South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
“It was an absolute blessing to all of us,” said Bible Reading Marathon visionary Illona de Wit about the event which took place from Wednesday to Sunday last week. An enthusiastic team of “marathoners”, each reading out aloud for 15 minutes, took 82 hours and five minutes to read through […]
Originally published in CBN News A person caught praying outside an abortion clinic in England can now face up to six months in prison–even if they pray silently. In a 297-110 vote, members of parliament backed an amendment to the government’s Public Order Bill that would outlaw the offering of […]
Compiled from reports in CBN News, The Jerusalem Post and The Times of Israel Nationwide protests in Iran on a scale and nature unprecedented since the 1979 Islamic revolution are in their seventh week and showing no signs of abating despite a state crackdown in which at least 253 people […]
Yesterday (November 2) Hugh Wetmore, 85, founder of the Evangelical Fellowship of South Africa (EFSA), the predecessor of the Evangelical Alliance (TEASA) and the Evangelical Seminary of South Africa (ESSA), went to heaven. Hugh grew up in Cape Town where he enjoyed mountain hiking and caving at Kalk Bay. On […]
I think that Gateway News readers know me by now, so I do not have to explain who I am and where I come from. As most of you know, God started using me during the pandemic to visit with His children. I did a trip round SA of 6 […]
Stories of Hope is a collection of inspiring stories of ordinary people whose lives have been impacted through the work and care of ministry partners of the Mergon Foundation. This is Cazile Mhlophe’s story of hope. It is estimated that 7.8 million adults and children in South Africa are living […]
Originally published in Religion News Service The most translated film of all time is now available in its 2 000th translation: Zo, a language spoken by approximately 65 000 people globally, including refugee and immigrant communities in 28 US cities. Myanmar, where Zo is mainly spoken, is a primarily Buddhist country, […]
In an op-ed published in PoliticsWeb, Pamela Ngubane, general manager of South African Friends of Israel, says the Church should align itself with peace-builders who lay a foundation for the future prosperity of all people The Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) has adopted a set of increasingly extreme positions […]
Originally published in Open Doors It’s very rare that we receive direct communication from our family in North Korea. Occasionally, we get stories from believers in Open Doors’ safe houses in China, yet rarely are we able to read precious words straight from the mouths of our brothers and sisters […]
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Geomagnetic fields recorded in 21 archaeological destruction layers throughout Israel reconstructed by Israeli researchers have verified accounts related in the Hebrew Bible of the Egyptian, Aramean, Assyrian and Babylonian military campaigns against the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) […]