South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Every day from Wednesday July 14 until Tuesday July 20 you can join a powerful hour of united online prayer for South Africa from 12pm to 1pm led by different prayer leaders across the country. The campaign was birthed after prayer leaders Graham Power and Bennie Mostert contacted other SA […]
When a young Johannesburg woman posted a message on Facebook offering to help clean up looted stores, she had no idea that her act of kindness would spark a movement that would gather tens of thousands of volunteers within a few days. Emelda Masango, 25, of Crown Mines, said she […]
“The people in our nation are hurting, bleeding, dying, and desperately crying out for a Saviour. We have run out of plans. Our leaders have failed us. We are failing each other. As lawlessness increases, our compassion decreases. If we truly believe that there is a God in heaven, then […]
SACC media statement — from office of Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana, General Secretary of the SACC The South African Council of Churches (SACC) notes with deep concern the violence and destruction of property that is engulfing our nation as we speak. This violence is resulting in untold suffering. This, in many […]
SA Back to God has called on Christians in South Africa to participate in a national prayer and fast on Tuesday and Wednesday for an end to outbreaks of violence and anarchy triggered by the imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma. “This is clarion call for the nation to Fast […]
.Originally published in FORSA.org.za Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) requested (and was granted) an opportunity to meet with the Deputy Minister of Justice, John Jeffery, to discuss the religious community’s concerns regarding the PEPUDA Amendment Bill. The virtual meeting, which took place yesterday, follows the unprecedented opposition from South Africa’s religious community to the […]
Originally published in sabcnews.com The imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma is not the time to celebrate but to teach citizens about the rule of law and the values of the Constitution, says Anglican Archbishop of Southern Africa, Thabo Makgoba. Makgoba says while it’s sad and painful for a person to go […]
This is a translation of an article that was published in the Dutch Reformed Church news publication Kerkbode on Wednesday Dr André Bartlett [chairman of the DRC synod Hoëveld in Gauteng] apologised to Dr Chris van Wyk [a Port Elizabeth DRC pastor] after remarks Bartlett made to a Rapport reporter in […]
Pro-life doctor Jacques de Vos says that the words of Proverbs 24:11 — Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter — explain why he spoke up for an unborn child in 2017 and why he does not regret doing so, despite the high price […]
South Africans have sent an unprecedented loud and clear message to the Department of Justice And that message is: “NO!” to the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Discrimination Amendment Bill — commonly known as the PEPUDA Amendment Bill. By the end of Tuesday June 30, the closing day for […]