South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in CBN News A Christian school in Germany is challenging the country’s “restrictive educational system” after government officials barred them from opening more schools. The Association for Decentralized Learning, which offers both virtual and home education programs, has filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Human Rights […]
Originally published in Christian Today James Mildred, of Christian charity CARE, said the advent of MDT was “a source of some concern” and that an “ethical line” has been crossed. He said there were a number of questions around the psychological impact on children and whether the development of MDT […]
By Martin Davie — Originally published in Christianity Today During the course of the 20th and 21st centuries we have seen time and again that when a revolution has occurred those who were formerly in charge (who are now holed up in a bunker somewhere or have fled the country) […]
Christians in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing dramatically increased levels of persecution inflicted by Islamist rebels unhindered by an ineffective, corrupt government. But the religious dimension of the violence is not being acknowledged by international agents such as the US State Department and the United Nations, writes Linda […]
By David Parsons — Originally published by ICEJ “For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?” — Romans 11:15 As Israel prepares to mark 75 years since its modern-day rebirth in May 1948, the impact of […]
Originally published in CBN News Seventy-five years ago, a declaration signed in a Tel Aviv art gallery changed the world forever. Against overwhelming odds, the fledgling State of Israel not only survived, but has grown beyond expectation, launching it for the next three quarters of a century on the path […]
Rwanda gathering of Gafcon conservatives draws 1 300 from 53 nations as Global South fellowship moves toward merger By John Sandeman — Christianity Today A “revived, renewed, and reordered” Anglican Communion will be the core message delivered tomorrow to 1 300 conservative Anglicans from 53 countries meeting this week in […]
Charlene Pauw reports on a message delivered by Indian Christian thought leader Vishal Mangalwadi during the Christian Leaders Forum SA’s first quarterly online prayer meeting for 2023 on March 29 The guest speaker at our recent Christian Leaders Forum SA online prayer meeting, Vishal Mangalwadi, is a prominent social reformer, political […]
Tshego Motaung pays tribute to the memory of Dr Wallace Mgoqi, an advocate, thinker, social activist and champion of the poor, who passed away earlier this week. A former city manager of Cape Town and former chief land claims commissioner –among many positions he held — he was chairman of […]
The approach to Passover and Easter is a good time to remember the extreme bravery of German pastor Paul Schneider, who almost single-handedly stood up to Nazi brutality in the years immediately preceding World War II. He paid with his life, murdered by lethal injection in July 1939, aged just […]