South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
First published on CBN News. A global movement of prayer and repentance is taking place this Friday in Ibadan, Nigeria as thousands of Christians are expected to gather for “Africa Returns.” The event follows last September’s “The Return” where believers from all denominations and backgrounds united for prayer and worship […]
In 1954 Graham Sutherland was commissioned to paint a full-length portrait of Winston Churchill which was presented to him at a public ceremony celebrating his 80th birthday. Sutherland was a brilliant painter, but he had the reputation of capturing the “real side” of his subjects. He painted Churchill exactly as […]
In this episode God speaks in surprising ways to direct Lydia and Wilco Venter in the early days of their ministry in Kenya We did not yet have a name for our ministry. Although we were still lecturing at the Njoro Bible College, our work in Teret and neighbouring villages […]
Welcome to Team Talk — our Spring edition. I cannot believe that it is September already and that we have entered the last four months of another year of great testing. I can only but be grateful for the Lord’s hand upon me and my family. He has protected us, […]
Just two months after celebrating its 50th anniversary of serving the persecuted Church, Open Doors Southern Africa appointed its first woman head when Lynette Leibach succeeded Jan Gouws as executive director. In an interview with Gateway News yesterday, Leibach, who became executive director in July, said it is also her […]
In less than two weeks the United Nations will be hosting an event in New York to mark the 20th anniversary of the Durban World Conference Against Racism. So far, 13 nations have said they will not attend the so-called Durban 4 conference because of its antisemitic agenda. Vivienne Myburgh […]
The “cruel and callous” assassination of Gauteng Health Department corruption whistle blower Babita Doekaran was aimed at silencing and frightening those “who still stand for integrity, ethical values and leadership”, says the Health Commission of The Evangelical Alliance of South Africa in a media. statement. Commending the murdered senior finance […]
South Africa’s premier leadership conference, the Global Leadership Summit (GLS) will be hosting small in-person gatherings at 14 venues across South Africa in October and November, say hosts Global Leadership Network South Africa (GLN SA). Last year, the Summit which since 2005 has been inspiring South Africans with global best-practice […]
Originally published in Lifesite News If you read Filipino swimmer Ernie A. Gawilan’s profile at the website of the International Paralympic Committee, you won’t read anything about abortion. His “type of impairment” is listed as “limb deficiency,” and the “origin of impairment” is noted as “congenital.” Gawilan began swimming in the year […]
Originally published by Agencia Fides “The abductions of school children present us with the prospects of a traumatised generation of young people,” says the Bishops of Nigeria of a scourge that has seen more than 1 000 students kidnapped from schools in northern Nigeria this year. In the latest abduction, […]