South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]Special Report by Mike Burnard of INcontext Ministries[/notice] 1. MOHATTAM GATHERING On 11 November 2011, more than 70 000 Christians in Egypt joined together in an unprecedented all night prayer meeting in Mohattam, Cairo. This historic event took place in the midst of renewed demonstrations and Coptic Christians facing increasing […]
Godly values NGO Heartlines has called on churches and Christian leaders to use World Aids Day on December 1 as an opportunity to get involved in the continuing battle against HIV/AIDS. With an estimated 5.7 million South African people living with the disease and over 600 000 orphans, it continues to […]
[notice]The second part of a 2-part introductory article by Anna Heydenrych whose column will be published fortnightly in Gateway News[/notice] The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller Last week, I introduced the notion that […]
[notice]BREAKING NEWS: This afternoon the National Assembly voted in favour of the controversial Protection of State Information Bill that proposes draconian penalties for holding classified information, effectively placing a shroud of secrecy over Government activities. 229 MPs voted for the Bill, 107 voted against and two abstained. The National Press […]
Seventeen year old Jessi Barron is on her way to Johannesburg for her live performance on MNet’s 1Gospel Channel, after walking away with the prize from Kingfisher FM’s Do You Rock?-2011. Jessi is a learner at Harvest Christian School, Port Elizabeth. She started singing in Grade 6 and has been […]
[notice]On the eve of the launch by the South African of Government the “16 Days of Activism For No Violence Against Women and Children” from November 25 to December 10, the Apostolic Faith Mission has released a media statement calling on the Government to give teeth to the campaign by […]
[notice]Recently a seriously ill PE baby went into cardiac arrest and died at hospital. But two hours later, after a prayer of faith, baby Joash came back to life. David Hobson, who was on the scene shortly after the baby recovered, spoke to the infant’s parents and one of the […]
The Mayor of Cape Town, Patricia De Lille should urgently remove the appallingly sexist and harmful Mavericks billboards erected along the city’s streets, Family Policy Insitute (FPI) says in a press statement. The strip club’s billboards feature a half-naked woman in a sexually suggestive pose next to the slogan “I […]
[notice]Movie reviews by Andre Viljoen[/notice] I recently received four Christian movie DVDs from Brettian Productions. As I watched these well-crafted, entertaining films it struck me that there has indeed been a welcome, upwards trend in Christian movie making. Many more films are being made for Christian viewers, and the production […]
Representatives of Christian and Muslim communities attended a meeting at the Standard Bank Arena in Johannesburg today to take a stand against the killing of police members. At the gathering, which was called by Major General JT Pharasi, Commander of the Hillbrow Cluster of the South African Police Service (SAPS), […]