South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Celebrated South African Gospel artist and Jesus lover Israel Mosehla died unexpectedly last Sunday at the age of 50. News of his death after a short illness sent shock waves throughout South Africa on Monday morning with many of his followers sending their condolences on social media. Mosehla was considered […]
Christians across Cape Town have recently been turning out in numbers to pray outside hospitals for revival and for the healing of Covid-19 victims. Part of the citywide hospital prayer surge appears to be a resumption of initiatives which were started in an earlier lockdown phase last year but at […]
The best way to counter potential violent, anti-Christian extremism in South Africa is to “spread the love of Jesus”, said Jan Gouws executive director of Open Doors Southern Africa (ODSA) during a virtual media conference today. He was responding to the question: “What is the possibility of Islamists persecuting Christians […]
There has been an alarming increase in persecution of Christians in Africa over the past year and the coronavirus pandemic has further exacerbated discrimination against Christians, according to the 2021 World Watch List (WWL) released by Open Doors International today. Even South Africa’s neighbour country, Mozambique, at position 45, appears […]
The ACDP condemns the “indiscriminate shooting of Christians who were praying at a church in Sebokeng by SAPS members yesterday morning”, says party president Rev Kenneth Meshoe in a media statement released today. “It has been reported that an old lady was allegedly shot by police with a rubber bullet […]
On Monday a global initiative of prayer against Covid-19 was launched by Healing the Nation campaign. The initiative was announced at the end of a Zoom meeting to honour Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng for his boldness to stand on the word of God. Mogoeng is currently facing intense criticism over […]
Despite ongoing criticism of Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s recent prayer at the Tembisa Hospital, a special Zoom meeting was hosted by the Healing Campaign on Monday to honour Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng for his courageous leadership — especially for not compromising on his Christian beliefs. Mogoeng has been under fire […]
1 400km into their 2 000km walk from Cape Town to Musina a group of crosswalkers have had to pause their Gospel trek after two of them were struck by the Covid-19 virus. Team visionary Reini Coetzee and David Smith landed up in hospital in Midstream, Gauteng after they were […]
Community members of Senekal gathered on “Prayer Hill” outside Senekal yesterday morning for a special thanksgiving and repentance prayer meeting in response to God’s help in the town during a time of crisis in October Senekal pastor John Mathuhle, who believes God intervened miraculously in the town to turn the […]
A panel of well-known South African speakers participated in a webinar on December 9 in which they tackled tough issues of race in the country. Billed “Courageous Conversations – Reflections on the Lessons Learnt from Senekal and Brackenfell”, the event was hosted by SACLI (South African Christian Leaders Initiative) and […]