South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
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. Being part of God’s family is a privilege which regularly provides us with small glimpses into our […]
Pastor Steve Haines is passionate about raising a generation of supernatural believers — men and women, young and old — who know how to be naturally supernatural. Haines, who has been a pastor with His People / Every Nation Ministries for 12 years, established the Supernatural Lifestyle School in Pietermaritzburg […]
The Alpha Course has become salt and light to the disease and darkness in Gugulethu, Western Cape, says Pastor Siviwe Minyi, one of the Christian leaders behind the growth of the Alpha movement in the township. When Gateway News reported on the launch of the world famous introductory Christian course […]
Rev Malcolm Hedding a sought-after international speaker on Israel and the Church will be speaking at several venues in Cape Town and Stellenbosch this month. Hedding who served as He served in Jerusalem as the head of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) from 2000 to 2010 is an ordained […]
Free to believe but not free to act! In South Africa, as around the Western world, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Christians to live out their faith. Sure, you can have religious convictions and beliefs — as long as you don’t act on them! This is the message of […]
[notice]Major Margaret Stafford reports on a recent outreach by a team from the Salvation Army PE Central Community Church.[/notice] Its 8 o’clock and a group of folk are preparing to go out onto the streets of downtown Port Elizabeth to meet and speak to a few ladies of the night. […]
For the first Karoo Mighty Men Conference (KMMC) in 2011 the organising committee identified 70 surrounding towns and cities that are in easy travelling distance and could be important centres for drawing participants. KMMC coordinators were appointed in each of the centres. “This number has now grown to over 200 […]
Richard and Jill Lawton, who co-lead a church in Hillcrest, KZN, both published their first book last year. His takes on a weighty theological challenge. Hers contains beautiful art and poetry. In this engaging article, Jill shares their unusual journey from Oxford University, UK to KZN — and some of […]
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has dismissed with costs an application by On Digital Media Media (ODM) for leave to appeal against a Western Cape High Court order preventing it from broadcasting hardcore pornography channels on its StarSat (formerly TopTV) pay-TV service. Justice Alliance of South Africa (JASA), supported by […]
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