South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Alleged shooter has no SA links despite old SA flag on jacket Originally published in The Christian Mail The gunman wanted in the killing of nine people at a prayer meeting at a historic black church in this city’s downtown area was taken into custody on Thursday morning (June 18, […]
Originally posted in Christian Post The 23-year-old widow of Malak Ibrahim, one of the 21 Egyptian Christians who were beheaded by Islamic State terrorists in Libya earlier this year, says she’s proud and comforted by the fact that her husband refused to deny Christ and was praying to Jesus when […]
Originally posted in The Christian Institute The Christian missionary, author and speaker Elisabeth Elliot has died aged 88 after suffering from dementia. Elisabeth was born to missionary parents in Belgium, and moved with her family to the US at a few months old. She attended Wheaton College, and then went as a […]
Originally published in Open Doors SA Militants of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) abducted 88 Eritrean Christians in Libya on Wednesday, 3 June. According to reports by the Libya Herald, the Christians were seized by IS militants during an ambush on a people smuggling’ convoy near Oum Walid. This incident […]
Originally published in Truth Revolt A nursery worker from West London has won an anti-discrimination suit against her former employer after having been fired for expressing her beliefs on homosexuality to a fellow lesbian co-worker. While working at Newpark Childcare in Shepherd’s Bush, Sarah Mbuyi, 31, had been asked by one […]
The Church needs to wake up to the fact that the Middle East conflict is spiritual, not physical, Messianic Jewish leader Barry Segal told an audience in Ireland. And they also need to repent of their often hostile attitude toward Israel, borne out of a great end-time deception that somehow […]
Originally published in Gospel Herald Christians in China’s Zhejiang province have challenged local authorities of the Communist Party by putting back crosses knocked down in the government’s campaign. The cross is considered a traditional symbol of Christianity. In an exclusive report by Robert Marquand of the Christian Science Monitor, police […]
Originally published in Christian Today In the last two months, Iranian courts have sentenced 18 Christian converts to time in prison for charges including evangelising and creating house churches. The 18 were sentenced between mid-March and mid-May, according to a report from Persian-language Radio Farda. Thirteen of them were from […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald In a powerful story of redemption and grace, an Islamic State militant known for his brutal killing of Christians has converted to his victims’ religion after dreaming of “a man in white” who offered him a dramatic message, according to one missionary’s account. “One […]
Originally published in Charisma News Popular online challenge Charlie Charlie has lit a firestorm of controversy on the Internet, with mainstream media and social media alike sharing their thoughts on the demon-summoning game. Faith leaders are also speaking about the game, and their advice is all but unanimous: Stay away. […]