South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The Kairos Network (KN) — an association of Dutch Reformed Church members and groups who believe the General Synod no longer upholds the Word of God — has announced a plan of action aimed at “radically” reforming the denomination from within rather than breaking away. Dr Anton Knoetze chairman of […]
Each evening this week small groups of Nelson Mandela Bay Christians have been gathering on the Donkin Reserve to “prepare our hearts and raise the flag or banner of Jesus’s powerful name” over the city ahead of a united prayer and thanksgiving event on Sunday, said Pete Gooch, one of […]
Pastors Phil and Lucinda Dooley, the Cape Town-based lead pastors of Hillsong Church Africa confirmed in a letter to their African constituency this week that the co-founder and global senior pastor of Hillsong Church, Brian Houston, has asked them to step into the role of acting global senior pastors. Houston […]
South Africans should be prepared to defend their freedom of religion like never before as several court cases and draft legislation this year will challenge their right to practice and share what they believe without prosecution, said Michael Swain executive director of Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA). “There […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) yesterday, announced that government plans to scrap the National State of Disaster “as soon as we have finalised other measures under the National Health Act and other legislation to contain the pandemic” . Reacting to the president’s undertaking, ACDP […]
It is with much excitement that Mighty Men Jeffreys Bay’s organising committee are finalising arrangements to host the next Mighty Men Conference in the Eastern Cape. Since receiving the official go-ahead from Kouga Municipality, the conference has been “all systems go”. It is scheduled to take place from March 18 to […]
With just six months left of the two-year deadline government was given by the Constitutional Court to amend the Electoral Act to accommodate independent candidates, a showdown is looming between government and independent organisations which promote direct democracy in South Africa. Dr Michael Louis, a Christian marketplace leader who was […]
“I sense very strongly that God is about to do something unprecedented in this nation,” said South Africa’s former chief justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng in a telephonic interview with Gateway News this week In our conversation just days after he had apologised publicly for comments he made about Israel, he shared […]
Venue no longer hosting weddings The owners of Beloftebos, the wedding venue which was taken to court by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) after they declined to host and organise the celebration of a same-sex marriage, have written to the SAHRC in an attempt to amicably resolve this […]
Bethel Church in Redding, California, is calling on members and Christians around the world to pray for senior leader Beni Johnson as she battles cancer. Beni, along with husband Bill, are senior leaders of the globally-influential church that is well-known for its revival culture, school of supernatural ministry and inspiring […]