South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
History was made yesterday when Port Elizabeth’s iconic World Cup Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) Stadium hosted a Christian Day of Prayer for the first time, as some 8 000 Christians gathered to pray for the metro. The day was marked by an authentic show of unity as Christians of all […]
After 56 days on the road and a 1 500km trek from Cape Town, South Africa’s war piper for mighty men, James Mc Gowan (aka Piperjames) has reached his destination — the Mighty Men Camp, KZN at Mooi River. At least, I am assuming he has by the time you […]
As I post this update, the digital countdown on our Prayer Day notice board, says there is 1 day and 15 hours until the Christians of our city gather in the iconic Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium for a day of prayer that organisers believe will change the history of the […]
[notice]Port Elizabeth Pastor, Afrika Mhlophe, speaks his heart to his Christian brothers and sisters in Nelson Mandela Bay[/notice] On this coming Saturday something historic is about to take place in Nelson Mandela Metro, a metro named after the global icon, Dr Nelson Mandela. No, he is not visiting this part […]
Die NG Kerk se Algemene Sinode het vanmiddag besluit om die kerkordelike proses te begin wat tot die insluiting van die Belhar-Belydenis in die belydenisgrondslag van die NG Kerk kan lei. Per besluit moet twee-derdes van kerkrade Belhar met ‘n twee-derde stem goedkeur, waarna al die streeksinodes dit ook moet […]
Walk The Talk, a short South African movie about an ex-prisoner who finds hope when he hears the message of the gospel on the radio, is bringing hope in Christ to real-life prisoners in Cape Town. During 27 screenings of the movie — 24 of which were in Pollsmoor Prison […]
Men who abused women and children were worse than animals, National Commissioner of the SA Police Service Geberal Bheki Cele said in Port Elizabeth today at the official relaunch of the specialised Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS). The scrapping of the FCS in 2006 was met […]
In order to make the most of South Africa’s empowerment policies, both the government and business need to focus on investment in high growth, small and medium sized businesses which have the potential for job creation, said Liz Zambonini, CEO of The Hope Factory, in Port Elizabeth yesterday. She was […]
In scenes reminiscent of the Book of Acts tribal religious leaders in remote north eastern Mozambique are enthusiastically telling their people the greatest news that has ever reached their region — the gospel of Jesus Christ. Remarkably, these leaders, who previously followed a local religion, are sharing the gospel by […]
[notice]Doctors For Life International is concerned about a new SA Drug Master Plan that appears to promote “harm reduction”, a controversial approach that aims to channel drug abuse into a “safe” environment rather than to overcome it. DFL is a Christian-based organisation representing more than 1 800 medical doctors and […]