South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in News24 A Plumstead pastor at the River Word Church is doing God’s work by spreading what he calls “prosperity Gospel”, which allows him to provide his congregants in need, with cars, money, food supplies, and very soon even houses. Pastor Kyle Driver, 34, said he had been “led” […]
The formation of a new Dutch Reformed Church synod to accommodate congregations which stand for biblical truth is on the cards for next year, said Dr Anton Knoetze chairman of the Kairos Network. He told Gateway News that the leaders of the network — an association of DRC members and […]
Imposing mandatory vaccination on religious gatherings would impact the constitutional right to religious freedom, and the legal autonomy of religious institutions, says Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) in a letter sent to President Ramaphosa yesterday. “As such, Government is legally obliged to specifically consult with the religious sector before any mandatory […]
Vaccine passports or mandatory vaccines would be discriminatory and would amount to the “dompass” of the apartheid era, said ACDP president Rev Kenneth Meshoe in a press statement released this week. He was responding to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s adress to the nation last Sunday night in which he spoke of […]
More than two weeks after filing an application to the Constitutional Court for direct access to the apex court to apply for an urgent interdict to block the government from mandating Covid-19 vaccinations, the South African Christian Forum (SNACF) is still waiting for a court date, “We are still waiting […]
Miss SA has the right to participate in the Miss Universe pageant in Israel, says Sibongile Cele, deputy chairperson of the ANC Women’s League in Johannesburg and a spokesperson for Citizens for Justice (CFI), an NGO that has accused the government and the minister of sports, arts, and culture of […]
After three days of virtual hearings in an application by four organisations challenging the government’s ban of religious gatherings the High Court in Johannesburg yesterday reserved judgment. Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA), the South African Christian Forum (SACF), Solidariteit Hulpende Hand and the Muslim Lawyers’ Assocation are seeking […]
Parties involved in a High Court application by the ACDP against the government’s rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations to children between the ages of 12 and 17 have agreed to timelines for filing papers, says ACDP national executive committee member and attorney Bongani Luthuli in a media statement. He says the […]
Pastor Reuben Africa the local coordinator of a two-weeks evangelism campaign in the Northern Areas of Nelson Mandela Bay that ended last Sunday reports on what God did in some of the most notorious, gang-ridden areas of the metro Everywhere we went, people responded with great enthusiasm, to the message […]
Rain fell in parts of the drought-stricken Willowmore area yesterday morning and “big rains” are expected in the area on Friday and Saturday, said Callie Wannenburg, a farmer in the area and one of the organisers of a “Hope in the Karoo” prayer event in the town led by farmer-evangelist […]