South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]An Open Doors News profile on Gyang Dantong and his legacy to Nigeria’s suffering church.[/notice] He was among a handful of elected members of Nigerian government attempting to bury the more than 100 Christians killed just the day before, when Muslim gunmen had rampaged through several villages in Nigeria’s central […]
An international coalition of pro-family groups has launched a worldwide petition aimed at stopping the sexualisation of children through opposing so-called “comprehensive sexuality education programmes (CSE)”. In a related campaign, one of the coalition partners, Family Watch International (FWI), has urged supporters to sign an open letter to United Nations […]
State run education in South Africa has been dominating media headlines for all the wrong reasons. Stable, functional and quality education appears to be deteriorating at an alarming rate. The Eastern Cape Education Department appears to lurch from one crisis to the next. Apparently text books in that province were […]
[notice]A year ago we published a remarkable story “The school that God established” about a grassroots Christian school that came into being through the favour of God. Recently I visited the school again and found that it is indeed being blessed to be a blessing.[/notice] “God has blessed us with […]
[notice] A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych[/notice] Would you go skydiving? I certainly would not. The thought of throwing myself out of a plane absolutely terrifies me. However, I understand that to some people, the idea of plummeting to earth at dizzying speeds is an appealing one – something about […]
More than 800 women are expected to attend the annual Arise Women’s Conference at Word of Faith Christian Centre, Port Elizabeth from Thursday September 6 to Sunday September 9. Speakers include prophetic UK church leader Wyona Norman — back by popular demand; Lyndie Mc Cauley, a familiar name at Arise […]
Grammy award-winning and multi-platinum-selling artist Michael W Smith will be in South Africa and Zimbabwe soon on the final leg of a 2012 world tour. He will be performing in Johannesburg from August 22 to 25 and in Harare on August 26.Smith launched his world tour with five shows in […]
Next walk this Sunday — all over SA Have you ever heard it said that Christians find it easy to stand up and cheer for a sports team but they find it difficult to do the same for God? Well Golden Lions Rugby Union official, Ronel Knipe says she was […]
Originally published in ioL News Police have turned to God to assist them in their fight against crime and carrying out their daily duties. The SA National Police Service held its national prayer day on Friday (July 20) at the Pretoria West Police College where the top management and spiritual […]
Originally published in Mission Network News Behnam Irani, a 41-year-old Iranian pastor serving prison time, is currently facing severe health concerns due to physical persecution, prompting urgent reuests for Christians to pray for his recovery. While serving his time in Karaj’s Ghezel Hesar Prison, Behnam has suffered several beatings from […]