South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in The Gospel Herald Limbless evangelist Nick Vujicic has thanked God after his team witnessed 400 000 people repent of their sins and begin their spiritual journey with Jesus Christ at a recent event in Ukraine. “The biggest event that our team at Life Without Limbs has seen […]
Welby says he is unclear on whether homosexual sex is sin Originally published in The Christian Institute The Anglican church in Scotland has been disciplined for dropping the biblical definition of marriage, Justin Welby has announced. In June, The Scottish Episcopal Church stated that its understanding of marriage was no […]
In a time when most of Europe is in the grips of atheism, there is a nation where Christianity seems to not only be holding its own but some say is thriving. Imagine a government that is unabashedly Christian, that thinks Christian values are worth defending, that wants to protect […]
Originally published by The Christian institute Thousands of ordinary people committed to the sanctity of life marched to show their support for the unborn in Croatia’s capital city. An estimated 15,000 people marched in Zagreb with over 5,000 people also demonstrating in Split earlier this month. The march is one […]
Originally published in Christian Today President Donald Trump has used a White House meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to urge the Turkish leader to expedite the release of jailed Christian pastor Andrew Brunson. Brunson has been detained since October when he and his wife were held on immigration violation […]
Compiled from reports in The Guardian and Christianity Today A growing number of Muslim refugees in Europe are converting to Christianity, according to churches, which have conducted mass baptisms in some places. Reliable data on conversions is not available but anecdotal evidence suggests a pattern of rising church attendance by […]
Originally published in Christian Today The Sistine Chapel at the Vatican has been given a digital make-over with thousands of photographs taken for the first time since 1994 in a move which will aid future restorations. A five-year project has left the Vatican Museums with 270 000 digital frames that […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Iranian and European human rights and religious rights organisations have urged the international community to use new opportunities for trade with Iran to hold the government there to account over its treatment of Christian converts. Nineteen NGOs, including Middle East Concern, Article 18, Impact […]
Originally published in Christian Today. Jesus has been declared King of Poland in a ceremony attended by the country’s president Andrzej Duda. The ceremony was held at the Church of Divine Mercy in Krakow on Saturday and the liturgy was repeated in churches across the country the following day. According […]
Originally published in CBN News. Athens, Greece, was once a city of glory, intellect, and progress. Today, the once booming acropolis is no stranger to economic turmoil and uncertainty about how to handle the millions of Syrian refugees now teeming at its shores. Some 97% of the country identifies with […]