South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A monthly column in which Jenni Pretorius Hill shares stories of hope which bring Heaven’s perspective to Earth “I was grateful for the mask. The other teachers couldn’t see my dislocated teeth and swollen face. They knew something was wrong, but they never asked.” Nomfundiso I’m sitting on the double […]
On a Friday afternoon three weeks ago Gqeberha (PE) couple Toy and Mart van Vuuren were attacked by two gunmen who accosted them in their car in front of a township finishing school. The men whipped open the front doors of their vehicle moments after the couple had locked the […]
Part 3 of a 3-part series based on an inspiring interview with Shodankeh Johnson, a pastor, church planter and reformer from Sierra Leone, West Africa Several times during my interview with Shodankeh Johnson leader of New Harvest Global Ministries in Sierra Leone he said: “We do whatever it takes to […]
In this episode of Lydia Venter’s reports from the mission field, her husband, Wilco, share his story Episode 32 – Wilco’s Story … In chapter 31 I promised to share my hubby’s long and painful journey towards freedom in Christ as he had to deal with a horrible childhood trauma. […]
Part 2 of a 3-part series based on an inspiring interview with Shodankeh Johnson, a pastor, church planter and reformer from Sierra Leone, West Africa As I listened to Shodankeh Johnson sharing passionately about his vision to plant “churches that plant churches that plant churches” all over Sierra Leone and […]
Part 1 of a 3-part series based on an inspiring interview with Shodankeh Johnson, a pastor, church planter and reformer from Sierra Leone, West Africa. Recently I had the privilege of interviewing Shodankeh Johnson, this year’s recipient of the William Wilberfoce Award presented annually in the United States by the […]
Veteran missionary in Kenya Lydia Venter shares a life-changing lesson she and her husband, Wilco, learned from a ministry colleague Allow me today to share a principle that has truly changed my hubby’s and my lives. Permit me also to be a bit vulnerable and to share something that affected […]
When Frikkie Hefer was 24-years-old he found himself sitting crying on a Karoo town pavement, homeless, hopeless, and wanted by nobody because of his years of drug abuse. “I promise you that day, if I could have just got a gun, I would’ve taken myself out. I was just tired […]
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) is widely known as one of South Africa’s busiest manufacturing centres, boasting a busy port with many imports and exports. Even so, the city and its people bear the burden of high unemployment rates, poverty, as well as a lack of education and skills training. Statistics show […]
‘If we reduce human beings to being simply physical – as Western thought is prone to do – our poverty alleviation efforts will tend to focus on material solutions. But if we remember that humans are spiritual, social, psychological, and physical beings, our poverty-alleviation efforts will be more holistic in […]