South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Channel 24 The South African Council of Churches is planning to prevent Lady Gaga from performing in South Africa, reports Afrikaans daily newspaper Beeld. Lady Gaga is set to perform two stadium shows in South Africa and will be in Johannesburg on November 30 at the FNB […]
Originally published in Charisma News On the day after President Barack Obama was re-elected, the Rev. Billy Graham will be celebrating his 94th birthday. “I never expected I would live this long, outliving my beloved wife, Ruth, as well as many friends and loved ones,” Graham said last week. “I […]
Christian students are aware of a calling on their lives but may not be equipped to live out their calling at work, suggests the latest report released by Christian marketplace initiative Call 42. The report based on an online survey of 1 300 Christians, including more than 400 students, highlights […]
Originally published in Channel 24 TopTV has sold advertising space to website AshleyMadison.com, a dating service aimed at people already in relationships or marriages who are looking to have affairs. The embattled pay-TV service, which recently underwent business rescue, is the only South African broadcaster airing an advertisement for the […]
[notice]Writing in his news and commentary blog African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) Provincial Leader in the Western Cape, Grant Haskin, takes the City of Cape Town to task for its inadequate response to illegal abortion advertising on the city streets. He also calls on the City to drop the R2500 […]
Faith-based leaders in South Africa want an urgent meeting with the Government and educational unions to seek solutions to the education crisis in the country. This was resolved at a two-day national “Hope for Education in South Africa” summit in Mangaung, Bloemfontein at which the leaders noted that an estimated […]
Christians wishing to participate in the upcoming prayer warfare exercise against suicide jumps off Van Stadens Bridge, west of Port Elizabeth, should register now in order to undergo training for the event on Saturday, November 24, says Pastor Geert Jansingh. He also urged as many people as possible to participate […]
Hope for education in South Africa is the theme of a two-day education summit that started in Bloemfontein today. About 35 faith and civil society leaders are attending the National Religious Association for Social Development (NRASD) consultation which is exploring ways for successful private educational models to benefit dysfunctional public […]
Christians in the Western Cape need to turn out in unity at the official dedication of the province to God in Cape Town on Saturday, November 10, says Pastor Barry Isaacs, chairman of Transformation Africa. “As a nation we have drifted from some of the values of God and we […]
We catch up with the Message of Hope project [EasyGallery id=’hopeballoons’] Last week we reported on a prayer initiative that included the release of a mass of helium-filled balloons with messages of hope destined to encourage people in East London. You can click on the image above for a visual […]