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Book Review by Michael Cassidy It is astonishing to me that a leadership book of this depth and significance can come from the pen of a relatively young leader. The fact is it reveals a depth of maturity and insight which would be rare even in a leader who had […]
Comments on the revised draft of the Children’s Amendment Bill 2018 are open until November 29, says Freedom of Religion SA (FOR SA) in an email alert calling for broad public participation in the process through submitting written comments. Section 7 of the Bill proposes that any punishment, within the […]
A delegation of senior Port Elizabeth church leaders met with Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Mongameli Bobani and members of his leadership team in the mayor’s office this morning. Items discussed during the two and a half hours indaba were organisational stability, corporate governance, disruption of local council meetings, service delivery, […]
Originally published in God Reports In Algeria, about 95 percent of the population follows Islam and less than two percent are Christians. The government bans conversion from Islam to Christianity, regulates non-Muslim worship, and enforces blasphemy laws, which can be used as a cudgel against followers of Jesus. “Church growth […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Several countries have offered asylum to the Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, after she was acquitted by the country’s highest court last month of a blasphemy charge carrying the capital punishment. However, local Christians are fearful of repercussions, as the West is perceived as Christian to […]
It’s not every year that one gets to share a birthday with a sitting president, and this year I happen to be that person. I was born on the 17th November, the same day our current president Cyril Ramaphosa was born. I first became a big fan of President Ramaphosa […]
Gateway News interviews pastor, author, columnist and public speaker Afrika Mhlophe about his latest book A Passion for Position In your first two books you boldly challenged the prevalence in our part of the world of Christians who also worship ancestors, and believers who care more about their ethnicity than […]
At approximately the same time that accomplished British trumpeter Dan Newell played Amazing Grace on the stage at It’s Time Pretoria on October 27, accomplished British piper, Piperjames, played Amazing Grace on the beach at Melkbosstrand, Cape Town, at a prayer gathering inspired by the Pretoria event. The fact that both It’s Time Amazing Grace players are […]
A monthly column by Vivienne Solomons who is a legal consultant who passionately believes that God wants His people to make a difference right where they are and to stand up for what is true and just. She is also passionate about encouraging young women to walk victoriously with God […]
Kate Middleton and Prince William (left) and the midwives (right) who delivered Kate Middleton’s children. The Kingdom of God has come and Babylon the great has fallen The Kingdom of God has come, the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, the everlasting Kingdom, the Kingdom that endures through all generations, […]