South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]In this week’s Righteous Rant RUTH *, a Christian living in Belville, Cape Town is concerned that fellow Christ followers are missing a critical opportunity to reach out to Somali people who have moved into the area in great numbers. Gateway News invites you to email your rant to news@gatewaynews.co.za for […]
Originally published in iolnews The Roman Catholic Church has added its powerful voice to the swelling opposition against charging motorists for using South Africa’s freeways, calling the proposed e-tolling “morally unjust”. It urged people into open rebellion by calling on them not to buy e-tags or pay the toll fees. […]
[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] A time to act has arrived. The goal of this month’s article is simply to spur you […]
Church leaders in Nelson Mandela Bay today requested an urgent meeting with the Executive Mayor Ben Fihla following media reports of explosive tensions between the political leadership and administrative head of the metro. The churchmens’ request is made in a letter to Fihla, who was summoned yesterday by the African National […]
[notice]Gateway News reporter SINAZO MTSHENGU recently chatted to Wendy Heasley, director of Alternatives pregnancy crisis centre in Port Elizabeth, about the challenge of reaching out to women who don’t want to come in for help.[/notice] When I first walked into the centre in busy Westbourne Road I was charmed by […]
Biggest abortion news since Roe vs Wade Originally published in Charisma News Making perhaps the biggest headlines in abortion news since Roe v. Wade in 1973, abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was found guilty today of three counts of first degree murder. The long-awaited verdict took social media by storm and […]
[notice]A devotional based on everyday experiences.[/notice] The neighborhood women started calling him “Naomi’s baby boy!” But his real name was Obed. Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David. Ruth 4:17 (MSG) Ever wonder what God is up to? There is a mother in the bible […]
On May 11, 2013, Arlene and I depart for Sydney, Australia where we will attend the 7thWorld Congress of Families (WCF) – the largest gathering of pro-family organisations in the world. World Congress of Families is currently the most influential movement of leading pro-family organisations in the world. Partner members […]
The Healing Awakening revival meetings that have been running in Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal for more than a month, are moving to Pretoria on Wednesday, May 15. The last service in the AFM Church in Tongaat, where it all started after Canadian evangelist Todd Bentley was invited to minister there for four days from […]
Originally published in Lifesite News Three weeks after the passage of homosexual ‘marriage’ in New Zealand, a pro-family group has been stripped of charitable status. Family First New Zealand, a charity which speaks up for families, and holds a traditional view of marriage and family, have received notice from the […]