christian faith”
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) has invited all South Africans, particularly of the Christian faith, to join them in a protest march in Johannesburg on Saturday (November 10) against “what appears to be an attack on the Christian faith”. In a media statement released today, ACDP President, Rev Kenneth […]