South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A North West farmer who was murdered on his property in April has blessed a cash-strapped children’s home in Potchefstroom with a R35-million bequest. The unexpected fortune would help the home through a very difficult time, said Abraham Kriel Children’s Home manager, Catharien Saayman in an interview with Radio Tygerberg […]
From Africa Christian Action Archbishop Desmond Tutu has called for homosexuality to be decriminalised to help tackle HIV. His comments come in an analysis in The Lancet journal of why incidence of the virus continues to grow among men who have sex with men. Dr Tutu said anti-homosexuality laws would […]
Next walk this Sunday — all over SA Have you ever heard it said that Christians find it easy to stand up and cheer for a sports team but they find it difficult to do the same for God? Well Golden Lions Rugby Union official, Ronel Knipe says she was […]
Originally published in ioL News Police have turned to God to assist them in their fight against crime and carrying out their daily duties. The SA National Police Service held its national prayer day on Friday (July 20) at the Pretoria West Police College where the top management and spiritual […]
A united front of Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) church leaders has called on the State President and other political leaders to take urgent action to resolve a major service delivery crisis in the metropole. In an open letter to the national, provincial and local leaders, the church leaders say that […]
The removal of the word “homosexuality” from a Pretoria church’s billboard has resolved the complainants’ concerns, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Directorate says in a ruling made today. The Light of Nations Church said it would remove the offending word after a complaint was laid with the ASA about the […]
Elite cops are investigating claims that terror group al-Shabaab is behind the murders of 14 Christians in the Western Cape. The killings occurred within a 10-month period across the province, from Mossel Bay to Philippi, Macassar and Paarl. All of the victims were Ethiopian Christians living here and the murders […]
South Africa will soon start participating in the Israeli Government-backed “People of the World Inscribe the Bible” project which aims to hand-inscribe the Bible in 100 different languages. The completed Bibles will be displayed in a huge museum called the Bible House which will be sited in Bible Valley, a […]
One of the world’s most experienced youth pastors, Australian Tim Hawkins, will be in South Africa in September to equip local churches and organisations throughout the country. Youth pastor, evangelist, international speaker and author Hawkins, will be in South Africa from September 1 to September 14 at the invitation of […]
Originally published in news24 Johannesburg – A complaint has been laid with the Advertising Standards Authority about an allegedly homophobic church billboard in Pretoria. The billboard features the naked torso of a man surrounded by the words “drug abuse”, “promiscuity”, “alcoholism” and “homosexuality”. It is captioned: “whom the son sets […]