South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in CBN News Seventy marches in 15 nations are taking place this year to honor the memory of the Holocaust and speak out against anti-Semitism. One of those took place in Texas recently, where more than 120 Jews and Christians gathered at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas […]
Human rights and public interest organisation, Cause for Justice, is participating as a “friend of the court” in an upcoming court case in which a medical doctor and her patient, both of whom have terminal illnesses, are challenging the criminal prohibition of euthanasia in South Africa law. Dr Suzanne Walter […]
Missionary Lydia Venter testifies of the good fruit that comes out of obeying God even when it doesn’t seem to make sense In Episode 9 I shared how a little playgroup developed into one of the largest ACE schools in Kenya. Well, it should also be remembered how this ACE […]
My Dad loved history and he was a great storyteller. But he never (as in never) spoke about his childhood, and he wouldn’t explain why my siblings and I didn’t spend time with, or even have a relationship with our grandparents (his parents). But as the years passed, we came […]
Originally published in God Reports Stories of older Christians being baptiz=sed are serving as a reminder that it is never too late to take a step of obedience. One of those is Bernice Oliver at Glasgow Baptist Church in Glasgow, Ky. Erdie Carter, senior pastor at Glasgow, said Bernice’s wife […]
Originally published in CBN News The U. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has now rejected a central lawsuit that was filed by abortionists against the Texas Heartbeat Act. On Tuesday the appeals court essentially dismissed the lawsuit that had attempted to overturn the pro-life heartbeat law that is stopping nearly “50% of […]
Originally published in Christian Headlines A pastor in Sudan who was attacked during worship this month was sentenced to a month in jail along with another church leader on Monday under a law against disturbing the peace, sources said. Judge Awad Ibrahim Kury, a Muslim, found Pastor Stephanou Adil Kujo […]
National restoration and reconciliation visionary Erna Goedhart, aka Nobuntu, has appealed three times to President Cyril Ramaphosa for an audience — and she plans to make seven further appeals. If that reminds you of Moses appealing 10 times to Pharaoh you are on the right track. Goedhart, who has presented […]
A recently-revived civil society coalition with a strong Church component helped to finally get Nelson Mandela Bay’s 2021/2022 adjustments budget passed on Tuesday. The Nelson Mandela Bay Civil Society Coalition (NMBCSC) succeeded in persuading political parties to attend a special council meeting with the sole purpose of passing the budget […]
No one who knows Joe Niemand from his many Christian worship albums, his ministry at Mighty Men Conferences, or his visionary Daniel The Musical production which was launched in Jerusalem in 2019 would be surprised to hear that he is passionately pursuing another creative project. But many may be surprised […]