South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Die NG Kerk se Algemene Sinode het vanmiddag besluit om die kerkordelike proses te begin wat tot die insluiting van die Belhar-Belydenis in die belydenisgrondslag van die NG Kerk kan lei. Per besluit moet twee-derdes van kerkrade Belhar met ‘n twee-derde stem goedkeur, waarna al die streeksinodes dit ook moet […]
Originally published in Christian Post The world’s most popular Bible App, YouVersion, has reached another milestone – 30 million unique installs this week. The free Bible App is now available in 45 languages and offers more than 190 BIble reading plans. “It is very exciting to see what God is […]
South African farmer-evangelist Angus Buchan is the main speaker at the 2011 Christian celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles which begins in Jerusalem this evening. About 6 000 Christian pilgrims from about 100 nations are expected to attend the annual celebration hosted by the pro-Israel International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ)which […]
Walk The Talk, a short South African movie about an ex-prisoner who finds hope when he hears the message of the gospel on the radio, is bringing hope in Christ to real-life prisoners in Cape Town. During 27 screenings of the movie — 24 of which were in Pollsmoor Prison […]
Men who abused women and children were worse than animals, National Commissioner of the SA Police Service Geberal Bheki Cele said in Port Elizabeth today at the official relaunch of the specialised Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS). The scrapping of the FCS in 2006 was met […]
In order to make the most of South Africa’s empowerment policies, both the government and business need to focus on investment in high growth, small and medium sized businesses which have the potential for job creation, said Liz Zambonini, CEO of The Hope Factory, in Port Elizabeth yesterday. She was […]
In scenes reminiscent of the Book of Acts tribal religious leaders in remote north eastern Mozambique are enthusiastically telling their people the greatest news that has ever reached their region — the gospel of Jesus Christ. Remarkably, these leaders, who previously followed a local religion, are sharing the gospel by […]
[notice]Doctors For Life International is concerned about a new SA Drug Master Plan that appears to promote “harm reduction”, a controversial approach that aims to channel drug abuse into a “safe” environment rather than to overcome it. DFL is a Christian-based organisation representing more than 1 800 medical doctors and […]
A prosecutor has been assigned to work exclusively on gangster-related court cases, and as far as possible, cases involving gangsters would be referred to the Regional and High Courts, a Government spokesman told members of Port Elizabeth’s Helenvale community and police yesterday. Ward 13 Councillor, Nico du Plessis said in […]
Teachers and principals attending the third National Christian Teacher’s convention in Bloemfontein from Saturday (October 1) to Tuesday (October 4) will be encouraged to rediscover a sense of calling in their work. Christian educators, especially in Government schools, often felt isolated and discouraged, and the convention hosted by the Foundation […]