Transformational entrepreneur Patrick Kuwana hopes that a marketplace business conference his company is hosting in Johannesburg on February 4 will inspire delegates to apply Biblical principles in the business arena. “It is not a feel good conference. It is an action-oriented conference for people who are hungry to understand their […]
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TopTV porn plans held up
Research shows porn reduces sex crimes, says TopTV The South Gauteng High Court today ruled that pay channel TopTV may not flight three pornographic channels without securing the permission of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa). Icasa brought an urgent court interdict on Friday to stop TopTV owners […]
Muslim extremists strike Christians in East African islands
By Simba Tian — Compass Direct News NAIROBI, Kenya — Far from the world media’s gaze in remote islands off the eastern coast of Africa, church buildings are razed and Christians are ostracized and imprisoned for their faith – leaving one with a skin disease. On Tanzania’s island of Zanzibar, […]
46 women climb Kilimanjaro to combat slavery
An international team of 46 women — including nine from South Africa — started climbing Mount Kilimanjaro this week to raise awareness and funds to combat slavery. The women are being supported by a 10-woman prayer team, interceding for them at the base of Africa’s highest mountain — the highest […]
Icasa court bid to block TopTV porn plans, hold public hearings
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) and TopTV will clash in court tomorrow (Friday, January 13) during the hearing of an urgent interdict filed by Icasa to block the pay TV broadcaster’s pornograhy plans until a public consultation process has taken place. TopTV Senior Manager of Regulatory Affairs […]
Send an email to Asia Bibi!
This week 100 encouraging emails were sent from South Africans to a Christian mother of five who is in a Pakistani prison awaiting her appeal against a death sentence for blasphemy after she was falsely accused of insulting the Muslim prophet Muhammad. The email campaign organisers, In Context Ministries, have […]
Churches urged to observe Sanctity Life Sunday
All churches in South Africa are encouraged to mark Sanctity Life Sunday on January 29 by “observing a solemn and serious time of repentance and prayer for the national sin of abortion”, says Africa Christian Action (ACA) in a press statement released today. Sanctity Life Sunday falls on the Sunday […]
Somali woman whipped in public for becoming Christian
By Simba Tian — Compass Direct News A Somali convert from Islam was paraded before a cheering crowd last month and publicly flogged as a punishment for embracing a “foreign religion,” sources said. Sofia Osman, a 28-year-old Christian from Janale city in Somali’as Lower Shabelle region, had been taken into […]
Sardines and springs encourage Cape revivalists
[notice]As a year which has seen significant prayer and worship activity in Cape Town draws to a close, some Christians in the city who have a passion for prayer and worship are encouraged that God is responding with prophetic signs pointing to spiritual revival in the city and the nation. […]
Pastor survives adder bite — through prayer
[notice]Pastor Yannis Acavalos of Shofar Christian Church, Franschhoek was bitten by a venemous snake while spending time with God on a mountain. Hours away from his car he called out to God for help: this is his testimony.[/notice] Living in Franschhoek, I often go up into the mountains to spend […]