South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Today The beach was shrouded in darkness. The eerie silence was occasionally broke by the sound of waves gently lapping the seashore. Hundreds of Christians were silently clustered on the coast of Southern China. They were waiting to take part in what is now considered a […]
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 […]
A veteran lobster diver didn’t get the big catch he wanted last Friday, but he did return to shore with a Bible-like story that is drawing worldwide attention. Michael Packard, a 56-year-old commercial lobster diver, was swallowed by a humpback whale off Cape Cod, Mass. – and lived to tell […]
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 […]
Originally published in Charisma News Fort Worth, Texas, glimpsed a touch of heaven on earth on June 6. The stop was part of Sean Feucht’s “Let Us Worship” summer tour travelling to 34 US cities in 15 states over 87 days — and the fiery video below is evidence of […]
Originally published in Uganda Christian News A young Christian doctor in India’s central state of Madhya Pradesh has been suspended from a government program to help combat the deadly second wave of Covid-19 and is facing criminal charges for telling families to pray to Jesus if they get infected with […]
By Nadia Joy Schult– Originally published in Charisma News Religious freedom comes at a price – one that Florida State University student Jack Denton no longer has to pay. The university has settled a religious freedom lawsuit on behalf of former student Jack Denton, who was discriminated against for sharing his faith […]
SA court challenge of ‘irrational’ ban on religious gatherings moving forward Houses of worship in California won a victory this week when a district judge permanently banned the state from imposing discriminatory Covid-related religious service restrictions. The court also ordered California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, to pay $1.35 million […]
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 […]