South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The South African government must wisely choose new commissioners for the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights (CRL) in order to regain the trust of religious communities, says religious freedom scholar Professor Christof Sauer. “The actions and attitudes of the Commission in the past five years […]
Last Friday a full bench of the Pretoria High Court ruled that a 2016 decision by the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) Synod to reverse its 2015 decision to remove the celibacy requirement for homosexual ministers and to solemnise same-sex civil unions, was both procedurally and constitutionally unlawful. While technically nothing […]
A ruling by the Gauteng High Court, ordering the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) to allow clergy in same-sex relationships to serve as ministers, seriously overstepped the court’s authority, which is an infringement of the Constitution, says Philip Rosenthal of ChristianView Network. He told Jacaranda FM that the judgment in Pretoria […]
Translated from a report in e-kerkbode Judgment is expected tomorrow (Friday March 8) at the High Court in Pretoria in a court case over a Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) Synod decision on homosexual relationships. BREAKING NEWS High Court scraps Dutch Reformed Church decision against same-sex marriages Read more at https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/high-court-scraps-dutch-reformed-church-decision-against-same-sex-marriages-20190308 […]
Originally published in Israel Today Mark Gerson, a Jewish businessman from New York, is helping Christian medical missionaries care for some of Africa’s poorest. In an interview with CBN, Gerson described it as “an honour and a privilege” to work with these Christian missionaries, calling them “sacred people.” He went […]
In a major turnaround, a proposal which would have criminalised parents spanking children has been removed from the latest draft of the Children’s Amendment Bill which will be submitted to Parliament for consideration. Unlike previous versions of the Bill, the latest draft makes no mention of “chastisement” or “discipline”, which […]
Land and land ownership, more often than not is a sensitive and divisive subject to discuss in any forum. But this was not the case at the Christ-centered National Land Summit hosted on February 28 and March 1 by the agriculture and mining think-tank of the New Nation Movement (NNM) […]
We have republished this story from January to mark the start of the 5 WEEKS OF PRAYER campaign this week Prayer network leaders who met in East London last September to seek God’s strategy for prayer in 2019 — an election year — were surprised to discover He was more […]
At a national summit for religious and church leaders at Rhema Church (Rhema Summit) two weeks ago, the CRL Rights Commission threatened church leaders that if they did not come up with solutions for the abuses and malpractices in the religious sector (and particularly in the church) on that day, […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Grammy-nominated singer Lauren Daigle continued to share her Christian music with the world, appearing on The Jimmy Kimmel Mercedes Benz concert series. Daigle made her debut on Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday night on ABC. She sang two of her Christian songs from the album […]