South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]On the eve of the launch by the South African of Government the “16 Days of Activism For No Violence Against Women and Children” from November 25 to December 10, the Apostolic Faith Mission has released a media statement calling on the Government to give teeth to the campaign by […]
[notice]Recently a seriously ill PE baby went into cardiac arrest and died at hospital. But two hours later, after a prayer of faith, baby Joash came back to life. David Hobson, who was on the scene shortly after the baby recovered, spoke to the infant’s parents and one of the […]
The Mayor of Cape Town, Patricia De Lille should urgently remove the appallingly sexist and harmful Mavericks billboards erected along the city’s streets, Family Policy Insitute (FPI) says in a press statement. The strip club’s billboards feature a half-naked woman in a sexually suggestive pose next to the slogan “I […]
Representatives of Christian and Muslim communities attended a meeting at the Standard Bank Arena in Johannesburg today to take a stand against the killing of police members. At the gathering, which was called by Major General JT Pharasi, Commander of the Hillbrow Cluster of the South African Police Service (SAPS), […]
The Minister of Transport, Sibusiso Ndebele has called on all South Africans to observe the National Day of Prayer For Road Safety tomorrow (November 18) by making time to pray for safety on our roads — particularly during the forthcoming festive season. The day will be officially observed at the […]
[notice]Help us protect this heritage building — members[/notice] Brazen thieves have been relentlessly stripping the Holy Trinity Church in Central, Port Elizabeth, of copper and lead fittings , causing serious damage to the historic stone building. In a series of night-time assaults the thieves have stripped lead lining and copper […]
Originally published in Charisma News Rick Warren is calling his affiliation with Chrislam (a bridge-building attempt to allow the two religions to coexist) “nonsense” and “a lie that won’t die.” Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, directly responded to one of his Twitter followers on the microblogging site on Saturday. The […]
Two new Mavericks billboards in Cape Town – one on the N1 highway (going towards Cape Town, just before the Parden Island turnoff) and the other on Kloof Nek Road (Cape Town central), blatantly promote adultery, says Christian Action Network (CAN), in a media statement released today. The billboards advertise […]
[notice]Christian Action Network to appeal against ruling[/notice] The Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASA) has ruled that the Christian Action Network’s (CAN) billboard stating “Abortion Kills Babies,” is “offensive” and must be withdrawn. The side of the mobile billboard in question reads “Since 1997, 700 000 [updated in 2010 to […]
[notice]The leader of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (FCA), Archbishop Eliud Wabukala of Kenya, addressed the recent FCA conference in Durban. The FCA is a network of orthodox mainstream Anglicans which represents 40 million of the 55 million churchgoing Anglicans worldwide and Wabukala is considered by some as the counterpart […]