South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Special Report by Ngqobizitha Donga, Stefanie Kotze and Ryan Smit In a generation where success has been intertwined with neglecting individual identity in Christ and conforming to worldly stereotypes, Wilberforce Academy seeks to engraft an understanding of how Christ is the centre of everything, hence building effective ambassadors who will […]
Plans are in motion to host a Christian national day of prayer and repentance at Africa’s largest football stadium – the FNB Stadium, Johannesburg on Saturday March 22 next year. The focus of the “Awakening South Africa National Day of Prayer and Repentance” event will be on revival and “on […]
About 300 people protested outside the City of Johannesburg Council Chambers in Braamfontein, yesterday, against the proposed renaming of Sandton Drive after Leila Khaled, a Palestinian activist who took part in plane hijackings in the 1960s and 70s and was linked with the massacre of Christian pilgrims in Israel in […]
Originally published in All Africa News Archbishop Thabo Makgoba on Monday announced an inquiry into whether the Anglican Church in Cape Town has met its obligation to keep its members safe from abuse. He was preaching in Cape Town after the publication of a report in Britain that a former […]
God’s Word was repeatedly spoken out loud from Genesis to Revelation across South Africa in October as five different Bible reading marathons were successfully completed during the month. Kariega (Uitenhage) feedback Bible Reading Marathon pioneer Illona de Wit said their event at Spirit Reign Ministries, Kariega (Uitenhage), from October 23 […]
In Part 1 of this series we tell the story of the unlikely beginning of a Christian non profit in Bloemfontein called Anchor of Hope. In this episode we look at a transformative turning point which saw Anchor of Hope change its model and its founder, Boeta Swart, change his […]
Amsterdam’s central Dam Square, which was the epicentre of violent, antisemitic attacks on hundreds of Israeli soccer fans last week, last night once again became a place of worship and prayer for Israel. For two and a quarter hours last night, Christians participated in a beautiful time of worshiping Jesus, […]
Philip Rosenthal, director of ChristianView Network has called on Christians to prioritise participating in public consultations on the controversial Marriage Bill, which are due to start on November 18 and 19 in Gauteng – and at dates yet to be announced in other provinces. (See schedule below with updated info […]
Originally published in SA Jewish Report “We have enough faith to survive in any situation that will come to us,” freed Israeli hostage Moran Stella Yanai told South Africans at a talk with her and rescued hostage Noa Argamani this week. “I want you to think of all of the […]
Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched against the Bela Bill in Pretoria yesterday in what was believed to be the biggest protest by the Afrikaner community since 1994. AfriForum members and more than 40 other organisations gathered at the Voortrekker Monument to march to Freedom Park where they handed over […]