South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] The recent xenophobic attacks and its reverberating effect on the entire South African landscape raised a plethora […]
NEWS FLASH — JUDGE GRANTS ASSISTED SUICIDE APPLICATION The High Court in Pretoria today (Thursday, April 30, 2015) ruled in favour of Robin Stransham-Ford for an assisted death with no legal implications. Doctors For Life say they will definitely appeal against the judgement. See Eye Witness News report. See also […]
Although it is still difficult to put into words what an incredible weekend the Karoo Mighty Men Conference 2015 was, with more than a thousand people giving their hearts to Jesus, many baptised in water, hundreds baptised in the Holy Spirit, and thousands of ordinary Christians inspired and empowered to […]
Global Challenge is an expanding Kingdom ministry that defies any attempt to put it in a box. It began with a challenge by founder Anna Marie Franken to 20 young Christians to join her on a year-long round-the-world adventure mission trip. And eight years later the God adventure continues with […]
[notice]Henda Marais urges Christians to join the 10-day Holy Land tour and Empowered21 Conference in Jerusalem from May 18. Click on the links to download the full conference programme and tour itinerary. To register please email one@empowered21jerusalem.co.za or visit www.empowered21jerusalem.co.za.[/notice] The word “Kairos” means an appointed time for action. As we […]
The most beautiful, spacious, light and airy little country cottage shop has just opened its doors on the main street of Tarkastad in the Eastern Cape. The Story, as the charming little shop is known, will sow all of its profits into meeting specific needs in the community. And it […]
South Africans in their tens of thousands have turned out to support anti xenophobia marches and events around the country this week and South Africa’s Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgob has urged one million South Africans to join an anti xenophobia march in Pretoria tomorrow (Friday, April 24). Some 30 000 […]
Seated in the arid emptiness and silence of the Karoo one can hardly believe that within days the area will be filled with tens of thousands of men worshipping the Lord God Almighty. Sitting below a cross planted on a little, rocky koppie overlooking the stage area of the Karoo […]
[notice]A monthly prophetic perspective from Marian and Kate Fitz-Gibbon[/notice] Less than a month ago a sound over South Africa was “Do not be afraid — revival is in the land!” We remember standing worshipping with 7 000 other South Africans in what was an almost a surreal setting. We were afraid, […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] At the foundation of xenophobia or genocide is an underlying narrative that dehumanises the other. Victims of slavery, genocide and xenophobic violence have been called ‘less than human’, ‘cockroaches’ or other demeaning labels such as ‘kwerekwere’ in our […]