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Originally published in The Christian Post A Nigerian musician who has spent more than six years in prison under a death sentence for allegedly blasphemous song lyrics must wait even longer for a Supreme Court hearing after justices cancelled his long-awaited case. Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a Sufi Muslim musician from Kano […]
Christian relief organisation Operation Blessing is deploying its Global Disaster Response team to Venezuela after two powerful earthquakes struck the country on Wednesday. The death toll has risen to 188 people, while thousands more are feared dead. The back-to-back quakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude, struck less than a […]
Originally published in My Christian Daily Christian rock band Skillet has achieved a major milestone as its hit song ‘Monster’ surpassed 4 billion global streams, becoming the most-streamed Christian song in history. The band announced the achievement as ‘Monster’ also became the first song by a Christian artist to exceed […]
Originally published in Worthy Christian News Fulani herdsmen attacked a Christian village in Plateau state, Nigeria, early Monday, killing 28 Christians, including a pastor, after reportedly being guided toward the homes of church leaders, according to Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. The assault took place at about 2am on June […]
A monthly column in which Julita Kok shares on living adventurously with God I am writing to you from Pretoria as I will soon fly out from here to Israel. I have been to Israel many times and I must be honest, it does not always excite me. Israel is a […]
This month the Joy Employment and Skills Upliftment (JESU) Club celebrated its fifth anniversary of equipping, inspiring and assisting job seekers in Gqeberha. Sticking to its original vision of “starting small and dreaming big” the team at Joy to the Nations Church has good reason to thank God for impactful […]
The gangster pulled a gun from his jeans pocket and, pointing it at the missionary, coldly stated: “I’m going to kill you.” Greatly shocked yet full of courage, Blackpool-born Duncan Dyason responded: “If you are going to kill me, I would like one minute of your time.” Getting to the […]
See also: https://gatewaynews.co.za/farewell-to-christian-filmmaker-who-defended-israels-land-rights-charles-gardner/ Following the death in Melbourne, Australia, of outstanding filmmaker Hugh Kitson, I make no apologies for revisiting his latest explosive documentary powerfully challenging the false narratives of much Western media. A giant of the Christian faith, Hugh finally succumbed to the effects of cancer on June 20, […]
See also: https://gatewaynews.co.za/explosive-documentary-on-ownership-of-promised-land-revisited-charles-gardner/ As questions over little Israel draw the unprecedented attention of the whole world, a giant of the Christian faith has passed from this life into the hands of the Saviour he loved. Hugh Kitson has succumbed to the effects of cancer in Melbourne, Australia, leaving a lasting […]
Originally published in Christian Today In what is believed to be the first of its kind, a new monument honouring the victims of religious persecution in Nigeria has been erected in the nation’s Benue State. The monument was unveiled in Yelwata, which last year was the scene of a massacre […]