South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The cumbersome language of recovery Sitting in a support group meeting for supporters and recovering addicts last night, I was amazed at how many controls need to be in place for the ‘silly season’ in order to not relapse. Silly season, being December and in early January when many relapses […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] From November 20 to 22 2014 the International Ministers Fellowship (IMF) held their annual conference for the SADEC region in Pretoria. There were delegates who came from many different parts of the world. The IMF is a living, loving and functional network […]
[notice]This week marks the start of the 16 days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children (November 25 to December 10) and Gateway News Volunteer Reporter Debbie Hemmens took the opportunity to look at how three Gauteng-based NGOs are tackling the gender violence problem.[/notice] The 16 days campaign […]
Freedom Mantle, the youth of the South African Christian Leaders Initiative (SACLI), will be journeying with 20 young South Africans, between 18 to 35 years of age, on Robben Island as they deeply engage the possible futures of their generation and country after 20 years of democracy. The core theme of this […]
Expanding on the positive results of the 2014 #imagine Experiences, four weekend-long youth festivals are planned for next year, says #imagine Movement in a media statement. From April 10 to 12, 2015, up to 20 000 teenagers and youth leaders will be gathering in four locations across South Africa to […]
Women with a heart for prayer are invited to attend the Pretoria launch of Wailing Women Worldwide at Rathanile Hall, Mamelodi East on Saturday November 29, says evangelist Moshidi Makola on behalf of Shape Ministries who will host the event. The focus of the day will be on teaching about […]
Originally published in Christian Today “Marriage can only be between a man and a woman,” Rick Warren told an audience at the Vatican yesterday. Speaking before Pope Francis’ Humanum conference in Rome, the bestselling author and pastor of Saddleback church in California passionately defended traditional marriage. “The Bible says you […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Something very profound happened to me and my son as I was picking him from preschool this past Monday. It’s a fairly big school with different classes and so when I went to his class he was there with his teachers and […]
Reflections on inaugural “Becoming a Modern Day Princess” leadership training [notice]Debbie Hemmens reports back on the recent SA launch of the “Becoming A Modern Day Princess” mentorship programme for young girls with a leadership training session by programme founder Doreen Hanna.[/notice] Our pre-teens and teens often listen to the media […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Anything of value in life requires some level of sacrifice; some level of letting go of the comfortable. We should be willing to sacrifice going without for a short while so we can benefit from something more valuable in the long term. […]