South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The appointment of Israel’s first ever Christian Arab ambassador is partly thanks to a Jewish musician who, alone among his family, survived the Holocaust. In a recorded speech following his installation as the Jewish state’s top envoy to Muslim-majority Azerbaijan, George Deek paid tribute to the man he named only […]
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s wish for the Church in South Africa is for it to repent and to speak out with one voice against wrongdoing in its midst. Speaking after the launch of the first ever Judicial Accountability Session in SA, Mogoeng said he believed the Church has become “lukewarm […]
Chief Justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng has introduced a new level of accountability for the judiciary never before experienced in South Africa through the Judiciary Annual Report. Speaking in Johannesburg on Friday, Mogoeng explained that the three arms of state — the executive, parliament, and the judiciary — were all accountable to […]
Gateway News prophetic columnist Marian Fitz-Gibbon interviews Pastor Lil de Fin, the great-granddaughter of Smith Wigglesworth and former co-leader of Acts Church in Johannesburg. Family dinners offer a great opportunity for meaningful discussions about the day’s news and sharing our lives. There are so many compelling topics to debate. But […]
On Saturday December 1 Harvest Christian Church, Port Elizabeth, renowned for its worship ministry and musical heritage, will be launching its debut worship album. The album is made up of original songs, all written, arranged, and played by Harvest church members. The album title track is called Beloved, which is based on the […]
Book Review by Neziswa Kanju Thomas Dexter Jakes, commonly known as T D Jakes, is a familiar face in many Christian broadcasting channels across the world. Having founded and grown The Potter’s House, a non-denominational church in Dallas Texas from 10 members to more than 30 000 members and having […]
A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God. I was fortunate enough to overhear a short conversation between a mother and daughter. The daughter, eyes full of starry-eyed imagination, gushed forth with the priorities on her “bucket list”, including swimming with dolphins as a “must-do”. When […]
A “Peace and Family Festival” at the National Sports Stadium in Harare yesterday, led by Korean cult leader Dr Hak Ja Han Moon, failed to attract anticipated huge crowds after Zimbabwean church leaders urged members to stay away. Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa who had been scheduled to open the highly-publicised event […]
Music has been Derek and Jenie Oliver’s business for all 21 years of their married life but it took a life-threatening attack on their daughter’s health to turn their musical talent into a ministry. During five years in which their daughter, Jessie, battled Crohn’s disease, undergoing five life-saving operations, they […]
The CRL Rights Commission should remember that its mandate is to protect the freedom of religious communities in South Africa and not to regulate them, says the Nelson Mandela Bay Church Leaders Network. The church leaders say, in an open letter, that they are deeply concerned about “what appears to […]