South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A prayer rally to seek God’s intervention in serious gang violence in Port Elizabeth’s Northern Areas will be held from 2pm to 5pm on Sunday May 26 on the sports ground in Bethelsdorp Extension 31. Apostle Donovan Arends of Life Abundant Ministries, who says God spoke to him about organising […]
‘Department says diverse sexual education to be introduced from Grade 7’ Parents of school learners should be informed upfront regarding topics in the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) curriculum, says Freedom of Religion SA (FOR SA), amidst an outcry following a Sunday Times article entitled Grade 4s to learn about masturbation […]
Nelson Mandela Bay church leaders have called on local Christians to attend an Ascension Day service on the square in front of the Port Elizabeth City Hall from 3pm to 5pm on Thursday May 30. “We need to reclaim one of Christianity’s most sacred days,” says Apostle Neville Goldman of […]
On June 17 purity movement Womb Stewardship will host its first Youth Prayer event at the Feathermarket Hall, Port Elizabeth, from 10am to 4pm. Entrance is free but booking is essential as space is limited. The theme is “Pass The Baton” and is geared at getting this generation to […]
I guess that’s a funny title for an article on the South African elections. But I believe it speaks volumes. And for that reason I will keep this commentary short and sweet. Yes — sweet, so don’t let the first few paragraphs depress you so much that you read no […]
When Janet Brann-Hollis had an encounter with God in January during which He called on her to organise a 21-day fast for the elections, she had no idea how big the campaign would become. The fast was launched on April 18 and on each day until election day yesterday, participants […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Asia Bibi’s daughter Eicham was 9 when she saw her mum badly beaten and in front of a mob charged with “blasphemy” against the Prophet Muhammad. For over 9 years, Eicham has visited her on death row in Pakistan. Finally, today, now a young […]
Christian news reporting in South Africa is the poorer after freelance journalist Alf James, 62, died last Sunday in the Life Rosepark Hospital in Bloemfontein, where he spent nine weeks in the intensive care unit following a sudden illness. Alf leaves his wife Brenda, who runs their farm near Middelburg, […]
Christians around South Africa are uniting in worship and prayer on the eve of the elections and on election day — and the list of events is growing. We publish (in quite random order) below a list of worship events posted on the Facebook Page A Praying South Africa where event […]
Will Christians in South Africa vote according to their Christian values next Wednesday? For a country in which more than 70% of people apparently identify as Christians, only a small percentage have voted for parties that acknowledge God in their constitution and promote biblical family values. In 2014, such parties […]