South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published by Voice of the Martyrs Iranian Christians request prayer for Pastor Abdolreza (Matthias) Haghnejad and his family after he was rearrested to serve a sentence that had been overturned in 2014. Matthias was released from Anzali Prison near Rasht on December 30 after the Iranian Supreme Court ordered […]
Originally published by Assist News Service Ruling could see 9 Christians released from prison Iran has decided that belonging to a house church does not make Christians ‘enemies of the state’, according to Open Doors UK & Ireland. The charity reports that the country’s Supreme Court has ruled that nine Christian […]
Originally published in The Times of Israel Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett focused on Iran in a recorded address to the 5th annual Christian Media Summit yesterday, saying Tehran was instigating terror that threatened Israel and other countries. “As the world fights this invisible enemy,” he said, referring to Covid-19, […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Biblical archaeologists say they have discovered a boat-like formation matching the biblical description of Noah’s Ark as they used a ground-penetrating radar at a rocky spot in eastern Turkey that some speculated to be the location of the original vessel. Archaeologists associated with a […]
Originally published in Voice of the Martyrs Three Christian men who converted from Islam were recently sentenced to five years in prison after they refused to renounce Christ. In November of last year, Iranian authorities raided the homes of the three men and seized Bibles, mobile phones and computers, ordering […]
Originally published in Christian Today Iran goes to the polls on June 18 to elect its new president. The election has been described as fraudulent and rigged and is likely to be spurned in record numbers by Iranian voters, who consider the outcome a fait accompli. Most of the candidates […]
Originally published in Morning Star News A Christian couple acquitted by a high court in Pakistan fear for their lives as Islamic extremists have started a campaign calling for their murders ahead of their yet unconfirmed release from jail, sources said. The Lahore High Court on June 3 overturned the 2014 conviction […]
Dozens of Evangelical Christians came together on Thursday for the annual Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast in the Holy City only days after a prominent Christian leader openly threatened to eradicate Evangelical support for the Jewish state because he did not like the results of the Israeli election. The breakfast took place at the […]
An open letter from Dr Warren Goldstein, the chief rabbi of South Africa to President Cyril Ramaphosa that was published in the Sunday Times last Sunday Mr President, allow me the opportunity of responding to your public letter regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We have debated these issues in private on […]
Originally published in CBN News Gazans cheered in the streets as the ceasefire came into effect. Senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya on Friday called it “a victory” to his movement. But like the three previous wars between Israel and Hamas, this one ended tentatively. Israel said it crippled Hamas’ terror […]