South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Ecumenical News South Africa’s top judge has said corruption and many other social ills are largely due to a failure to infuse law with a measure of religion and morality. Chief Justice Mogoeng Thomas Reetsang Mogoeng said infusing law with religion could help turn around crime, corruption, […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Whether one is rich or poor; loved or hated; president; prisoner or free, young or old, we all have one thing in common that is the equaliser for all of us…..we will all die one day. How we live our life; our […]
The pope’s imminent visit to Israel will rightly attract much attention. But two largely untold stories about global Christianity have the capacity to shake the world order. The first is the persecution of Christians in the developing world at the hands of Islam. Boko Haram, which has kidnapped more than […]
By INcontext Ministries On 14 April, the Islamic militant group Boko Haram stormed an all-girls secondary school in the village of Chibok in Nigeria’s Borno state, taking hundreds of young women with them asthey disappeared into a remote area along the border with Cameroon. The kidnapping occurred on the same […]
A few weeks ago Gateway News carried a story of an interaction I had at the Karoo Mighty Men Conference with Everall, a man who harboured racist views towards black people. It was after I was finished with my ministry that a gentleman involved in security came to the speakers’ […]
Reconciliation, running and praising God in a crowded Jewish bar [notice]UK-based South African-born journalist Charles Gardner shares his personal reflections at the end of the intense, four-day At the Crossroads conference in Jerusalem[/notice] The idea of a conference in Jerusalem aimed at fostering deeper bonds between Arab Christians and Jewish followers […]
[notice]A monthly column by farmer, preacher and writer for Jesus, Angus Buchan[/notice] A month ago we celebrated the Easter season. I am amazed again at how quickly the time is passing us by. This Easter was very special for me and for my family as we spent time together. Good […]
[notice]UK-based South African-born journalist Charles Gardner reports from the At the Crossroads conference in Jerusalem.[/notice] A profound gesture of peace between Israel and Iran has been made at a conference in Jerusalem aimed at strengthening bonds of reconciliation between the sons of Abraham. Arab Christian delegates from all over the Middle East […]
Originally published in INContext Ministries’ World In Motion, Issue 99, May 2014. Photos have emerged on Chinese social networks showing the controversial demolition of a large church in eastern China. This followed weeks of protests by parishioners, who saw the move as indicative of a larger crackdown on churches. Sanjiang church was located […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] There are many things that will come to threaten the sanctity of your relationship. When you make your wedding vows to your spouse you have no idea how good or bad circumstances will get in your marriage. We do not think of […]