South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Response October 12 2018 — from the Parliamentary Advisory Office of the SA Catholic Bishops’ Conference This week brought news of two very significant and positive developments as far as standards of good governance in South Africa are concerned. One of them attracted headline coverage while the […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Radical religious groups in Pakistan have called for mass protests and threatened the judges of the country’s Supreme Court in Islamabad ahead of their ruling in the blasphemy case of Christian woman Asia Bibi. The hardline Islamic party, the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP), threatened the […]
Originally published in UG Christian News You may have heard about the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded last week, but since the names weren’t famous, you might not have realized that one of the recipients has a remarkable testimony of faith. His name is Denis Mukwege. His nickname: “Dr. Miracle.” […]
“South Africa, it’s decision time,” says Angus Buchan in a video message ahead of the It’s Time Pretoria prayer meeting on October 27. “I feel in my spirit, there are some who are still deciding whether they want to come or whether they want to stay. You need to be […]
Originally published in Christian Today A church minister has reported the Scottish Government’s hate crime posters to the campaign’s own website over concerns that they are doing more to encourage hate than prevent it. David Robertson, minister of St Peter’s Free Church in Dundee, said the posters produced jointly by the […]
Clementia Pae shares a call to us from God to rescue His children and restore their destinies — a message she received through dreams and visions and the act of adopting a son. It was during one precious evening in November 2015, when the Lord introduced me to my future […]
Christian bakers Daniel and Amy McArthur of Ashers Bakery in Belfast, Northern Ireland did not discriminate against homosexual customer Gareth Lee, because of his sexual orientation, when they refused to bake him a cake featuring a slogan supporting gay marriage, the United Kingdom’s highest court ruled today. “Their objection was […]
Originally published in ACNS More than 2 000 Anglicans from Southern Africa and around the world were in Durban last week for Anglicans Ablaze, an international conference within the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The biennial event, which ran from October 3 TO 6, is a renewal platform meant to […]
On October 20 thousands of people in hundreds of cities across the world will be walking in single-file, dressed in black as they participate in Walk For Freedom events to raise funds and awareness for the fight against human trafficking. Human trafficking is the fastest-growing crime in the world today […]
Sara Thackwray reports back on the experience of a group of worship leaders who participated in a weekend workshop aimed at promoting healing and reconciliation through personal storytelling. On Friday October 5, Burn 24-7 gathered worship leaders from across Nelson Mandela Bay at Mentor’s Kraal in Jeffreys Bay for a […]