A Red Bull TV advert in which a “bored” cartoon Jesus “walks on water” has been removed after one day after it sparked a flurry of complaints from people who found it blasphemous. In an official response email received by Gateway News this evening, Red Bull says the ad, which […]
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All pistons fired at Spirit-filled Bushveld Mighty Men
[notice]Ellisras project manager Kevin Stephens attended the second, annual, Limpopo MMC (also known as the Mighty Men Bushveld) last weekend. This is his testimony of what he and other men experienced at this inspiring event that continues the tradition started by Angus Buchan on his Greytown farm in 2004. After […]
Another church in Jos, Nigeria hit by suicide bombing
By Obed Minchakpu — Compass Direct News JOS, Nigeria – Two weeks after a suicide bomb attack by the Islamist sect Boko Haram during a church service here left at least three Christians dead, a similar blast during a Catholic Mass yesterday killed at least three people. As in the February 26 […]
Why ICASA turned down TopTV’s porn plans
Women’s rights to equality and dignity are more important than TopTV’s rights to freedom of expression, or viewers’ rights to watch pornography at home, says the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) in a long-awaited explanation of its decision to block the broadcaster’s plans to launch three porn channels. In […]
Women’s programme parallel to Karoo Mighty Men
There will be an opportunity for women to deepen their relationship with the Lord while their husbands are worshipping Him at the Karoo Mighty Men Conference (KMMC) 2012. Middelburg’s “Vroue Sonder Grense” (Women Without Borders) are a hosting a breakfast conference with popular speaker and bible-school lecturer Edith Baartman on […]
PE Christians respond to township shack fire victims
Nelson Mandela Bay Christians have provided relief aid to approximately 40 residents of Gqebera (Walmer Township) who suffered a devastating loss when their shacks were burnt down in a fire on February 26 while many of them were attending church services.. Two Gqebera churches responded immediately, by housing the victims […]
More than 5 000 attend “historic” Cape taxi rank peace service
More than 5 000 people attended a prayer meeting at Nyanga Taxi Rank, Cape Town yesterday (March 4) at an event which the Minister of Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape, Robin Carlisle, described as “an historic occasion in the public transport sector”. The prayer meeting was the […]
Maritzburg mission preparations gathering momentum
Preparations for the citywide ‘Choose-Zikhethele’ mission in Pietermaritzburg in August are gathering momentum as mission committees prepare the ground for the event which will mark 50 years of ministry by African Enterprise (AE) on the African continent. With Pietermaritzburg being known as ‘The City of Choice’ the steering committee feels […]
MMC Limpopo ready for men to arrive next week
Preparations for the MMC Limpopo, also known as the Bushveld MMC — including the building of a large, permanent stage — are expected to be completed tomorrow (Friday, March 2), in time for the arrival of thousands of men next week. “Sometimes it felt like we would never finish in […]
Cape taxi bosses looking to God for end to violent rivalry
Hopes of bringing a long and bloody feud between rival Cape Town taxi associations to an end have risen with news of a high profile prayer day for forgiveness and peace in the taxi industry. The Church and the Western Cape taxi industry are hosting a public day of prayer […]