South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Many young people do not know what their GOD GIVEN PURPOSE is, the reason they were born. This results in many decisions being made regarding their futures where finances are spent studying in a direction that brings no fulfilment. GIBC’s Gap Year is designed to assist with the following: Help […]
Learning to practice the presence of God (Gen1: 26,27) In Genesis we read that God made man in the image of God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit – with the result that man is also a spiritual being. God gave man a soul to be able […]
When you pass the little town of Tarkastad between Cradock and Queenstown on the R61 in the Eastern Cape, you might not picture it as the place your teenager would want to stay – for a year. But this might just be the place where he or she could have […]
Opportunity to sponsor students After more than 40 years in education Mart and Toy van Vuuren sensed God was giving them a vision to uplift disadvantaged students. Mart, a former Teacher Training College lecturer and Toy, a former High School Principal, spent three busy years preparing to launch a Grade […]
The Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology and the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University (SU), in collaboration with the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, present a two day consultation on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, says SU Communication and Liaison in a media release. Emeritus Archbishop Desmond Tutu […]
About 170 students from local schools attended an Anglican Youth Fellowship (AYF) event at St Laurence Anglican Church in Du Noon, Milnerton, Cape Town last weekend in an initiative aimed at motivating Grade 12s from Inkwenkwezi High School ahead of their matric examinations and to pray for smooth examinations countrywide. […]
Last week in Gateway News, FOR SA (Freedom of Religion South Africa) reported on the High Court proceedings instituted against six public schools (four in Gauteng, and two in the Western Cape) to effectively remove Christianity from those schools. The school principals met with FEDSAS (the Federation of School Governing […]
What do a 32 year old car, a 33 year old aircraft engineer, a 54 year old pilot, four international borders, an 8 800 km return trip and a 4 year old child in the rural Vhembe District of Limpopo have in common? This unlikely team of car, engineer and […]
By Andrew Selley, Founder & CEO of Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) This week in national media, news broke of legal proceedings instituted in the Johannesburg High Court against six public schools (two in the Cape, and four in Gauteng), all of who hold to a Christian ethos […]
A Student Christian Organisation at a private school in King William’s Town, Eastern Cape, has taken the initiative to organise and host a prayer meeting for Grade 12s to cry out to God for better results in the upcoming matric exams. SCO educator in charge and co-ordinator of the event, […]