South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in The Christian Post A crowd of about 70 000 people overflowed the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Saturday as Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, gave a passionate sermon on the 50th anniversary of his father Billy Graham’s historic outreach in Seoul. […]
Originally published in Metro A young child was sentenced to life in a prison camp in North Korea because their parents owned a Bible. The two-year-old, whose entire family was also jailed, will never see life outside of the prison walls after the ruling was made. It’s one of many extreme cases […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has recently unveiled its use of the Bible and other religious texts in training its advanced multilingual Artificial Intelligence technology. This cutting-edge AI speech model can identify over 4,000 spoken languages, transcribing and translating them simultaneously. […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News Churches from across California gathered on the beach last weekend to witness a mass baptism of over 4 000 people on Pentecost Sunday. Advertised as the “biggest water baptism event in history”, Baptize SoCal drew thousands to Pirates Cove, Corona Del Mar to mark […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News A Christian teacher, previously suspended for addressing a transgender boy as ‘her’ says he’s ‘devastated’ to be banned from teaching. In a ruling thought to be the first of its kind in the UK, Joshua Sutcliffe was found guilty of unprofessional conduct and “bringing the […]
Originally published in CBN News Christian author and pastor Dr Tim Keller has died last Friday after a more than three year battle with pancreatic cancer. His death was announced in an email by Redeemer Churches and Ministries – a network started by Keller. “We are forever grateful for his leadership, heart, […]
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 CBN News An Alabama couple thought it would be a great idea to try for a second child – instead, they ended up getting pregnant with two sets of twins. Michael and Hannah Carmack of Boaz, AL welcomed quadruplets at the UAB Women and Infants Center in Birmingham […]
Originally published in Christian Today Christians in India are urging the government to speak out after dozens were killed in ethno-religious violence and thousands more forced to flee their homes. Most of the victims of the violence in Manipur are reported to come from minority tribes, including the largely Christian […]