South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]Gateway News reporter JOHANITA JORDAAN spoke to Martin Munene, a victim of a human smuggling scam. She also spoke to a Johannesburg church leader who provides spiritual and practical support to many traumatised victims of such scams.[/notice] Kenyan citizen Martin Munene found himself wondering the streets of Johannesburg, traumatised after […]
Originally published in Christian Post Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76 of Argentina is the new pope to succeed Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.Cardinal Jorge Mario. Bergoglio, who is the first non-European Roman Catholic Pope and the 266th pope of the Catholic Church, chose the papal name Francis. He has served as […]
Launch of global EXPOSED campaign There is yet hope for the country and our continent when a room is filled by people attending an event to make a stand against corruption. The event was the launch of EXPOSED – the global Christian campaign aimed at exposing corruption, one of the […]
Construction has begun on the site of the giant ‘Cross of Hope’ that is being erected opposite the Van Stadens River Bridge near Port Elizabeth. A 3m steel pedestal that will support the visionary, 5-storey high (14m) steel cross has been deeply embedded in a foundation of 12 tons of […]
Originally published in Charisma News Roma Downey and Mark Burnett, executive producers of The Bible miniseries, thanked the nation for making the show’s Sunday premiere on The History Channel the No. 1 cable television event of the year with more than 14.8 million viewers. “We know God moved last night,” […]
The ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has added his voice to those calling on Christians to stand up against the scourge of rape in the country. Others who have made similar calls in the past week include organisers of a “10 000 Real Men March Against Violence Against Women & Children” in […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry.[/notice] “Let’s do it today. We’ll go to the squatter camp after work and make a start. Does that sound like a plan?” I searched my mind for the appropriate excuse to get out of it but then the unthinkable happened. I heard my own voice betray […]
[notice]HELEN BURNARD, writing last week for INcontext Ministries expresses her great frustration at the Church’s silence about flogging and violence in the name of Islam and Sharia Law. Gateway News invites you to submit your Righteous Rant to news@gatewaynews.co.za for possible publication in this new, occasional column where readers get […]
Originally published on Billy Graham Evangelistic Association website “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations.” As more than a dozen countries involved in Internet evangelism — from all parts of the globe — joined together last week via a Skype video conference call, the meeting commenced with this […]
[notice]KURT VAN VOLLENHOVEN (pictured above right) is not impressed with ‘modern man’s’ phony image and lack of involvement. Read his ‘Righteous Rant’. Gateway News invites you to submit your Righteous Rant to news@gatewaynews.co.za for possible publication in this new, occasional column where readers get to share what’s on their heart.[/notice]Society […]