South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
It works, when Jesus is the focus Fittingly, the first sign of Liv Village we encountered as we drove through the rural township of Cottonlands at the end of a long Gateway News team road trip, was a tall, blue, illuminated cross shining in the darkness. LIV Village manager Chester Koyana, […]
“It was one of the most meaningful services I have ever attended in my Christian walk,” said Trevor Jennings a member of a Nelson Mandela Bay church leadership task team that arranged a healing and reconciliation service at which four victims of apartheid-era forced removals from South End, Port Elizabeth, […]
Though God created each of us and though we belong to Him, our faith that He desires only the best for us often stutters in hard times. If circumstances are suddenly not to our liking, we start questioning His intentions; as though we know what is best for us. Hardships […]
Jewish and Christian feasts in rare convergence When the stars lined up to lighten the path of the wise men as they travelled from the East to worship the new-born King of the Jews, it was the dawning of an amazing new era. Now, 2 000 years later, the Jewish […]
I met Mary Naidoo at her stand — ‘The Jesus Business’ — at a recent Christian Expo in Durban. Intrigued by the dazzling array of Christian paintings, nativity scene models, and scripture-themed household items that she and her team were displaying , I asked her if I could interview her. […]
God’s appointment with Israeli family on a South African farm Anyone unconvinced about God’s special love for the Jewish people should look no further than this remarkable story set in the mountains of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where I grew up. A Christian meeting was set to take place at a […]
Faith leaders and concerned Nelson Mandela Bay residents gathered for a prayer service in front of the Port Elizabeth City Hall this morning in response to a call by Executive Mayor Athol Trollip. About 80 people joined together in Vuyisile Mini Square to ask God to break the drought that […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] On Monday morning while the nation was celebrating the life and commemorating the passing of our former statesman the late President Nelson Mandela we were shocked to hear that Sifiso Ncwane had died. The Kulungile Baba hitmaker died on Monday in Fourways […]
The biggest winner of this year’s SABC Crown Gospel Awards was Dr Tumi. He bagged six awards in the nine categories that he was nominated in. The reason, many feel, that he is fast becoming a gospel favourite is the fact that Dr Tumi writes all his songs. He has […]
Meet Lucky Mbiko, the man at the helm of Christian television network TBN in Africa Luckly Khayalethu Mbiko remembers a time when he was about eight-years-old and he was standing in the fields looking after his grandmother’s cattle and wondering if there was anything for him beyond the mountains he […]