South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
On Monday (November 4) Bishop Eric Pike and his wife Joyce, will start a 200km walk through Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) to launch the city’s unique Nehemiah Prayer Route. They may be in their 80s but they have plenty of walking cred — they have both completed the 780km Camino […]
Originally published in CBN News Frequent Dove Award winner Kirk Franklin announced this week he is boycotting the Gospel Music Association and Trinity Broadcasting Network after the awards ceremony broadcast was edited to remove mentions of racial injustice from his speeches in 2016 and earlier this month. GMA removed Franklin’s […]
Originally published in Christianity Today The global creation care community is grieving the loss of some of its most prominent evangelical advocates after the top leaders of A Rocha International — cofounders Peter and Miranda Harris and CEO Chris Naylor and his wife Susanna — suffered a fatal car crash […]
Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) says in a press statement today that it remains concerned about the revised Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) curriculum. In a recent media statement the Department of Basic Education (DBE) says that no new content has been added to the Life Orientation subject in schools and […]
The long-awaited professional conduct hearing against pro-life doctor Jaques de Vos convened on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, only to be postponed to December 9 while the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) disciplinary committee considers whether to dismiss two of the charges. Advocate Keith Matthee SC, for De Vos, […]
South African farmer/evangelist Angus Buchan today announced that God has instructed him to host a gathering called “Staan op vir Jesus” (“Stand up for Jesus”) at Loftus Versveld stadium on February 1 next year. And yes, God spoke to Buchan in Afrikaans — well, sort-of. Although he is known to […]
Louie Giglio (LG) pastor of Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia and founder of the Passion movement was recently in South Africa to launch his two latest books: Not Forsaken, on the topic of fatherlessness and his second children’s book, How Great is Our God: 100 Indescribable Devotions About God and Science. Giglio […]
Neziswa Kanju spoke to Louie Giglio, US pastor, Passion movement founder and author during his recent visit to South Africa. In this article she shares on a message-of-the-hour on mental illness, which Giglio drew to her attention. In next week’s Gateway News we will publish her profound interview with Giglio on […]
Daniel the Musical finished its run in Jerusalem on Tuesday and what an experience of biblical proportions it has been for all, with glorious highs and devastating lows. Most of the South African cast and crew are back home and despite the bitter blow that nearly ended the show prematurely when […]
By Aaron Sseruyigo — Originally published in Ug Christian News Linguistic and theological petition hits Uganda’s constitutional court. A Ugandan man has sued members of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, The Uganda Daáwa Association and anyone who calls himself / herself a Muslim, alleging they have no right to interfere […]