South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in The Christian Post Iranian authorities released two Christian leaders from prison last week after a judge broke with common judicial practice in the country and ruled that home church participation was not illegal, sources said. Throwing out a 2020 conviction, a judge in Branch 34 of the […]
Originally published in the New York Times The oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible sold at Sotheby’s for $38.1 million (R735 million) on Wednesday, one of the highest prices for a book or historical document ever sold at auction. The volume, known as the Codex Sassoon, includes all 24 books of the Hebrew […]
Originally published in Persecution.org Iran executed two Iranian men for alleged charges of blasphemy. Yusef Mehrdad and Sadrullah Fazeli Zare were sentenced to death by hanging after they were arrested in May 2020 for sharing content that “insulted Islamic sanctities” and “insulted the prophet” Reports show that during their imprisonment, […]
Originally published in Charisma News One of the most influential evangelical leaders in the world, Dr Robert Jeffress, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, has joined an exceptional list of world leaders who have received the Friends of Zion Award during a ceremony this week at The Friends […]
Next month, thousands of ministries worldwide will unite in prayer for Israel. Many believe this historic initiative couldn’t be happening at a better time. Mike Bickle of the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, Missouri, explained how this call to intercede began. “We began a call on March 7th, […]
Originally published in CBN News As Israel pauses to remember the Holocaust, it also faces an ongoing threat of extinction from Iran. In a surprising twist this year, Israel is hosting the most prominent Iranian ever to visit the Jewish State: Iran’s Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, son of the former […]
Originally published in Christian Today Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that his government will not pass a bill that would criminalize Christian evangelism, a proposal that drew concern from American Evangelicals. In a tweet posted last week in both English and Hebrew, Netanyahu expressed his opposition to a bill proposed by […]
Dr Jürgen Bühler president of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem explains the current battle for Israel over controversial judicial reforms and calls for prayer for the nation at this critical time. President Benjamin Netanyahu announced this week that he is putting the reforms on hold for now but the storm […]
Edited version of report originally published in All Israel News Pro-Israel Evangelical leaders in the United States have called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly oppose a bill that seeks to criminalise sharing the Gospel. The bill, introduced by influential Ultra Orthodox Knesset (parliament) members Moshe Gafni and […]
Parliament voted this week to downgrade the South African embassy in Israel in a move seen by critics as posturing that helps nobody and disqualifies SA from playing a constructive role in helping to revolve the Iraeli-Palestinian conflict. The resolution was proposed by the NFP which holds only two seats […]