Call for church ministers to get priority vaccination Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) on Monday issued papers in the Johannesburg High Court to ask that government’s current and indefinite ban on faith-based gatherings be lifted. And on the same day the South African Council of Churches (SACC) sent […]
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New book explains God’s redemption plan for Africa
Prophetic voice, intercessor and mother of five children, Clementia Pae talks to Gateway News about her book, The Womb of Africa Carries My Glory Gateway News: Tell us more about your book The Womb of Africa Carries My Glory — what is it about? CP: The Womb of Africa Carries […]
#Churchesmustmeet! petition launched
Cape Town church leaders Demitiri and Karen Nikiforos have launched a petition calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to reopen churches in South Africa. In an email to Gateway News Demitiri who leads New Life in Christ Church in Cape Town says the petition campaign aims to unite with Christians and […]
Pro-life doctor takes HPCSA to court
Cape Town pro-life doctor Jacques de Vos, whose professional conduct hearing has been repeatedly delayed by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) since 2017, has applied to the North Gauteng High Court to compel the council to finalise the hearing against him. In 2017 Dr De Vos was […]
‘I don’t enjoy their church’s singing-style’ — Hugh Wetmore
One of the most influential factors which people take into account, when deciding which church to attend, or even to join, is ‘the church’s music ministry’. And there’s such a range to choose from: from hyper-conservative churches where the hymn-and-a thing led by the organ music style of the 1950s […]
Israeli archaeologists find ‘Christ, Born of Mary’ inscribed in ancient valley
Originally published in CBN News Israeli authorities excavating in the Jezreel Valley have unearthed a 1 500-year-old inscription dedicated to Jesus. Excavators found the Greek inscription while digging in the village of et-Taiyiba. The inscription was engraved in stone in what is believed by researchers to be the remains of […]
‘Socially destructive’ statute seeks to redefine marriage, says Naidoo
The primary goal of the government’s proposed ‘Single Marriage Statute’ is “to provide same-sex, transgender and ‘all other forms of marriage’ full and equal status in all respects with monogamous heterosexual marriage or the biblical definition of marriage,” says Family Poliicy Institute director Errol Naidoo. Dismissing government’s claims that the proposed […]
Why are SA authorities blocking cheap drug that shows promise against Covid-19?
Why are South Africa’s health authorities still refusing to allow doctors to use Ivermectin when so much medical evidence shows the drug is highly beneficial against Covid-19? Specialist physicians and scientists from the US, UK, and Australia are loudly advocating this 50-year-old, Nobel Prize-winning and very cheap drug for use […]
Christian groups going to court over church lockdown regulations
Legal opposition to government pandemic regulations, which amount to an indefinite blanket ban of all religious gatherings in South Africa, is mounting. Last Friday the South African National Christian Forum (SANCF), which represents a number of churches in townships and informal settlements, filed an urgent application with the Johannesburg High […]
WATCH: ‘We have to get into the trenches’ to wage spiritual warfare against Covid-19, says prophetic doctor
It is time for followers of Jesus to face up to the reality of the devil’s severe attack on the Body of Christ through Covid-19 and to unite as never before in fighting the enemy from a place of peace and victory. So says Irma Simpson, who has practiced as […]