South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Q: I’m getting married in June. My fiancée and I want to have a great life-long relationship, so we’re asking various people for advice and input. What’s your perspective? Graeme: Every couple wants a loving marriage that’ll endure for the long haul. So it’s worth asking: “Why do so few […]
Sikelela – Lord Heal Our Land is the name of a new “song for the nation” that was released last Friday by withJoy, a non-profit Christian Music publisher based in Johannesburg Laurie Woolacott, 75, of withJoy told Gateway News that he and withJoy co-director Thulas Zondi, who have been collaborating […]
Originally published in CBN News Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Los Angeles, California this week in a unified front to counter the antisemitic movement that’s been sweeping college campuses across America. A “United For Israel” march organized by Christians and Jews underway right off the @USC campus […]
In a video message (see above) to the nation ahead of the election next month, author, speaker and media personality Afrika Mhlophe warns that Christians in South Africa cannot afford to ignore the reality of the role of African tradtional religion in certain political parties. If we do, we will […]
By Rolene Marks — Originally published in JNS The first “Global Anti-Apartheid Conference on Palestine” will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on May 10 to 12. The conference is billed as bringing together an international host of anti-Israel activists “towards a global movement to dismantle Israel’s settler colonialism […]
Gateway Radio 89.6fm, a Christian community radio station serving the rural Hessequa region in the Western Cape Garden Route region, is seeking financial support to get back on air after SENTECH cut off its broadcast signal for non payment. Sally Nicholls, founder and station manager of Gateway Radio said by […]
With the upcoming elections and national challenges such as unemployment, the impact of natural and man-made disasters, and rising costs of basic food and services, it’s more important than ever for the Church to be a visible force and offer support wherever possible, says Willie Crew of the World Mission […]
Originally published in Religion Unplugged Neary 50 Christians have been killed in a series of militant attacks on villages in Benue, Plateau and Kaduna states in late April through early May, with dozens more wounded and displaced, according to news reports. Militant Fulani killed six Christians in southern Kaduna on […]
In part 1 of a 2-part series on Christian engagement in the political sphere, Ryan Smit, Programme Director of the Wilberforce Academy, South Africa, discusses the Biblical bases for socio-political engagement. The series will conclude later this month. As with all other areas of life and culture, Christians’ engagement with […]
A monthly column in which Jenni Pretorius Hill shares stories of hope which bring Heaven’s perspective to Earth I have never come close to losing a child, but we have had our share of scares, and nights spent in a push-back easy chair alongside a hospital bed. My heart has […]