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. […]
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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 […]
Prayer warriors worldwide rally to ‘Trumpet Call’ to rise against violence
Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain!…. Blow the trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast,…..Call a sacred assembly; — Joel 2:1a & 15 a Christians in more than 36 nations have responded to a trumpet call to humble themselves before God and rise up in […]
Kanye West says God told him to run for president in 2020 — wants Trump, Biden to step aside
Originally published in The Christian Post Floating Michelle Tidball, an obscure preacher from Cody, Wyoming, as his running mate, popular rapper and music producer Kanye West says God has told him to run for president in 2020 and urged incumbent Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden to “gracefully […]
All-nations prayer gathering calls out to God over gender-based violence and femicide
Christian and community leaders and victims of sexual violence sought God’s mercy together last Saturday in an all-nations prayer service against gender-based violence and femicide in South Africa and neighbouring states. The event was inspired by the Lord as she spent intimate time with Him while deeply troubled by a […]
Church leaders, believers urged to support Mogoeng petition
A petition calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to publicly support Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s constitutional right to express his Christian views on Israel garnered more than 30 000 signatures in six days, said Vivienne Myburgh national director of International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, South Africa branch (ICEJ SA). The petition sponsors, […]
Cardinal Napier says BLM movement committed to ‘dismantling’ civilisation
Originally published in newsakmi.com Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, the archbishop of Durban, has denounced the hijacking of Black Lives Matter (BLM), which he says is now “committed to dismantling the very values, structure and institutions” central to a healthy society. Napier tweeted at the weekend that a brief study of […]