Special Report by Miles Giljam, SA Christian Leadership Initiative (Sacli) This week on campus began in one of the best ways possible – united prayer. Christian pastors all over the nation gathered at their local campus on Monday morning to pray and engage with the university communities. This was an […]
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Protesting students and conflict resolution models
While on campus this week as part of a Christian ministry presence, I witnessed a power play when students supporting free higher education withstood management of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) and prevented them from accessing the administration block and restarting the academic program. It took police, who were there […]
Double dose of God’s love dispensed at Johannesburg hospital
City transformation is their goal Last weekend a fired-up church outreach team went to Edenvale Hospital “to go love and pray for people” and got to pray and talk to almost every patient — about 150 people — during the two hour visiting time. “We started going through the different […]
Kris Vallotton — Fashioned to Reign : Book review
Empowering Women to Fulfill their Divine Destiny Book Review by Val Viljoen This book calls for nothing less than a revolution. In it you will find many eye-opening insights into the true God-intended role of woman — to reign alongside men in the Kingdom. Kris Vallotton takes us on a […]
God’s children summoned to a Sacred Assembly — MMC coordinators’ perspective
[notice]Alf James talks to Mighty Men Conference coordinators around South Africa about a Sacred Assembly called by farmer-evangelist and MMC founder Angus Buchan at the FNB Stadium in Soweto on November 19 in the first of a series of perspectives on the visionary prayer event which Gateway News is publishing […]
Church in Port Elizabeth to apologise for apartheid-era forced removals
The South End Museum — which preserves the story of a once-vibrant, multicultural Port Elizabeth community that was subjected to apartheid-era forced removals in the 60s and 70s — will be the venue for a special service on the Day of Reconciliation (December 16 2016) at which the Church in the […]
More than 200 Christians trained to engage university campuses as Peace Justice Witnesses
More than 200 Peace Justice Witnesses (PJW) have been trained around the country to be a praying and peaceful presence on the countries university campuses over the past two weeks. These PJW’s have been the presence of the church amidst the present crisis in Higher Education – they have spent […]
Neighbour’s prayer over garden wall marked start of a brand new life
Keith Hickman and his wife Sharon lead a vibrant life group at their home in Cape Town where Keith says they worship God with fellow believers “like they did in the early Church days, breaking bread and fellowshipping”. “And the amazing thing is that God is adding to our numbers daily,” […]
CRL Commission moves quickly to regulate religion in South Africa
On Tuesday (October 11), Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) joined 50+ religious and traditional leaders invited to a meeting at the CRL Rights Commission, to discuss the Commission’s findings and recommendations following its recent controversial investigation into the “commercialisation” of religion and abuse of people’s belief systems in […]
Call for day of fasting and prayer
Moreleta Park Congregation in Pretoria has called on all South Africans to fast and pray tomorrow (Thursday October 13 2016) for an end to the violence on university campuses and national drought. In a press release, the leadership of Moreleta Park Congregation asked all South Africans, churches, denominations and communities, […]