South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in CBN News The American Journal of Psychiatry says it got it wrong when it came to analysing the numbers in a large study of transgender patients undergoing sex-reassignment surgery. Last fall, the journal published the results of the study and found the surgeries improved patients’ mental health. […]
Tshego Motaung writes about Pentecostal elder statesman Apostle Dr Philip F Molefe who died at the age of 92 on Saturday August 1 I had the privilege of interviewing Dr PF Molefe at his home in Sharpeville just before his 90th birthday celebration two years ago. We had arranged to […]
As an intensive campaign of “90 Days of National Prayer” launched in Zimbabwe on June 1 enters its final weeks resolute intercessors are not deterred by an apparent escalation in corruption, repression and economic collapse in the nation. “As intercessors we do not focus on the natural realm because often […]
Originally published in CBN News A life-size statue of the late evangelist Billy Graham is scheduled to replace a statue of a white supremacist in the US Capitol’s Statuary Hall next year. Religion News Service (RNS) reports a North Carolina legislative committee endorsed a 2 foot model of the statue […]
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin — by Elizabeth Kendal Despite its location in the north-west region of northern Nigeria and also being one of 12 states ruled (unconstitutionally) by Sharia Law, Kaduna State actually straddles Nigeria’s ethnic-religious fault-line. The north is predominantly Hausa-Fulani Muslim whilst the south is populated by numerous […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Rioters carrying “Black Lives Matter” signs threw Bibles into a fire in front of the federal courthouse in Portland and burned an American flag, leaving bystanders wondering what that act of arson had to do with protesting against police brutality. “People began starting a […]
Originally published in Namibia Economist The Coalition of Churches and Faith-based Organisations on Ethical Social Justice in Namibia are troubled with the recently introduced education programme, called comprehensive sexuality education (CSE). To back up their fears the coalition explained that according to a 2019 global study, Re-examining the Evidence of […]
People who “are so hungry to pray and to seek God” are registering daily to join a 90-day campaign to pray for world revival that was launched in Port Elizabeth on Saturday August 1, says the campaign visionary, Blessing Marunga. “The first five days have been confirmation that God is […]
Originally published in CBN News It started with a van full of paint cans on the streets of New York outside the Black Lives Matter mural in Midtown Manhattan. And then Bevelyn Beatty began her task, dropping to her knees with paint in-hand yelling, “They don’t care about black lives, […]
By Anugrah Kumar — Originally published in The Christian Post Radical Muslims in eastern Uganda beat and drowned a 25-year-old pastor and a 22-year-old church member in retaliation for preaching the Gospel to local Muslims. Pastor Peter Kyakulaga of Church of Christ and parishioner Tuule Mumbya were murdered in a […]