South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The shooting massacre at a midnight showing of the The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado on Friday (July 20) will be blamed on many things says Christian media scholar and family values advocate Dr Ted Baehr in a press statment released after the attack which resulted in 12 deaths […]
Rugby Motorsport Golf Cycling Grand Prix Cricket Football What an incredible weekend of sport! It was a record breaking weekend in so many respects – but it was a very special weekend for South African sport. Weekend Sport’s Results: Rugby: Super Rugby Quarter Finals: Crusaders 28 – 13 Vodacom Bulls Reds 17 – […]
Originally published in National Catholic Register Amid the growing international campaign demanding release of Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of five sentenced by a trial court to death for blasphemy, a Church official in Pakistan says the local Church would prefer to maintain a solemn, prayerful vigil. “We understand the […]
Originally published in barnabasaid An alliance of parties considered broadly liberal and secular has stemmed the tide of success for Islamists in post-Arab Spring politics by winning the most seats in the Libyan election. The National Forces Alliance (NFA), a coalition of more than 40 smaller parties headed by ex-interim […]
[notice] A monthly column by CRAIG DUFFIELD[/notice] As I write the South African Proteas have started their challenge for the ICC’s world number one Test ranking nation against England in the first of the best of three test match series. This promises to be an intriguing and gripping series as […]
A united front of Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) church leaders has called on the State President and other political leaders to take urgent action to resolve a major service delivery crisis in the metropole. In an open letter to the national, provincial and local leaders, the church leaders say that […]
The ambitious 30-day Olympic Burn (non-stop worship and prayer for the 9 million visitors coming to London for the games from July 27 to August 12) started this week at Cornerstone Church just 5km from the Olympic Park. Sean Gooch, one of the Olympic Burn worship leaders emailed us this […]
Movie Review by Andre Viljoen ANITA RENFROE: Purse-onality Genre: Stand-up Comedy I kinda feel that I shouldn’t be writing this review. But I watched the DVD with my wife, Val, and we chatted about it afterwards and she says its okay for me to do the review. So, why all […]
[notice] A fortnightly column by Johannesburg Business Editor, Patrick Kuwana. In today’s Kingdom Business he says escalating financial scandals are the start of the collapse foreseen in the Bible. But what does this mean for believers?[/notice] On July 3 Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan accused banks and financial institutions of being […]
Amidst the incessant bombings of Christians by the Muslim extremist organisation, Boko Haram, in the north of Nigeria, there is a thriving Christian community in the south. This community is growing in leaps and bounds and one of the organisations playing a role in this phenomenal growth is Redeemed Christian […]