South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Today Dame Sarah Mullally has been formally installed today as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury and the first woman to hold the role in the Church of England’s 1 400-year history. The installation ceremony took place at Canterbury Cathedral on the Feast of the Annunciation and […]
Originally published in Christian Today Christians have reacted with sadness after members of the House of Lords failed to back amendments that would have removed the decriminalisation of abortion up to birth from the Crime and Policing Bill. Baroness Monckton’s amendment sought to remove clause 208, which contains the decriminalisation […]
Press statement from Iranian Community in South Africa, released on Saturday As Operation Lions Roar begins today, February 28, we speak not only as members of the Iranian community in South Africa, but as sons and daughters of an ancient nation whose history is intertwined with that of Israel. At this sacred […]
By Dr. Jürgen Bühler, ICEJ President — Originally published in ICEJ This year many churches around the world are commemorating 1 700 years since the landmark Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. According to Church historian Philip Schaff, Nicaea was – next to the Apostolic council in Jerusalem in Acts chapter […]
Originally published in The Christian Post For over two decades, Bethel Music has been at the forefront of modern worship, offering songs that resonate deeply with the global Church, from Goodness of God to the Grammy-nominated Holy Forever. The group’s latest album, We Must Respond, released this month, continues this legacy […]
Originally published in CBN News. Evangelist Franklin Graham is recovering after successful heart surgery on Monday at Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic. Graham’s Samaritan’s Purse ministry reports that he developed a disease called constrictive pericarditis which includes inflammation and hardening of the pericardium, the sac around the heart. The hardening compresses the heart and […]
Originally published in Christian Today One of 276 girls abducted from their school in Chibok, northern Nigeria by the infamous Boko Haram has just graduated from university – the very thing her kidnappers fought to oppose. “Boko Haram roughly translates as ‘western education is forbidden’,” says Open Doors UK & […]
Originally published in Christian Today Conditions in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, have “seriously deteriorated” over the past year, affecting children “disproportionately” as nearly 3 000 people have been killed and over 800 000 displaced since the violent insurgency that began in October 2017, according to a report. Violent attacks by […]
Since lockdown began last year Calvary Temple Church in Hyderabad, with more than 330 000 members, has distributed 700 tons of food supplies to families in desperate need. Now as India is in the grip of a devastating second wave, their church building has been converted into a 300 bed Covid care […]
Originally published in CBN News On Monday Sudan abolished a decades-old law on boycotting Israel, part of efforts to establish normal ties with the Jewish state. A bill was approved at a joint meeting of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council and Cabinet that annuls the 1958 law. The law had forbidden […]