South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Oorspronklik in Kerkbode gepubliseer “Ek onthou skrapnel, gebreekte glas, brandende voertuie, gillende mense. Die reuk van die dood wat in die lug hang.” So beskryf ds Chris Barnardo van die NG gemeente Kuilsrivier-De Eike die Kerkstraat-borrontploffing wat hom jare gelede, op’n vreemde manier, die lewe in geskiet het. 20 Mei […]
Originally published in CBN News Christians in the East African nation of Uganda are preparing to celebrate Martyrs Day on June 3 2016. The day commemorates the martyrdom of 45 Ugandan men who converted to Christianity between the years of 1885 and 1887. The story goes that the king of […]
Visiting Cape Town this month has been inspiring and compassionate speaker Sandy Shoshanni, Director of Be’ad Chaim, (Pro-life) and mother of seven, from Jerusalem. Be’ad Chaim is an organisation that counsels pregnant women considering abortion, and gives aftercare whatever the outcome. It intends soon to start counselling for men […]
Conference and missions course on board ship When the 29th annual Bless The Nations conference starts aboard the Logos Hope in the Port Elizabeth harbour on June 17 and 18, 2016, it will be a case of returning to the historical roots of the enduring missions mobilising event. A 1987 […]
When the world’s largest floating book fair Logos Hope pays her maiden visit to Port Elizabeth in two weeks time, nobody will be more excited than Jemma Coetzee. “I can’t wait to let my own people see and taste for themselves the transformation power we have onboard,” says Coetzee, 20, […]
The South African Christian Leadership Initiative (Sacli) urges South African voters — especially those who have previously voted for the ANC — to participate in an online election survey aimed at gauging how the Zuma presidency will affect the upcoming local elections. “Many South Africans are concerned that the State […]
Israeli ambassador announces Israel – SA Water Week to tackle drought effects On Sunday afternoon, May 22, in Cape Town, a historic declaration made by the representatives of Christians in 80 nations was released entitled “The Cape Town Declaration on Israel” affirming support for Israel. 1 000 Christians attended the […]
South Africa, where moves towards decriminalising prostitution seem to be gaining momentum, is going in the opposite direction to the rest of the world on the issue, says Doctors For Life International (DFL) in a media release. Billboards put up by the Department of Health in Gauteng a few months […]
Cape Town filmmakers Shane and Bianca (Schmitz) Vermooten attended the 2016 Cannes Film Festival in France, where the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) included the Media Village Productions film Bypass in their catalogue of South African movies. Over the past few years Shane has won numerous international awards for his short […]
[notice]’Brother Marko’ a Muslim background believer and missionary to South Africa from Turkey reports on a prophetic word for South Africa that God laid on his heart.[/notice] On the weekend of April 29 to May, I was at the Mighty Men Conference in the Karoo. However, about two days before […]