South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Premier Christian News Record-breaking Cyclone Freddy has doubled back on southern Africa, wreaking havoc in southern Malawi where landslides and flooding have killed 190 and left 58 946 homeless. The government has declared a state of disaster in 10 districts in the south that have been hardest-hit […]
Gateway News questions influential South African author, speaker and Christian leader Afrika Mhlophe about his latest book, Turning from God to Diviners and Fortune-tellers Tell us a little about yourself I am married with two children. I have been preaching the Gospel since 1998 and have been privileged to feature […]
“My generation wants to see something different from what we know. There is so much hunger to connect with a higher power, but they don’t know how to do it in the right way, the Jesus way.” Bukho Miti Bukho Miti’s first-ever encounter with the Holy Spirit happened at a […]
The EFF, with the support of SAFTU, have called for a national shutdown on Monday March 20 and have warned businesses to close on the day “or face being looted”, says the South African Christian Leadership Institute (SACLI), in a media release. “The motivation cited for this national ‘day of […]
The Kairos Network (KN), an association of Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) members and groups opposed to the liberal stance of the General Synod of the DRC, are going ahead with a step they have warned was on the cards for a long time. They are planning to establish their own, […]
ANC leaders Henrietta Maseko-Jele and Deputy Minister of Justice John Jeffrey threatened to use the Hate Speech Bill to silence preachers’ controversial speech in Tuesday’s hate speech debate in Parliament. This provides evidence of the ill intent of the bill, which we have received legal advice will prove useful in […]
Part 1 of a 3-part series based on an inspiring interview with Shodankeh Johnson, a pastor, church planter and reformer from Sierra Leone, West Africa. Recently I had the privilege of interviewing Shodankeh Johnson, this year’s recipient of the William Wilberfoce Award presented annually in the United States by the […]
Originally published in The Christian Post After more than four months in prison, a Christian missionary pilot is finding comfort where so many others have — in the pages of Scripture. Ryan Koher, a pilot for the US-based ministry Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), was arrested in November 2022 along with two other […]
Originally published in Christian News Christians in India facing a wave of violence from Hindu extremists have appealed to the nation’s Supreme Court for justice. A public petition submitted today demands that the government in Delhi prevents what it calls the “sinister phenomena of violence” and “targeted hate speech” against […]
I want to share my excitement about an important bi-centenary of which I feel privileged to be a part. It was 200 years ago, in 1823, that the Church’s Ministry among Jewish people (CMJ), for whom I volunteer, decided to establish a permanent base in Israel, having been founded on […]