South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in eNCA.com A Methodist minister who was fired from her church for marrying her same-sex partner, has taken her fight to be reinstated to the courts. Ecclesia de Lange was ordained as a Minister in the Methodist Church in 1996. She served her congregation in the Cape Twon […]
The University of the Western Cape’s (UWC) Department of Religion and Theology will host a one day conference themed “The Quest for Identity in Mainline Churches in South Africa” on Friday, May 24, 2013. The conference in Cape Town is the fourth in a series of 10 “think tanks” and […]
The Western Cape Mighty Men Conference will not take place this year but there will be a conference next year, at a date to be announced later, says MMC Western Cape Chairman Andre Vercuiel. He says the MMC WC that was planned for September 27 to 29 has been postponed […]
When 19-year-old Yushraq Dollie looked at a crowd of nearly 6 000 women at a Cape Town Christian conference where his Muslim mother got ‘saved’, he asked himself: “Where are the men?” That was at the Hillsong Colour Conference in mid April. Little did Dollie know that God was about […]
Countdown to Global Day of Prayer starts today Christian groups in Pretoria and Cape Town are uniting to stage major National Day of Prayer events on Pentecost Sunday, May 19, which is also the Global Day of Prayer — a day in which believers around the globe join in prayer […]
When Aletta Riddles had a vision two years ago about forming her own political party, little did she know that one day it would become a reality. The new party, Nehemiah Liberation Christian Party (NLCP) will be officially launched in Mitchell’s Plain, Cape Town, next month. Riddles had a vision […]
Unashamedly Ethical health professionals community launched Helen Zille, the Premier of the Western Cape, came face to face with the taxi leaders she once clashed with. She reminisced about the last time she and the taxi leaders met. “Do you remember when I came to Nyanga how I had […]
Economic globalisation and the current financial crisis are endangering not only the sustainability of the planet but also the moral welfare of humankind and the future of young people. This will be the message of Stellenbosch University (SU) Rector and Vice-Chancellor Prof Russel Botman when he receives the Princeton Theological […]
A white mare named Molly advertised on Gumtree seemed to meet the requirements of Christian bagpiper, Piperjames, for a white steed for use in spreading the Gospel in and around Cape Town. The initial email correspondence between prospective buyer and seller was encouraging. “Molly is the old plantation style walking […]
Delegates at this year’s annual conference of the Association of Christian Media (ACM) will focus on ‘reclaiming the culture’. The conference will be held at the Ocean View Hotel, Cape Town, from June 19 to 21, says the ACM in a media release. The keynote speaker will be Dr Mark […]