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Islamic extremists attack Christian communities in Chad, murder 17 people
Fulani Islamic extremists murdered 17 people in attacks on Christian communities in southern Chad earlier this month, the Barnabas Fund reports. The population of Chad was reported in 2010 to be 52–58% Muslim and 39–44% Christian. The government of this religiously diverse but impoverished country in central Africa was forced […]
Iranian judge frees Christian couple, rules house church gatherings not illegal
Originally published in The Christian Post Iranian authorities released two Christian leaders from prison last week after a judge broke with common judicial practice in the country and ruled that home church participation was not illegal, sources said. Throwing out a 2020 conviction, a judge in Branch 34 of the […]
Count the cost — Angus Buchan
We need to count the cost when we are running the race for the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul knew about this and he said in Philippians 3.12 (NKJV) — “Not that I have already attained,[a] or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ […]
Many delivered, healed at ‘Revival is Now’ events in SA
Gateway News spoke with Brigitte Roos who hosted the “Revival Is Now S.A. Conference” led by charismatic United States ministry leader Kathryn Krick last weekend at the Moreleta Church in Pretoria. Apostle Kathryn who leads 5F Church in Los Angeles, USA, also ministered in the Grand Arena in Grand West, […]
South African Christians lift Jesus higher on Ascension Day
Many Christians around South Africa took time to celebrate Ascension Day today with marches, worship gatherings, outreaches and special campaigns. While the day, which commemorates when Jesus ascended in exaltation to Heaven, is no longer a public holiday in South Africa, many believers heeded a call to publicly “lift Jesus […]
Join the Godly Revolution prayer countdown!
Yesterday marked 30 days to the massive Godly Revolution worship music festival on Youth Day – and it also marked Day 1 of a prayer countdown in the buildup to this year’s Godly Revolution event at the Lewende Woord main campus in Brummeria, Pretoria. You can join this exciting prayer […]
Malawi intercessory group launches ‘Jesus farms’ to support cyclone victims
Christian movement National Repentance Malawi (NRP) is introducing “Jesus Farms” in three districts of southern Malawi as part of a holistic campaign to support victims of Cyclone Freddy which displaced more than 100 000 families and killed more than a thousand people earlier this year. NRP national organiser Rev Edward […]
Oldest, nearly-complete Hebrew Bible sold for $38.1m
Originally published in the New York Times The oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible sold at Sotheby’s for $38.1 million (R735 million) on Wednesday, one of the highest prices for a book or historical document ever sold at auction. The volume, known as the Codex Sassoon, includes all 24 books of the Hebrew […]
Groundbreaking filmmaker Darren Wilson back with new movie about Jesus
Remember those movies like Finger of God, Furious Love, Father of Lights, Holy Ghost and Holy Ghost Reborn in which US filmmaker Darren Wilson took viewers on a round-the-world tour filming God encounters in real time? Well, he’s back with a new, unscripted documentary feature film, The God Man, in […]