South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
CSW will mark kidnappped Nigerian Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu’s 17th birthday with an online prayer event at 8.30pm (SA / Central African Time) tonight (Thursday May 14). Leah was the sole Christian among 110 schoolgirls abducted by the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) faction of Boko Haram from their school in […]
An online worship movement that emerged in South Africa during the current lockdown period is entering a new phase of equipping worshipers and leading believers in worship “warfare”. At 8pm on Sunday (May 9), there will be the first of a series of online worship webinars with practical and spiritual […]
Now that the significance of San Remo has been identified, let’s not “drop the ball”. Following last week’s centenary of the conference where Israel’s “earthly deed” was signed, it is vital that we continue to run with it until we have scored as many points as possible in key target […]
As prayer leaders in various nations have recognised a connection between Malawi’s commitment to repentance and its low Covid-19 infection rate, they have asked prayer leaders in Malawi to allow them to join them in decreeing a day of global repentance for national and personal sins, say the organisers of […]
Originally published in Christianity Today The Nigerian government now agrees with what church leaders have been complaining for years: Christians are the target of jihadist terrorism. “In the wake of a renewed onslaught by our tireless military against Boko Haram and their ISWAP (Islamic State West Africa Province) allies in […]
Originally published in Charisma News Ravi Zacharias asks for prayer as he prepares to undergo emergency spinal repair surgery this Thursday, Feb. 20. “Dear Friends, Many of you know that I have struggled with serious back issues for years,” Zacharias tweeted. “Recently the pain has intensified and I have battled […]
Originally published in Lifesite News The president of the Nigerian Catholic bishops’ conference has called on Western nations to “make known the atrocities” inflicted upon Christians and other groups in Nigeria by Islamic terrorists. Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze, the bishop of Benin City, told Aid to the Church in Need […]
Originally published in Lifesite News The Swiss have voted by a large majority to make “homophobia” a criminal offence. On Sunday, 63.1% of the voters who turned out for several popular initiative referendums agreed that “discrimination,” “hate speech” and other forms of public “insults” aimed at homosexuals because of their […]
Originally published in Charisma News The Reverend Dr. Francis Scott MacNutt, a beloved leader in the worldwide Catholic Charismatic Renewal and an ecumenical leader in healing prayer ministry, died Jan. 12, 2020, after a short illness. Francis was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 22, 1925, to portrait painter […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Israel Folau, an Australian rugby player who’s known for his outspokenness, has joined a new team but is forbidden from talking about his Christian faith. Folau, who was ousted from his contract with Rugby Australia last year over comments he made about homosexuality and […]