Three decades ago a young South African pastor’s mindset was radically shifted during a visit to Phola Phola township in Thokoza, Alberton, where he saw young children lying on the ground, passed out as a result of malnutrition. In an interview with Gateway News Pastor Bert Pretorius who was starting […]
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SA well represented at UK conference on “better way” for world health
WHO overreach addressed at post-conference gathering The ground-breaking “Better Way conference” on global health issues was held in Bath, UK from May 19 to 22. Sixty five experts from various nations presented and hosted at the conference and hundreds of delegates physically attended the conference while thousands participated online. The […]
OM acquires new ship, Doulos Hope
Missions organisation OM has purchased a new ship, the 3.37 gross ton Doulos Hope, to complement the larger 12.519 gross ton Logos Hope. “Together with OM leaders and partners around the world, we have been praying and considering how we can increase the effectiveness of ship-based ministry and in response, […]
How sports ministry has rescued 300 000 Ukranians
Originally published in Eternity Long before this invasion in Ukraine, small groups of Christians across Ukraine and Eastern Europe had formed connections over their desire to share the Gospel through sport. For 14 years these groups have collaborated, shared resources and communicated within a tight network that has grown to […]
What the Early Church said about abortion — Michael L Brown
Originally published in AskDrBrown While the pro-life position is widely associated with Bible-believing Christians, there are actually professing Christians who identify as pro-choice. In fact, one of my pro-life colleagues was speaking at a church in Michigan when, to his shock, he learned that the pastor had recently taken up […]
Civil society groups agree on steps to change electoral system before 2024 elections
On Friday May 27 a large cohort of civil society organisations held a roundtable discussion to decide on a collective approach to the Electoral Amendment Bill currently before Parliament. The gathering took place just two weeks ahead of the June 11 deadline set by the Constitutional Court for Parliament to […]
If we are always defending are we losing? — Philip Rosenthal
Business people sometimes ask me whether we ever win — since we are always defending against new threats? It can be depressing, when the government introduces one anti-family, anti-life, anti-business policy after another — as soon as we have fought off one, then there is another one. So are we […]
Open Doors calls on US to return Nigeria to list of countries violating religious freedoms
In the six months since the Biden administration removed Nigeria from its list of “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPC)—which identifies those in severe violations of religious freedom—religious violence has continued to surge across the region. Last week’s gruesome stoning and burning of Nigerian Christian college student, Deborah Samuel, by extremist […]
Jerusalem, city of our Messiah and eternal capital of Israel — Vivienne Myburgh
Jerusalem – City of our Messiah and Eternal Capital of Israel Israel will be celebrating Jerusalem Day this Sunday, the 28th of Iyar, 5727, in the Hebrew calendar (May 29 in our calendar). It is the 55th anniversary of the reunification of modern-day Jerusalem. During the course of the Six-Day […]
M.I.A. says she had a vision of Jesus and is now a born-again Christian
Originally published in Relevant M.I.A., one of the coolest and most revolutionary artists of her generation, has had a spiritual transformation. In a conversation with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam said that she had a vision of Jesus in 2017 that convinced her to become a Christian. “Since then, […]