South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in CBN News Donald Trump this week became the first US President to host a meeting at the United Nations on religious freedom. “As President, protecting religious freedom is one of my highest priorities,” Trump told the nations of the world on Monday. In his keynote address to […]
In this call for public participation, Robbie Hift, a member of the Mighty Men Eastern Cape organising team spells out some little steps that can go a long way towards preparing the ground for the March 2020 event. “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you […]
On Wednesday President Cyril Ramaphosa called for a special joint sitting of both houses of parliament — the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces — to discuss the troubling issue of gender-based violence. In his speech he revealed that “South Africa is one of the most unsafe places in […]
The ACDP is not convinced by the response it has received from the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to the important question regarding the content of the new Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) curriculum, it says in a media statement released yesterday. “As a result, we have requested a meeting with […]
Originally published in Faith Wire A pastor from the East African country of Eritrea, who now resides in Australia, has revealed the horrific treatment many Christians are enduring while locked up in prison in his home country. “Gabriel” was sentenced to six months in 1998 but ended up serving a […]
In this article, Thy Cameron, former Christian radio journalist and wife of a South African pastor, shares about the heartbreaking but hope-filled journey that led to her writing a book to relate a God-glorifying story that her daughter, Shirely, set out to tell a week before she died of lung […]
A monthly column by farmer, preacher and writer for Jesus, Angus Buchan If we look at the book of Acts 27:13-18 (NKJV), we will see that Paul and the mariners, and the other passengers got caught in a terrible tempest-tossed storm. It became so bad that on the second and […]
Ruling seen as blow to religious freedom The Constitutional Court on Wednesday morning ruled unanimously that it is unconstitutional to spank your child at home. Dismissing an appeal by Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA), against a High Court ruling outlawing corporal punishment at home, the judgment declared that […]
The Old Testament book of Daniel is a story of miracles, faith and obedience — and amazingly, that is the testimony of the South African-led team that is taking an epic music production to Jerusalem next month as a love gift to the people of Israel. “The number of miracles […]
Originally published in Vryheid Herald At precisely 16 minutes past 3pm on Saturday afternoon, an airplane flew over Vryheid High School’s rugby field. Below, a massive crowd of Vryheid’s residents looked up and saw “JOHN 3:16” boldly printed beneath its wings and cheered as it soared above them, in celebration […]