South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By David Parsons, ICEJ Senior Vice President and Spokesman Over recent decades, official visitors to Israel felt obliged to make a pilgrimage to Sderot, near Gaza, to view the rusting heaps of Hamas rockets on display behind the town’s police station. Even presidential candidate Barack Obama stood there in 2008, […]
“Come out of your tents”, “Come out of your comfort zone”, “Take your seat at the table.” Speaker after speaker at a national Time2Rise gathering at the weekend called for a “remnant” from the Church to rise up and take a bold and forceful stand for God’s agenda for South […]
A bridge-building pastor-politician met up at the weekend with a businessman-turned Kingdom pioneer who introduced him to politics in 2004. Pastor John Mathuhle, 43, the president of #Hope4SA, and Hennie Muller, 69, the owner and developer of Camp Unity near Bloemfontein, met at a national Time2Rise gathering at Camp Unity […]
Originally published in Church Times THE provincial synod of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa has rejected two connected proposals: to commend prayers of blessing for same-sex couples, and to allow priests to use these in their churches. In his opening synodical address last week, the Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd […]
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY Q: Sometimes I feel that my wife and I spend so much time in our roles as mom and dad that we neglect our own relationship. Do we just need to recognise that our needs as a couple have to be put on hold until our […]
Originally published in Faithwire A new study claims to expose the true “consequences of anti-biblical worldview,” finding a refusal or inability to see the effects of harmful beliefs could lead to serious issues. According to Dr George Barna of the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University, hundreds of thousands of people […]
Originally published in CBN The scale of destruction left behind by Hurricane Helene is only expanding with each passing day as new details become available. More than 185 people are now confirmed dead from the Category 4 storm, which is being etched in history as the fourth deadliest storm to […]
In this week’s Transforming A Nation podcast, Janet Brann-Hollis reflects on on the strategies of terrorism against the Church and how we can stand and be counted! Each week we publish the latest episode of the podcast which can be viewed at the following YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5hLMkCPnQ9TfBC-mbDNiUw
Originally published in The Christian Post A Virginia public school district has agreed to pay R10 million ($575,000) to resolve a lawsuit brought by a Christian teacher who was fired for refusing to use the self-declared pronouns of a trans-identified student. The West Point School Board reached a settlement with […]
Originally published in CBN The popular TV series about the life of Jesus, The Chosen, is being translated into over 600 languages said Stan Jantz, President and CEO of Come and See, a nonprofit leader in the Bible translation industry. “This has never been done for a TV show of any […]