South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
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. [See Part 2] As with all other areas of life and culture, Christians’ engagement with political structures and processes […]
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 […]
By Michael Ashcraft and Charles Gardener — Originally published in GodReports By most accounts, the 2009 UK atheist ad campaign on buses was a flop. It misfired so badly, Christians contributed to fund it. The ads read: There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life. “The great irony […]
It’s one thing for a political party to say it opposes crime. But it’s another thing altogether to pursue and arrest criminals during a day’s campaigning. While on an extended road trip in the Northern Cape a #Hope4SA team spotted a Gauteng-registered vehicle stopping on the roadside near Karos. Party […]
We’ve all met people like this – happy one minute, but with a “bad” attitude the next. In fact, we can be (and often are) people like this. More often than we care to admit. When things are going well, it is easy to have a “good” attitude isn’t it? […]
Time2RiseSA (T2R) has called a national day of praise and worship “declaring the victory of our Lord Jesus over South Africa” on Saturday May 18 from 11am. “Calling on all Christians to be unashamed of your faith. Worship the Lord openly in the marketplace. When Jesus is lifted up, all […]