South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) has postponed next week’s scheduled hearings on the CRL Commission’s controversial report recommending the regulation of religion, says Freedom of Religion SA (FOR SA) in a press release. Blaming the delay on the need to consider more pressing legislation, […]
When Gateway News received a lovely recording [Listen below] of nursing staff at Life St George’s Hospital, Port Elizabeth, singing the Lord’s Prayer in a urology ward, we decided to investigate. We found out that at the change of the morning and afternoon shifts the nursing staff in the different wards […]
Pastor, evangelist and author Daniel Massieh, who has trained more than 500 000 Christians how to witness to Muslims, will be in Cape Town in September, says Calvary Chape Africa in a press release. The author of Traitor — a true story that turned Egypt upside down — will be in the city […]
Lutheran churches from throughout South Africa will commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation at an All-Lutheran Service on Sunday August 27, at the Tshwane Events Centre (Pretoria Showground), Hall J, starting at 10am. The gathering in Pretoria, five centuries after Martin Luther sparked the Reformation by nailing his 95 […]
The Company of Prophets SA — a prophetic group which was birthed last year — is holding its first annual conference at Hatfield Church, Pretoria, on September 1 and 2. The purpose of the conference is to draw the various expressions of the prophetic company together, so as to hear God […]
Nichelle Steyn spoke to Andre van der Bergh national director of Operation Mobilisation (OM) South Africa on the occasion of its 30th anniversary of impacting the world through discipleship and mission. OM SA wants to help foster positive change in South Africa by encouraging churches and believers to break out […]
Originally published in Catholic Herald Cardinal Wilfrid Napier, the Catholic Archbishop of Durban, has accused the BBC of trying to undermine Christian moral values through “propaganda” that tells people “evil is good”. In a series of tweets, the cardinal said: “Hardly a day passes without [the BBC] promoting abortion, homosexuality, […]
A new Port Elizabeth citywide missions conference called Activate that will be launched with meetings at different venues in the city from September 15 to September 17 will seek to build on the excellent foundation of the Bless The Nations missions conference that has been held in the city for […]
The recent incident where a female learner from Siyaphambili High School in Orange Farm, Johannesburg, ended up in the ICU after accidentally purchasing and ingesting Cannabis (dagga) muffins at school, poses a grave warning to what South Africans can expect if the decriminalisation or legalisation of Cannabis is allowed, says […]
The Christian couple who were evicted from the Gaslight Café in Muizenberg, Cape Town on Thursday over anti-abortion messages on their clothing have urged Christians who sympathise with them not to boycott the restaurant but rather to pray for the restaurant team and to support it as patrons. The couple, […]