South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych.[/notice] I was driving on the freeway on my way to a meeting the other day. As I neared my destination, I wasn’t concentrating and I took the wrong off-ramp. This resulted in me driving for 10 kilometres in the wrong direction. I regretted my […]
[notice]In its February 14 edition, liberal, secular weekly news magazine, Newsweek, ran a cover story about the alarming rise in violent persecution of Christians in a number of Muslim countries. The writer, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Muslim and now atheist, accuses the western media of a “conspiracy of silence” on […]
Originally published in INcontext Ministries The American Center for Law and Justice, focusing on constitutional and international law, said today it has received information that Iran may have issued an execution order for Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who was sentenced to death because he refused to recant his Christian faith. The […]
Originally posted in LifeSiteNews.Com This year Ash Wednesday isn’t just the first day of the Christian penitential season of Lent, it is also the beginning of the largest ever 40 Days for Life campaign. In the past seven years hundreds of thousands of pro-life advocates have joined the campaign, thousands […]
By Obed Minchakpu — Compass News Direct SULEJA, Nigeria – Suspected Islamic extremists detonated a bomb outside a church building here on Sunday (February 19), two months after Boko Haram Islamists killed 44 Christians and blinded seven in a church bombing in nearby Madalla. Sunday’s blast in Suleja, […]
Patrick Johnstone, author of six editions of the hugely influential prayer guide “Operation World” and “The Church is Bigger Than You Think” will address public church meetings in Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban during a visit to South Africa in February and March. He will also use the opportunity to […]
Originally published in Worthy News The health of a jailed pastor of one of Iran’s largest evangelical house church movements is deteriorating and there were fears on Monday he that may die, a well-informed representative told Worthy News. Behnam Irani, who was jailed for what critics view as “trumped up” […]
Originally published in Christian Post United States Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-Pa.), with the support of seven members of Congress, introduced a resolution into the US House of Representatives Friday that condemns Iran for continuing to imprison pastor Youcef Nadarkhani and calls for his immediate release. The resolution, called H. Res. […]
Kirk Franklin and his chart-topping album Hello Fear has just been certified Gold, as reported by the R.I.A.A, says Christian Art Media in a Press Release. The announcement follows Franklin’s two Grammy awards wins for Best Gospel Album (Hello Fear) and Best Gospel Song (“Hello Fear”) earlier this week at […]
The highly anticipated film, Angus Buchan’s Ordinary People, is scheduled for cinema release 5 April 2012 in theatres nationwide, says Brettian Productions in a press release today. The film explores the phenomenal impact of Buchan’s Mighty Men Conference on the lives of ordinary people. The plot (based on true events) […]