South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Today Finland’s state prosecutor is to appeal after a Christian MP was cleared of hate speech for publicly sharing her views on marriage and sexuality. Päivi Räsänen, former Finnish Minister of the Interior, stood trial alongside Bishop Juhana Pohjola. Räsänen was charged over comments in a […]
South Africans have until April 15 to comment on draft health regulations which, if passed, could effectively plunge our country into a permanent state of disaster in which the health minister can drastically limit your constitutional freedoms without any parliamentary oversight. One positive that is coming out of this is […]
Neziswa Kanju joined a First Friday worship gathering in Johannesburg last week. This is her report. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. – Psalm 133:1 It is indeed beautiful to see the body of Christ come together. It is even more […]
Originally published in Christian Headlines On Wednesday, a crowd of Christians gathered outside Disney headquarters in Burbank, California to protest the entertainment giant’s efforts to include more LGBTQ+ content in its films and TV shows. Worship-leader-turned-activist Sean Feucht led the “Hold the Line” protest, where a swarm of parents, conservatives […]
It feels totally surreal that I am writing to you from a starry night in the Serengeti, Tanzania. I am sleeping in my car tonight. It has been raining and is very muddy and I just could not put up my rooftop tent and for the hotels in Serengeti — […]
Russian invasion of Ukraine triggers most urgent aliyah campaign on record As the war rages on in the Ukraine, Christians worldwide are making it possible for Ukrainian and Russian Holocaust survivors to escape to Israel. This is “the most urgent, massive aliyah operation we’ve ever been involved in,” said David Parsons, vice […]
“Live for me. I died for you,” proclaims a striking, giant, illuminated billboard depicting Jesus on the cross to hundreds of thousands of people daily on Durban’s busy M4 Southern Freeway. An Easter project of The Worship Tabernacle (TWT) church in Shallcross, Durban, the 18m x 5m billboard was erected […]
The Easter weekend countdown is upon us and Jan de Bruin executive director of Highway Ministries is calling on South African Christians to reach out to motorists during this annual peak traffic period. De Bruin has been ministering full-time to road users for 26 years with a clear call from […]
After almost five years of being barred from practicing medicine, pro-life doctor Jacques de Vos has been allowed by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) to continue with his career. Dr De Vos was suspended from completing the gynaecology rotation of his internship at 2 Military Hospital in […]
International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) South Africa national director Vivienne Myburgh handed over a collection of personal messages of support from SA Christians to former chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng at his home in Mafikeng last Sunday. She told Gateway News that the handover was a sequel to a campaign in […]