South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in World An Australian pastor died yesterday in a South African hospital after a weekend assault in Malawi, his family announced today. Salvation Army Major Geoff Freind, 59, had embarked on a five-week trip to train Christian pastors in several African countries, stopping last week in Rwanda. Freind’s […]
Homeless ministry Acts of Bravery certainly had a brave start. While on his way home from a night shift at work, Dylan Coert was approached on a Port Elizabeth street by a homeless man who feared he was dying. Coert led the man to the Lord and called an ambulance. […]
Bertie Cloete, 47, a real-life miracle marathon man from Cape Town will be leading a team of 12 Christian runners on a unique 70km relay run from the top of Table Mountain to the Mighty Men Conference Western Cape near Malmesbury on Friday, September 23. The so-called M2M (Mountain to […]
The Mighty Men Conference Western Cape team has reached out to gangsters in the wake of gang violence in the Western Cape that has seen 31 people — mostly youths — killed in just 31 days in Delft, on the outskirts of Cape Town. “We made contact with Minister Dan […]
Last week Cause for Justice made oral submissions in Parliament, together with other key stakeholders, on the Films and Publications Amendment Bill. This Bill, amongst other things, proposes the decriminalisation of online pornography. Parliament now has a big task ahead before the deliberations on the Bill take place from September […]
[notice]A new fortnightly column by a team of real people dedicating their lives to the fight against human trafficking, exploitation and social injustice. This week’s writer is Nicolette Kapp of the A21 Campaign[/notice] As the sun rises over the suburbs of South Africa, civil society will wake up with a new […]
[notice]A monthly column by farmer, preacher and writer for Jesus, Angus Buchan[/notice] We believe God has given to the believers in South Africa a commandment, a mandate, to gather together in one place, at one time, and to repent, (say sorry), so that Jesus can heal SA. People from every […]
Oorspronklik in Kerkbode gepubliseer Die buitengewone Algemene Sinode van die NG Kerk wat weer sal besin oor verhoudinge tussen mense van dieselfde geslag, gaan van 7 tot 10 November vergader. Die sinode word gehou in die kerkgebou van Pierre van Ryneveld waar die Oostelike Sinode ook van 23 tot 26 Oktober […]
Eighteen thousand, five hundred and twenty-four! That’s how many children are reported to have been raped in the year 2013/2014 in South Africa. Yet, even with that staggering figure, it’s estimated that over 88% of child rapes are never reported. So that number: Eighteen thousand, five hundred and twenty-four, represents […]
The founder of the television show Dream Big Hannah Viviers and I sat down recently to talk about her much anticipated event, The Beautiful Series Event. She says: “The event is all about empowering YOU, the remarkable woman, to own your beauty and by so doing enjoy the fullness of […]