South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
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) […]
By Michael Foust – Originally published in Godreports Much of the biblical scholarly world has been buzzing since Feb. 1, when a New Testament professor made a claim during a debate that was news to most everyone who heard it — a first-century fragment of Mark’s Gospel may have been […]
[notice]The following report is exactly as it appeared on ZimEye on February 14. It should be noted that while this report refers to the prophecy occurring hours before the match, the youtube channel (see photo and video clip below) of TB Joshua’s Synagogue Church Of All Nations says the prophecy […]
By Chuck Colson — Originally published in LifesiteNews I’ve been talking a lot lately about the Obama Administration’s relentless attempts to restrict religious freedom. You know by now that the Catholic bishops have strongly rejected the president’s so-called “accommodation” to exempt religious organizations from paying for abortion-inducing drugs, contraception, and […]
An inaugural group of Biblical Entrepreneurship (BE) trainees and eight BE teachers were trained in Johannesburg from January 30 to February 4 paving the way for the rollout of the programme throughout South Africa. BE classes will now run frequently in Johannesburg and will be launched around April in Durban […]
After 23 years of ministry and aged 50-something, John and Penny were thinking that perhaps they were due to pastor a church in a quiet seaside town. But God had other plans — he sent them to a country in North Africa where only one in 40 000 people are […]
The threat of human trafficking – mainly for prostitution – is clearly not going to go away. Many observers believe trafficking is a growing menace in SA that must not be minimised. In Cape Town, several cases of trafficking were exposed by the vital work of the Vice Squad. A […]