South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
An international coalition of pro-family groups has launched a worldwide petition aimed at stopping the sexualisation of children through opposing so-called “comprehensive sexuality education programmes (CSE)”. In a related campaign, one of the coalition partners, Family Watch International (FWI), has urged supporters to sign an open letter to United Nations […]
[notice]A year ago we published a remarkable story “The school that God established” about a grassroots Christian school that came into being through the favour of God. Recently I visited the school again and found that it is indeed being blessed to be a blessing.[/notice] “God has blessed us with […]
[notice] A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych[/notice] Would you go skydiving? I certainly would not. The thought of throwing myself out of a plane absolutely terrifies me. However, I understand that to some people, the idea of plummeting to earth at dizzying speeds is an appealing one – something about […]
More than 800 women are expected to attend the annual Arise Women’s Conference at Word of Faith Christian Centre, Port Elizabeth from Thursday September 6 to Sunday September 9. Speakers include prophetic UK church leader Wyona Norman — back by popular demand; Lyndie Mc Cauley, a familiar name at Arise […]
Christian medical body reacts to campaign to legalise euthanasia in SA [notice]Cape Town-based forensic scientist and pro-euthanasia activist Professor Sean Davison returned to South Africa in May after serving a five months house arrest sentence in New Zealand for assisting his cancer-stricken mother to end her life. Since his return […]
Victory Ministries International in Port Elizabeth held its third annual ladies high tea event on Saturday, June 30 at the New Worship Auditorium in Standford Road, Gelvan Park. The build-up to the event was incredible. There was much excitement over the weeks before the event as young and old prepared […]
[notice] A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych[/notice] What would you do if you were driving in your car, and a big hairy spider jumped out at you from the dashboard? I think that I would probably FREAK OUT. I would not take kindly to the situation and would likely take […]
Originally published in Lifestite News Brazilian psychologists are seeking to revoke the license of a therapist for publicly affirming her Christian beliefs on her online blog and twitter accounts, an action that the organization claims violates its code of ethics. Marisa Lobo, a psychologist and Evangelical who has published several […]
An Arab Christian leader serving in a closed, Islamic-ruled country will brief South Africans next week about the Arab Spring Revolution from a Christian perspective. He is a keynote speaker at INcontext Ministries’ youth and young adult oriented 23:59 Missions Conference which is being held in Kimberley (July 9), Port […]
David McGillivray, a 20-year-old leader at Oxygen Life Church in Port Elizabeth who will be attending the INcontext Ministries 23:59 Missions Conference next week, recently experienced a life-changing and faith-growing missions trip to Mumbai, India. He was part of a church team that went to support a local pastor working […]