South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The Christian owners of a Cape wedding venue that has been in the news since last week for refusing — on grounds of their deeply-held biblical convictions — to host a same-sex wedding, continues to suffer attacks on social media and threats of legal action. In addition, the Stanford Tourism […]
By Open Doors SA It is estimated that for one in every 12 Christians around the world,persecution is a daily reality –they endure intimidation, prison and even death because of their faith. During 2016, Open Doors distributed 2.5 million Bibles and Christian literature worldwide, trained a million people and provided […]
Last Sunday, on a cold and wintry Cape Town day, I visited a church that started under a tree at the Brackenfell Station in July 2010. We visited the congregation — still known as Church Under The Tree or Lazarus Ministries – where the members, who include many homeless people, […]
Photos: Keanan Messias and Joshua Cambell More than 5 000 young people from Cape Town and surrounds joined in worship, praise and renewing their lives in God at the #YTAUnite event at the Belville Velodrome last Saturday. Kyle driver, chairman of Youth Transformation Africa (YTA) said “we saw 5 000 young people lift […]
Originally published in forsa.org.za A mere six weeks after the case was argued in court, the Johannesburg High Court this morning delivered its much-anticipated judgment in the case of OGOD v six public schools regarding religion in schools. REACTION TO RULING FEDSAS The Federation of Governing Bodies of South Africa […]
Despite serious concerns expressed by the South African faith community, the CRL Rights Commission is heading to parliament today (Tuesday June 27) to present their final report on the “Commercialisation of Religion and Abuse of People’s Belief Systems” to several portfolio committees, says Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) in […]
Excitement is starting to build in the Mother City, with just over a week and a few days to go, to the #YTAUnite event on Saturday June 24 2017 at the Belville Velodrome, which is aimed at changing the lives of young people. An expected 6 000 young people […]
By Jericho Walls International Prayer Network The past few days have been marked many different challenges within cities, towns and communities, especially across the Western and Southern Cape. The trauma of losing family members and friends or the only safe refuge you have, is overwhelming. Let us continue to unite […]
Three friends have cycled 1 550 kilometres from Cape Town to the It’s Time National Day of Prayer in Bloemfontein and on to the Karoo Mighty Men Conference (KMMC). They arrived at KMMC on Wednesday and immediately relaxed and rested their weary muscles in the freedom of the Karoo silence keen […]
Christians working in the business sector are invited to attend one-day ‘Business as Mission’ seminars in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth in May. Two international speakers who work fulltime in the business mission field will share stories on how God is using business to impact nations and to extend […]