South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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”). […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Originally published in Charisma News During Christ Fellowship’s 21-day fast in January, Pastor Todd Smith said God gave him a vision of the church’s baptistry. The baptism pool was full, and there was a strip of fire on top of the water. Shortly after, Smith says, God “sat down in […]
A monthly column by farmer, preacher and writer for Jesus, Angus Buchan Psalm 37:31 (NKJV) — “The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps shall [a]slide.” If the heart is right, then the whole man will be right. In our beloved South Africa where there […]
Originally published in Urban Christian News Aretha Franklin, the undisputed “Queen of Soul” who sang with matchless style on such classics as Think, I Say a Little Prayer and her signature song, Respect, and stood as a cultural icon around the globe, has died at age 76 from pancreatic cancer. She died […]