South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
After a quarter-of-a-century of living in Israel, Australian-born Rev Aaron Eime is moving to England to head up the work of the Church’s Ministry among Jewish people in the UK. Aaron has been working for CMJ in Israel since arriving there in 1998 as part of a world tour with […]
By Charles Gardner, UK Correspondent The question of whether the Christian church was complicit in the Holocaust has been the subject of much debate ever since. Many believers like to comfort themselves with the thought that those who succumbed to Hitler’s propaganda were only nominal Christians, not real disciples. It […]
By Charles Gardener, UK Correspondent You wouldn’t have thought there was an obvious connection between Middle East politics and the much-hyped new film Barbie. But there is, and I shall explain. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, on which I have frequently commented from a 4 000km safe distance, has now spilled over […]
As a part-Jewish South African, it was a special delight for me to meet up recently with a compatriot who was among the pioneers of Messiah’s People. This is the name given to the Gospel work among South Africa’s Jewish community sponsored by CMJ (Church’s Ministry among Jewish people), a […]
A Jewish man who has been following Jesus for 40 years is calling on fellow Christians to make him known among his people. God’s command to Pharaoh (via Moses) to “Let my people go” when they were slaves in ancient Egypt has now become “Let my people know”, according to […]
Our UK correspondent, Charles Gardner penned this follow-up to his article last week on lessons learnt from the Yom Kippur war Mention of the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War has revived significant memories for at least two friends of mine. Recollections which throw new light on the […]
How does a Jewish atheist brought up on an Israeli kibbutz end up a missionary to his own people? Asaf Pelled, 43, admits that being an atheist and Jewish is something of an anomaly in view of their being God’s chosen people, but he was far from alone on that […]
By Charles Gardner, UK Correspondent Amidst much internal conflict in Israel, we are fast approaching the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War in the autumn of 1973. And it will coincide, appropriately, with the launch of the movie Golda – about the legendary Israeli Prime Minister at the time. […]
By Charles Gardner Watching a beautiful and vivacious Iranian woman being interviewed in Israel for the Christian Broadcasting Network, you would hardly believe she has endured torture and imprisonment for her faith. But the face of Marziyeh Amirizadeh lights up with joy as her eyes glisten with the love she […]
By Charles Gardener College lecturer and evangelist Richard Harvey faced two main obstacles as he considered the validity of the Christian faith while at school in Winchester, England. Firstly, he was Jewish – his family (formerly known as Hirschland) fled Germany with the rise of the Nazis and many of […]