South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Missionary Lydia Venter highlights the importance of making time to connect with village children outside of their daily grind “… and do not hinder them … for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” — Mark 10:13 We are very much aware of the importance of reaching children […]
‘Father to the fatherless, defender of widows—this is God, whose dwelling is holy. God places the lonely in families…’ — Psalm 68:5 Children were created to be in families. That is God’s design and, according to Psalm 68:5, His desire. Unfortunately, statistics show that this is not the reality for […]
Missionary Lydia Venter continues to share about their adventures in the remote Kenyan village of Lomolo. In this episode she writes about building a small children’s library. “… when it was in building … there was neither hammer nor ax [nor] any tool of iron heard in the house, while […]
By Gerda Potgieter — originally published in Devoted Magazine If there is one story that inspired me, it is the story of Emmanuel Taban who, at the tender age of 15, travelled all the way from South Sudan to South Africa, which he reached at the age of 16. Without […]
Many historians concur that the confidence and determination of Alexander the Great can be attributed to one thing: his horse. The legendary beast was an Akhal-Teke black stallion, a horse that ran with incredible speed and agility and could cross vast distances of desert straits without a single drop of […]
Tracey Mungofa was born and raised by her grandparents, deep in the woods of Zimbabwe. Her mother had to emigrate to Botswana to find work. “If you grow up without your parent guiding you, different people tell you different things about life, but no one can actually tell you what […]
In the previous episode missionary Lydia Venter shared how they unexpectedly bought a piece of land in an obscure Kenyan village called Lomolo. In this chapter she writes about how God directed their steps to Lomolo. Initially we used the little mud house on the property in Lomolo as a […]
When we hear the word “brotherhood”, the connotation might not always be positive as it is often associated with gangsterism. There is, however, a different kind of brotherhood, united through a Christian foundation and ethos. Calling Academy is a low-fee independent school that provides high-quality education to boys from low-income […]
It is estimated that more than 3.2 million learners are bullied yearly in South Africa. In addition, over 67% of bully victims said that they won’t ask a teacher for help because they don’t necessarily think it will change their situation. Masiwakhe Bulu was one such learner who had to […]
In the video clip below South African-born American evangelist and church leader Pastor Rodney Howard Browne speaks about an open vision he had in his bedroom in Tampa, Florida, two weeks before his arrest in March 2020 for holding large church services in defiance of government Covid-19 shutdown orders. He […]