Originally published in Pew Research Christianity is the world’s largest religion, with a big presence in most parts of the globe. But not all Christians share the same levels of religious commitment. Christians in Africa and Latin America tend to pray more frequently, attend religious services more regularly and consider […]
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WATCH: Global Leadership Summit 2018 highlights
South Africans will have an opportunity to be among some 445 000 people around the world who will experience the annual Global Leadership Summit this year. The inspiring two-day leadership training event will be hosted in 18 cities and towns in SA in October and November. You can get a […]
10 000 turn to Christ at rally despite Bible billboard ban
Originally posted in CBN.com More than 10 000 people made professions of faith during Pastor Greg Laurie’s “SoCal Harvest” event over the weekend. The three-day event was held at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California and drew in nearly 100 000 people. And Harvest Crusades reports another 325 000 tuned in […]
Harvest Christian Art Exhibition: Some thoughts on being an artist and being a Christian
Harvest Christian Church, Port Elizabeth, recently held a debut art exhibition for what I believe will develop into an increasingly significant event on their annual calendar. It was very good, from the attention to detail throughout the show, the initial call for artists and work, to the arrangement and hanging […]
Cameroon: Over 2 000 killed, 170 villages burned as military seizes churches
Originally published in The Christian Post Over 2 000 people have been killed and 170 villages burned in English-speaking regions of Cameroon which has halted some Bible translation efforts, a Christian leader has warned. Violence has escalated in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions in the last 18 months, with reports of French-speaking […]
Concern that same-sex marriage bill almost ‘done deal’
Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) has expressed concern that the proposed amendment of the Civil Union Act, which will force state-employed marriage officers to marry same-sex couples, appears to be a “done deal”. “This is despite the fact that there are serious questions regarding the constitutionality of the […]
Process for participation in controversial Children’s Amendment Bill “falls woefully short”
Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) has written to the Minister of Social Development to complain of the insufficient time and lack of information given by the Department to enable the public to participate and give input on the provisions in the Children’s Third Amendment Draft Bill (“the Bill”). […]
Evangelical Ethiopian president helps end Orthodox schism
Ending 27 years of schism, Ethiopian Orthodox Christians in their homeland and in America reunited the two feuding branches of one of the world’s oldest churches. Ironically, the push came from the Horn of Africa nation’s new evangelical prime minister. “It is impossible to think of Ethiopia without taking note […]
Turkish court rejects release appeal of US pastor
Originally published in Premier Christian News A Turkish court has rejected the release appeal made by the lawyer of a US pastor who is central to the diplomatic row between the US and Turkey. The court ruled that Pastor Andrew Brunson – who faces 35 years in prison for terror-related […]
Eric Metaxas — Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World: Book review
October 2017 marked the 500th anniversary of the action that is considered to have sparked the enormous religious and social changes known as the Reformation. That a humble monk by the name of Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the door of Wittenburg Castle Church in October 1517, traditionally […]