South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice] International worship and revival movement Jesus Culture visited South Africa in March 2012. Here is what they posted about their SA tour on the official Jesus Culture blog.[/notice] The trek to South Africa alone is worth remembering. Our team had a series of flights consisting of 3 long legs […]
South African newspapers this week were quick off the mark to criticise and in some cases misrepresent Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng for “inviting” judges to attend a leadership conference hosted by top Christian speakers. Several newspapers, including the Star, City Press and Breaking News Africa incorrectly reported that Mogoeng “ordered” […]
————————————————————————————————————————————————— The handling of sexually explicit magazine content was in the spotlight in the Constitutional Court this week. Editors and publishers fought for greater self regulation.The State fought for the right to protect children by preventing the unrestricted publication of degrading pornography. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— The constitutional validity of sections of the […]
Originally published in Christian Today Release International has warned of a growing threat to Christians in Nigeria after a wave of attacks on churches. There were reports this week that another church was targeted by Islamist terror group Boko Haram, this time in Kondunga. The attack comes after an unnamed […]
By Hilary White — Originally published in LifesiteNews.com Critics are saying that for the first time, the British government has openly opposed the freedom of Christians to express their beliefs in public. In a case that has gone to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the government, led by […]
Making Friends, a short, animated South African film in the Toby series about a boy who goes on adventures with Jesus, releases in the United States this month. The launch into the US market is a breakthrough for animation studio Bugbox which released the film in South Africa in 2007, […]
Nearly 85 per cent of people who make a decision for Christ do so between the ages of 4 to 14. And the 2.3 billion children on earth under the age of 15 represent the largest unreached people group in the world. These are some of the reasons why South […]
Media Village Productions, a Cape Town based production company recently enjoyed a visit by Dr Kingsley Fletcher, the King from Ghana along with his wife, Lady Martha. “It was such a wonderful time of blessing and encouragement between Media Village and Dr and Lady Martha,” says Media Village in a […]
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] So our choice of songs for next Sunday will be guided not by what we like, but by what God likes. He has told us what […]
A Red Bull TV advert in which a “bored” cartoon Jesus “walks on water” has been removed after one day after it sparked a flurry of complaints from people who found it blasphemous. In an official response email received by Gateway News this evening, Red Bull says the ad, which […]