South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in CBN News Another US church is reporting a massive baptism event as people are turning to Christ by the thousands across the country. From churches to college campuses, signs of a spiritual awakening are everywhere. Last week we reported that Biltmore Church in North Carolina baptized 458 […]
Originally published in The Christian Post President Donald Trump has nominated Cissie Graham Lynch to serve as the US ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, seeking to fill a key diplomatic post that has lacked a Senate-confirmed ambassador since the beginning of his second term. The White House announced on Monday […]
Originally published in CBN Earlier this month, Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court upheld a lower court ruling barring a Christian mother from bringing her own child to church. That mother is now taking a stand for her faith and her rights as an American. For Emily Bickford, taking her daughter to church has always […]
Originally published in The Christian Post For six and a half years, Jeff Woodke, a missionary worker with Youth with a Mission Relief and Development, slept outside in the West African desert, often with chains around his ankles. There was no room, no bed and, for much of that time, almost no […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News A pastor in the US has created an artificial intelligence version of himself to help church members when he is unavailable. Rev Justin Lester of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church has built an AI “digital doppelganger” using his sermons, books, social media posts and other […]
Originally published in CBN A surrogate mother who was contractually obligated to have an abortion refused and gave birth against the wishes of the child’s biological parents. Now a custody battle is underway while the newborn receives life-saving heart surgeries. After struggling to have a baby, California couple Nausheen Gilkar and […]
Bill Johnson, leader of Bethel Church in Redding, California began a new chapter last week after marrying Linda Francoeur in a private garden ceremony conducted by his longtime friend and colleague Kris Vallatton. Their marriage took place just over a month after Johnson proposed to Francoeur on his knees at […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Once he returns home, recently freed American missionary pilot Kevin Rideout and his wife, Krista, are expected to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House. President Trump announced the meeting Sunday night, just two days after Serving In Mission, also known as SIM, […]
Originally published in Worthy Christian News The Trump administration has announced nearly $2 billion (R32.34 billion) in health and humanitarian assistance for faith-based organisations, placing several major Christian ministries at the center of a reshaped US foreign-aid strategy following sweeping cuts to USAID programs. The State Department described the initiative […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News Two couples who run a youth-based ministry in northern Lower Michigan are suing their local township and its leaders, alleging that they unconstitutionally banned their group from meeting. In a 169-page complaint filed Monday in US District Court in Grand Rapids, the plaintiffs said […]