South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
It is time for followers of Jesus to face up to the reality of the devil’s severe attack on the Body of Christ through Covid-19 and to unite as never before in fighting the enemy from a place of peace and victory. So says Irma Simpson, who has practiced as […]
Pastors and ministry leaders are invited to register for Envision, the annual leaders’ conference of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) which will be held online from January 25 to 28. Each year Envision connects leaders from around the world to what God is doing in Israel and particularly within […]
Steven Lungu a leading African evangelist and former international team leader and CEO of African Enterprise passed away in Lilongwe, Malawi today from Covid-19 complications. The evangelist, whose powerful testimony of how God transformed him from a bitter freedom fighter to a global evangelist has touched multitudes of people around […]
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 […]