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] Human trafficking as a phenomenon affects every level of society and no individual, community, country or continent […]
Eighteen people responded to an invitation last week to attend the first monthly “Just1Hr Challenge” meeting of people who are willing to give an hour of their time each month to work on community projects in Nelson Mandela Bay. “I was pleasantly surprised by the response to this pilot meeting,” […]
Originally published in INcontext Ministries The members of a church in Minya, Egypt, have written a song of love and forgiveness after the church was attacked and burned down in an ongoing wave of anti-Christian attacks by Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. Many Egyptian Christian leaders are reminding […]
Arlene and I spent nine exhausting but inspiring days in Durban recently, speaking, preaching and meeting Christian leaders in KZN. I preached 12 times within a hectic eight day schedule. I returned from Durban on October 13 with a bad dose of the flu and was forced to take the […]
An attack on Christians by local Muslims, supported by Islamist fighters, in the Central African Republic (CAR), has led to further carnage. As the Islamist Seleka militants continue to wreak havoc across the stricken country, Christians in the city of Bangassou organised a protest against them on 8 October. But […]
Millions of Christians throughout the world are participating in prayer vigils this week to mark the EXPOSED Week of Action highlighting the devastating effect of corruption on the poorest people in the world. “This truly is the largest coordinated effort of Christians standing together across the globe to shine God’s […]
A 40 Days For Life vigil outside abortion clinic, Marie Stopes, in Cape Town’s, Bree street, seems to be making a greater impact on men than on women, said pro-life campaigner Colette Thomas. She said many women entering the clinic appeared to be “closed-off” to the presence of pro-lifers praying […]
Amazing testimony of perseverance in obeying call of God When Port Elizabeth domestic worker Joyce Ncamisa lost her pride-and-joy — her law-student son, Thembisile — in a fatal workplace accident in 2001 she felt God tell her that there were a lot of street children who needed her help. Soon […]
[notice]The following perspective was written by a Christian leader in Zimbabwe after the 2013 elections. His response to the results can be seen as representative of the emotions experienced by many Christians around the world who are disappointed when hope is not realised. — Originally published in INContext Ministries’ World In Motion, Issue […]
Stormers coach talks about faith, family, forgiveness and success “I’m delighted to speak about God”, were the opening words of Allister Coetzee, senior coach of the Western Province(WP) and Stormers rugby teams, as I sat on the Grand Stand at Newlands Rugby stadium, to speak with him about his life […]