South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Arlene and I and the team at Family Policy Institute wish you and your family God’s very best for the New Year. We pray you will experience His presence, guidance and provision abundantly this year. Arlene and I just returned from Johannesburg where I preached for Pastors’ Theo and Bev Wolmarans […]
Christian groups plan baby safe, awareness campaign Staff at the Mamelodi City Dump say that they find dead babies discarded in the garbage every week and that the problem has been around for years. Patience Maselela, who has worked at the dump for 20 years and secretary, Ladia Ngobemi, who […]
By Brian Stiller — Originally published in Christian Post “Twenty children killed.” It is a similar refrain to the early life of Jesus. King Herod ordered children under two killed in the Judean village of Bethlehem when he heard from the Persian travelers that a “king of the Jews” was […]
[notice]A fortnightly devotional based on everyday experiences.[/notice] But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord. Then the […]
[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] The wide varieties of societal issues we face occur in an increasingly complex and rapidly changing society. […]
The Karoo Mighty Men Conference Committee has taken a huge step of faith and decided to invite men to attend the KMMC 2013 on a voluntary donation basis. Having hosted thousands of men at the inaugural KMMC in 2011 and at this year’s event, the committee members are well aware […]
[notice]Here are links to 12, memorable good news stories — one for each month — that appeared in Gateway News in 2012. [/notice] JANUARY Irish builders making school dream come true – Cheerful Irish volunteers defy a PE heatwave to help local Christian project make a difference in education. FEBRUARY […]
Hope that justice will be done for home-improvement-fiasco victims before Christmas Will 43 Port Elizabeth families who are the victims of a RDP-rectification project gone wrong be able to move back into their houses before Christmas? Will they be compensated for their floors and furniture that have been damaged during […]
From A World In Motion, Issue 66 — INContext Minististries 1. The eight-day war between Israel and Hamas The conflict between Israel and Hamas that lasted eight days resulted in the deaths of more than 160 Palestinians and at least five Israelis. Hamas is a militant Palestinian party that, since […]
A Jeffreys Bay publisher, Robbie Hift, is mobilising support for a vision to erect a giant steel cross opposite the Van Stadens Bridge to deter people from jumping off the bridge where yet another person died this week. The latest person to jump off the 140m high bridge west of […]