By Simba Tian — Compass Direct News A Somali convert from Islam was paraded before a cheering crowd last month and publicly flogged as a punishment for embracing a “foreign religion,” sources said. Sofia Osman, a 28-year-old Christian from Janale city in Somali’as Lower Shabelle region, had been taken into […]
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Making disciples, not converts
[notice]In a message to Christ followers in South Africa, PE pastor Afrika Mhlophe asks whether we are producing faithful church members or disciples of Jesus. [/notice] It is often said that the continent of Africa is over evangelized but under discipled. The focal point of the Great Commission […]
Sardines and springs encourage Cape revivalists
[notice]As a year which has seen significant prayer and worship activity in Cape Town draws to a close, some Christians in the city who have a passion for prayer and worship are encouraged that God is responding with prophetic signs pointing to spiritual revival in the city and the nation. […]
Pastor survives adder bite — through prayer
[notice]Pastor Yannis Acavalos of Shofar Christian Church, Franschhoek was bitten by a venemous snake while spending time with God on a mountain. Hours away from his car he called out to God for help: this is his testimony.[/notice] Living in Franschhoek, I often go up into the mountains to spend […]
Facebook helps police recover stolen baby Jesus
Originally published in Christian Post Police in Virginia USA, have recovered an 36 kilogramme statue of baby Jesus after a woman who allegedly stole it from a nativity scene uploaded a picture of the figure on her Facebook page. Fredericksburg Police detectives found the plastic baby Jesus figure, which had […]
Coast-2-Coast music and entertainment for holidays
A wave of top-class holiday entertainment will sweep from Langebaan on the west coast to Port Elizabeth on the east coast in the 10-day Coast-2-Coast Music Fest which starts next week. Aimed at holidaymakers and local residents in coastal towns, the programme features exciting SA bands Kaleidoskoop and Shofarband as […]
Top TV planning porn for Christmas?
TopTV will further offend Christians in South Africa if it goes ahead with a reported plan to launch three hardcore porn channels by Christmas. Entertainment news service Channel 24 reports that TopTV senior manager of regulatory affairs, Thato Mahapa, believes the pay service already has the right to launch the […]
JASA assembles experts to oppose bid to lower age of sexual consent
The Justice Alliance of South Africa (JASA) has assembled a lineup of experts to support its argument against an application by Teddy Bear Clinic and RAPCAN to strike down sections 15 and 16 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 32 of 2007, declaring as unconstitutional […]
Questions over Tutu billboard in abortion clinic
A pro-life campaigner who prays outside Mary Stopes Clinic in central Cape Town at the start of every working day says he was shocked one morning when he spotted Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s face and personal endorsement message on a billboard in the clinic. Peter Thorp, who has spent more than […]
Year-end ponderings on past and future
[notice]A final word from Anna Heydenrych for 2011. Her fortnightly column will resume again in mid January![/notice] I can remember so clearly the excited anticipation during the lead up to the year 2000. So I can hardly believe we are already on the brink of saying goodbye to 2011! But […]