South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Backpacks of Blessing, an international Christian ministry that blesses underprivileged communities by providing schoolchildren with backpacks containing stationery and basic school supplies, recently completed its first outreach in the Eastern Cape. Ministry representatives Louis Foord and Carel Strydom scompleted a 2 000km road trip between Port Elizabeth and Alice in just […]
Originally published in Charisma News Thousands of the world’s Christian leaders are in Indonesia seeking God’s guidance on how to transform the nations with Christ’s message of love. It’s a historic prayer gathering in many ways, not the least of which is Indonesia’s decision to host the event. The huge […]
e.tv complies with advertising code regulations and takes internationally accepted measures to ensure that children are protected from harmful content, says e.tv channel head, Monde Twala. He says this in an email sent today in response to questions asked by Gateway News following yesterday’s Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa […]
Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s support of abortion and his endorsement of the work of the Marie Stopes Clinic (a chain of abortion clinics) will be discussed at the Anglican Diocesan Synod in Port Elizabeth next week. The pro-abortion-on-request stance of the former leader of the Anglican Church of South Africa is […]
An increase in complaints about sms porn commercials on e.tv has prompted the South African advertising regulator to advise the public how to make “meaningful” complaints. The Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASA) says that in terms of its mandate it can only react to public complaints about advertising […]
Originaly published in Barnabas Aid Kuwait’s Islamist-dominated parliament has passed a bill that would make insulting key Islamic figures and the Quran punishable by death. The amendment, intended to strengthen the country’s existing blasphemy legislation, gained overwhelming support in the second – and final – vote on 3 May. It […]
Originally published in Fox News The Christian pastor on death row in Iran has reportedly written a letter thanking his supporters and blasting those who he said use “insulting words” against Islam in what he considers a misguided effort to help his cause. Washington-based human rights group American Center for […]
Cape Town and Johannesburg residents are invited to make oral submissions on the 2012 film, magazine and computer games age classification guidelines next week, says the FPB. Members of the public may also have a say in setting the standards for classifying these media by submitting written comments on the […]
Jako Meyer was a self-confessed racist with such a short fuse that he had to run his Karoo farm on his own because no labourers were prepared to work for him. “They would start working for me and leave on the same day because they could not take my temper,” […]
[notice]Anglican theologian and author, Dave Doveton was part of the South African delegation at a recent international conference in London attended by Anglican leaders from 30 nations who are united in defending the true gospel. He says delegates left the conference with a fresh, global vision for carrying out the […]