South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in God Reports Paul Wood realised there was something terribly wrong when he had massive headaches and couldn’t walk down a hall without losing his balance and clutching the walls to balance himself. Wood’s physician referred him to a neurosurgeon at UC San Francisco. The specialist initially thought […]
Originally published in The Christian Post The US State Department is headed to Nigeria this week amid the massacre of hundreds of Christians at the hands of various Islamic radical factions. Killings had spiked in October. The State Department says on it website that the visit will be part of […]
Originally published in Faith Wire Jang-mi was startled as the door to her cell swung open. Bruised, bloody, and soaked from her captives’ attempts to wake her with buckets of water, she was surprised to see her uncle walk through the door. Jang-mi lives in the most oppressive country in […]
Originally published in CBN News.com Now might not be the best time to visit Saudi Arabia, but a delegation of US evangelical leaders felt it was a risk worth taking. They met with controversial Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and other Saudi leaders. It was filled with both political controversy […]
Originally published in Fox News A Bible marked with bullet holes from a German machine gun helped save the life of a British World War I soldier, his daughter has explained. The Bible belonged to Private Leslie Friston, a nurse with the Royal Army Medical Corps, Sky News reports. Blinded […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute Canada has become the second country in the world to legalise cannabis (dagga) for recreational use. Retailers have already begun selling marijuana on the high streets, with Canadians queueing overnight to be among the first to buy the potent drug. It was claimed legalisation […]
Originally published in Charisma News Eugene Peterson, the bestselling author of The Message and longtime pastor praised as a “shepherd’s shepherd,” is moving into hospice and receiving palliative medical care. Peterson, 85, was hospitalised Tuesday October 9 “when he took a sudden and dramatic turn in his health caused by […]
Originally published in Christian Today The Trump administration is hopeful that American pastor Andrew Brunson who is on trial in Turkey could be freed at a Friday court hearing, but the State Department said it was unaware of any deal with the Turkish government for his release. NBC News and […]
Originally published in Christian Today A church minister has reported the Scottish Government’s hate crime posters to the campaign’s own website over concerns that they are doing more to encourage hate than prevent it. David Robertson, minister of St Peter’s Free Church in Dundee, said the posters produced jointly by the […]
Originally published in Persecution International International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on September 22 Iran’s judiciary affirmed the jail sentences of two Christians. The verdict wrote that believing in the Bible’s authority and Jesus as Lord are attacks against Islam. Saheb Fadaie was sentenced to 18 months and Fatemeh […]