South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
See also: https://gatewaynews.co.za/lets-laugh-at-that-april-19-2018/ The Base synagogue in Johannesburg was a hub of festivities on Sunday evening as various groups were hosted by the South African Friends of Israel at a celebratory Passover seder ahead of Israel’s 70th birthday today. The seder meal recounts the biblical story of the Israelites’ journey from […]
The COGTA Parliamentary Portfolio Committee has decided (for now) not to adopt the CRL Rights Commission’s proposed recommendations for the regulation of religion. Instead, COGTA recommended (as unanimously requested by the religious community during the meetings before Parliament), that the religious community be granted an opportunity to come up with […]
Also see: Come and drink from the reopened wells of revival The Mighty Men Conference (MMC) movement together with the It’s Time gatherings have developed to the extent that hundreds of thousands of South Africans are assembling at regional gatherings throughout the country every year and are forming a foundation […]
The Church is building on the breakthrough momentum from the recent It’s Time prayer day at Mitchells Plain, but more unity is needed, says Ashley Potts director of the Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre, in the first of a series of articles on the impact of the historical day of prayer […]
A letter from Port Elizabeth artist Susan Smith about painting with a purpose, finding meaning in a setback, and making a difference Dear reader Allow me to start by sharing some of the events that led up to me writing this letter. I have been painting for quite some time […]
There are less than 10 days to go before the first Eastern Free State Mighty Men Conference, called the Maluti Mighty Men, kicks off from April 13 to 15 on the scenic farm Karmel near Fouriesburg. After the final Karoo Mighty Men Conference last year a few friends from the […]
The deadline for comments on the Civil Union Amendment Bill which seeks to remove the right of state-employed marriage officers to opt out of solemnising same sex marriage, has been extended to April 28 following a request by Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) Comments on the bill which […]
Tributes have been paid to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former wife of the late South African anti-apartheid leader and President Nelson Mandela, who died on Monday at the age of 81 reports the Anglican Communion News Service (ACNS). The Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, Primate of the Anglican Church of […]
The EFF should apologise to Christians for its blaspehmous Good Friday statement claiming that “the Palestinians are the crucified, hanging body of Jesus today”, says ACDP leader Rev Kenneth Meshoe in a media statement released yesterday. “Jesus’ death on the Cross was an expression of the highest form of love […]
Saturday was an extraordinary day as possibly the biggest crowd ever seen at an event in Cape Town gathered to pray on an open space in Mitchells Plain. The peace of God was tangible at the Swartklip Sports Ground prayer venue and on the surrounding streets which are notorious for […]