Martin Luther King Jr is credited for saying: “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends”. Anyone who has ever lived for anything in any environment would have experienced the brutal betrayal of friends or supporters who fail to stand […]
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True short story: The girl under the stars — Mark Roberts
It was 2am when I jolted up in bed; there was a banging on my bedroom door: “Mark, we can’t find Cathy!” cried Jenny. The look on her face startled me and I knew the girls were worried. Cathy was a quiet lady who had come to the farm for […]
Worldwide evangelist and spiritual warrior Morris Cerullo dies at 88
Originally published in Charisma News Worldwide evangelist and spiritual warrior Morris Cerullo died July 11 of natural causes after hospitalization due to pneumonia, according to a ministry spokesperson. He was 88. In an official statement, Morris Cerullo World Evangelism wrote Saturday afternoon, “Few people have put as much effort, over […]
Jesus is Jewish — Charles Gardner
By Charles Gardner — UK Correspondent Amidst all the talk about the ethnicity of Jesus – whether black, white or somewhere in between – many choose to ignore the fact that He is Jewish. The debate around our Lord’s skin colour, arising out of the Black Lives Matter protests, has […]
Cape ministry helps South Africans cope with mental strain of lockdown
While the imminent threat of the Covid-19 pandemic to physical health is currently the prominent battle, the virus is not the only invisible enemy we are fighting. The combination of an already-frail economy, the lockdown and uncertainty has contributed to a mental and emotional strain on South Africans from all […]
President petitioned to send ‘unconstitutional’ Civil Union Amendment Bill back to parliament
By Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) has petitioned President Cyril Ramaphosa to exercise his constitutional prerogative to send the Civil Union Amendment Bill, adopted by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on July 1, back to the National Assembly for reconsideration. […]
People in fear after latest attack in mystery jihadist insurgency in Northern Mozambique, say missionaries
Originally published by Agenzia Fides Note: this is an unedited copy of a report by Agenzia Fides New attack by jihadist formations in Mocímboa da Praia, in northern Mozambique. The militiamen set the local church, the Januario Pedro secondary school, the district hospital, dozens of houses, cars and shops on fire. […]
Farmer after fire: ‘Miracles still happen’
By Esté Meyer Jansen — Originally published (in Afrikaans) in Maroelamedia Junior Ferreira, 30, a farmer from Bethlehem in the Free State says that it is prayer alone that saved his mealie crop and feed bales last Thursday after a controlled pasture burn got out of hand. “I am sharing […]
Radical Muslims beat 21-year-old Christian woman unconscious in Kenya
Originally published in Morning Star News Hard-line Muslims in Isiolo, Kenya last month beat unconscious a 21-year-old Christian woman, a member of a family from Somalia that fled persecution in Nairobi in 2019, sources said. In the June 4 attack on Fozia (surname withheld), seven assailants also broke two teeth […]
Finally married! — Newlyweds say marriage is picture of Jesus and Christians
Originally published in The Christian Institute One of the first couples to be married in England following the easing of lockdown restrictions on July 4, have told the BBC why their Christian faith made the ceremony so important. Phil Hobbs and Beth Johnson had originally planned to be married three […]