South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By Simba Tian — Compass Direct News NAIROBI, Kenya – An 8-year-old boy died today from injuries after suspected Islamic extremists on Saturday (March 31) threw a grenade into a Christian revival meeting near Kenya’s coastal town of Mombasa. A woman was killed in the blast and t least 30 […]
Call for national referendum The latest news reports on the practice of abortion around the world show that its scope is widening. It is reported that parents can now abort a baby if its gender is not what they want. Some abortionists are prepared to kill newly-born infants. The Bible […]
Bible translators, publishers and distributors Biblica, are partnering with ministries in South Africa in a Bible Revival Project aimed at getting low-cost NIV Bibles into every community. According to Paul Raper, director of Jonvia International Ministries which is partnering with Biblica in the Eastern Cape, the goal is to provide […]
Jacaranda FM radio station has been ordered to apologise to Die Beweging vir Christelik Volkseie Onderwys (BCVO) after “satirical” remarks by a presenter about matric results at BCVO schools backfired. The order, by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) follows a complaint by the BVCO about remarks made […]
Holy Spirit revival has broken out in the Cape Town township of Mitchell’s Plain according to reports reaching Gateway News today. Pastor Mark Bloemstein of the Westridge Evangelical Community Church, which is at the epicentre of the current move of God, said they were into their fourth week of exciting […]
Street children and other youth at risk are encountering the Father heart of God and new life horizons through a unique surfing ministry at South Africa’s surfing capital — Jeffreys Bay. Aleph Surf Foundation was established in 2007 through the conviction of a young man, Rehgert van Zyl, that street […]
The Victory Ministries International (VMI) family of churches in Port Elizabeth celebrated a joyous time this week as they held their annual , high-powered, 4-day Restoration conference in their grand new auditorium for the first time. The Restoration event, which VMI enthusiastically describes as more of a “breakthrough” time than […]
Reaching unreached foreigners in Cape Town – a city bustling with people from all over the world – is the goal of a new OM ministry development called Diaspora Hope. Diaspora Hope team leader, Marcus Spronk outlined the ministry vision to partners and visitors at OM Cape Town’s annual partnership […]
Movie Review by Andre Viljoen LION OF JUDAH Genre: Christian Animation The Lion of Judah, a delightful South African-made full-length, animated movie that tells the greatest story ever told with humour and heart, has been released in South Africa in time for Easter. I watched the movie on DVD last […]
[notice]As the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) public hearings process for the controversial Protection of State Information Bill continued this week, with hearings in Parliament, ANTHEA JEFFEREY of the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) highlights (see below article) some sneaky Bill provisions that she says are not the […]