South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Daily Nation President Uhuru Kenyatta has declared Saturday (March 20) a national day of prayer for Kenya amid the worldwide outbreak of the new coronavirus. Kenyatta made the declaration on Tuesday, the same day the Minister for Health announced that Kenya now has four cases of Covid-19, […]
Coronavirus put an end to a South African company’s ambitious plans to host a big Christian stadium event but also inspired an even bigger event that could reach billions of people around the world in their living rooms. According to Albertus Potgieter, managing director of iTickets, they are in discussion […]
US intercessory leader Lou Engle posted this urgent call in Elijahlist today A plague has broken out all over the earth. It’s called the coronavirus. It is threatening to kill tens of thousands across the world and is shutting down global economies. Terror and panic have seized the nations. Something […]
Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column. Many Christians, unable to congregate for worship after the government banned meetings of over 100 people, have joined thousands who are congregating in shopping malls. That’s […]
South African chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng yesterday pleaded “from the depth of my heart” for “those who know just how powerful prayer can be” to pray for SA’s protection and blessing at this time when the nation is exposed to coronavirus infection. Briefing media in Midrand, Johannesburg on measures that will […]
Originally published in The Christian Post. A Nigerian Christian girl, who was abducted in January and forced to convert to Islam, has finally been reunited with her family in the country’s northcentral Kaduna state. The Hausa Christians Foundation (HCF) told the independent daily newspaper, Vanguard, that Sadiya Amos has escaped […]
A monthly column by farmer, preacher and writer for Jesus, Angus Buchan This morning while spending the very best time of the day , which is in my quiet time room, the Lord spoke to me almost tangibly through His holy Word the Bible, and asked me a question which […]
In November last year Christians gathered in the Toyota Vrystaat Rugby stadium to pray for rain for their drought-stricken province and other parched regions of the country. At 3pm last Sunday Christians again gathered in the stadium — to thank the Lord for abundant rains that have fallen in parts […]
By Dr Sharon James — Originally published in The Christian Institute Many today would argue that Christianity has changed the world for the worse. The “new atheists” don’t just see Christianity as wrong but evil. They believe that we need to be liberated from outdated ideas of moral absolutes and […]
Originally published in CBN News In the early 1900s, the majority of Christians lived in the West. More than a century later, over a third of all Christians now live in Asia, Africa, and South America. The number of missionaries going to the four corners of the globe is also […]