South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Barnabasaid The authorities have ordered 20 churches in an Indonesian district to tear down their buildings; this follows the closure of 16 smaller Christian places of worship in the same district last month. Razali Abdul Rahman, the acting regent of Aceh Singkil in the semi-autonomous province of […]
[notice]Forget the solutions of the world, says columnist Pastor Bongani Mgayi; we have the answer that the world needs.[/notice]We all lament the lack of good leaders and organisations that will be above corruption and that will exist to serve society. We even fantasise about ousting the corrupt leaders and supplanting […]
Movie Review by Andre Viljoen LEFT BEHIND: WORLD AT WARGenre: Thriller World at War is the third of three movies based on the Left Behind book series (12 novels) by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B.Jenkins which have sold an incredible 65 million copies over the past 17 years. Based on […]
Learners and teachers in several Port Elizabeth primary schools have begun to pray together in an initiative that Port Elizabeth JOT teacher Paul Clough expects will spread like heavenly fire to every school in the city. Clough, who had a vision in February, in which he saw the city protectively […]
Renewed relationships is the focus of a national educational convention that aims to inspire Christian teachers to carry on teaching despite the overwhelming odds against the profession. “We are trusting the Lord to bring breakthroughs and healing in this specific area,” says Karen Erasmus, secretrary of the National Christian Teachers’ […]
The media broke the news on 11 June that a 23 year old homosexual man in the Northern Cape was “beheaded for being gay.” It later turned out the victims throat was slit during the crime. The secular media’s sensational and grossly inaccurate reporting on this horrendous crime, once again places […]
Worship teams from the United Kingdom and around the world will hold a 30-day Olympic Burn in London from July 14 to August 12 to keep the fire of God’s presence burning continuously throughout the 2012 Olympics. The fireplace was prepared on Saturday, May 26 at the London’s Burning event […]
Calling a new generation to missions in a changing world INcontext Ministries, a ministry focusing on global trends and events from a mission perspective, is bringing a challenging one-day missions conference geared towards youth and young adults to Kimberley, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg in July. “The single biggest challenge in […]
Internet discount coupon company, Groupon South Africa is re-evaluating its policy on “adult content”, says head of sales Gary Burrows. Meanwhile the company is not accepting new “adult-content merchants”, nor looking to develop that area of its business, he says in a statement released in response to questions from Gateway […]
[notice] A fortnightly column by Johannesburg Business Editor, Patrick Kuwana. In today’s Kingdom Business he says that the greed, pride, corruption and materialism that prevail in the South African marketplace today are the fruit of an economic system that serves mammon rather than God.[/notice] The economy is the lifeblood of […]