South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Virtue Online The Anglican Diocese of Sydney has donated roughly R13.5-million to fund the campaign against same-sex marriage in Australia. The Archbishop of Sydney, Glenn Davies, confirmed on Monday his heavily conservative diocese, the largest in the country, had backed the No campaign in Australia’s forthcoming postal […]
By Steve Strang — Originally published in Charisma News Here in the 21st century, we are seeing first-century persecution of Christians. The good news is that, here in the 21st century, we are also seeing first-century Christianity. Rev Johnnie Moore, an author, speaker and humanitarian who has been called one of […]
Martin Luther, an iconic Christian leader, who changed the course of history, asked a haunting question we as Christians still ask ourselves today: Have I done enough to please God? The answer to this question took him on a unique path on which he discovered that God is all about […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor A 16-year-old Coptic Christian girl kidnapped on 28 June to be “converted to Islam, then married off or sold”, was released and returned to her family on 30 September after police found her and arrested her kidnappers in a city just outside Cairo. Marilyn […]
Report by Neziswa Kanju who participated in the Union Buildings day of repentance on Tuesday Intercessors from around South Africa converged on the grounds of the Union Buildings, Pretoria on Tuesday in response to a call to repent for abominations and evils carried out in South Africa. The call was […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen I had the very great privilege of attending the “It’s Time” prayer event in Bloemfontein in April.. So the publishing of this book caught my attention immediately. And what a joy it has been to add to my experience of the event by reading this […]
Buchan back at ‘mighty rushing wind’ site Originally published in Charisma News This week, more than 6 000 Christians from almost 100 nations will be in Jerusalem to take part in the annual Feast of Tabernacles celebration, which is sponsored by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem and runs this year […]
Tshego Motaung sees beyond the dark clouds of corruption, division, and brokenness hanging over South Africa. While South Africa is grappling to come to terms with many of our social ills and leadership crises affecting our society, I have been encouraged by Christian community efforts to bring unity and reconciliation […]
The peace that dare not speak its name: untold story of Arab-Jewish reconciliation A shaft of fresh revelation dawned on me after watching the extraordinary YouTube clip (see below) featuring former terrorist Mosab Hassan Yousef berating Palestinian delegates at the UN for betraying their own people and fanning the flames […]
Welby says he is unclear on whether homosexual sex is sin Originally published in The Christian Institute The Anglican church in Scotland has been disciplined for dropping the biblical definition of marriage, Justin Welby has announced. In June, The Scottish Episcopal Church stated that its understanding of marriage was no […]