South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A journey that started in Bloemfontein in May last year at the end of Passover when a prophetic scroll was handed to two walkers-for-Jesus on their way to Cape Town, and continued when the scroll was opened on Table Mountain on Pentecost Sunday last year, was completed on Table Mountain […]
Originally published in Eyewitness News Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has called on the South African government to “loudly and clearly” condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its bombing of health centres and places of refuge. Thursday marked exactly a month since Russia waged an attack on the country, killing thousands of […]
Senior religious leaders agreed today that they need to unite to fight government plans to impose “draconian” new health regulations “that threaten the future of Christianity in South Africa”. In a Zoom meeting hosted by Freedom of Religion South Africa, speaker after speaker agreed on the need for a two-pronged […]
Pressure on the leadership of the Dutch Reformed Church to address growing displeasure within the denomination over its perceived unbiblical leadership increased at the weekend when the Synod of Namibia delivered an ultimatum to the General Synod in South Africa. The Namibian Synod with its 44 congregations has given the […]
The role a mother plays in shaping her child’s worldview should not be underestimated. If she is notequipped and empowered with the truth of the Gospel, her children will battle to navigate a worldthat is largely shaped by the secular culture. It is not easy to have answers for things […]
Christians from Nelson Mandela Bay, Jeffreys Bay and the Gamtoos River valley are expected to congregate at the Kouga Dam wall on Saturday for the so-called Revival Rain meeting from 3pm to 5pm to be led by farmer-evangelist Angus Buchan, said Karoo farmer and Mighty Men coordinator Jannie Moolman who […]
Originally published in Eternity News Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston has resigned as global senior pastor of the church following a finding that he had breached the church’s code of conduct for pastors in two instances of inappropriate conduct towards women. The move was announced in a letter to church […]
Enforcing Covid-19 vaccination is like bringing back apartheid that enforced separation of people depending on skin colour, said the ACDP president Rev K Meshoe at the Union Buildings yesterday. When the University of Johannesburg was called Rand Afrikaanse Universiteit (RAU) during apartheid, he said, it had banned black students “who […]
Open Home Africa is hosting a one-day conference on March 26 where speakers will discuss struggles faced by vulnerable children, personal experiences of adoptive and foster parents, how to start and orphan care ministry and more. The event at the Antioch Bible Church in Roodepoort, Johannesburg from 8.30am to 3.30pm […]
“I want to use my scars as a testimony of God’s grace and that He alone has the final say,” says Mrs South Africa semi finalist Marion Peake in a note to Gateway News about her latest journey of faith. Marion, who together with her husband Matthew, provides loving, temporary […]