South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The South African Council of Churches (SACC) has taken EFF leader Julius Malema to task for calling public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan a “dog of white monopoly capital”. Malema launched his verbal attack on Gordhan earlier this week while addressing a crowd of EFF supporters outside the venue where the minister […]
ACDP stalwart Jill Stoll reflects on her unlikely entry into politics after she asked God a question at the dawn of SA’s democracy — and shares her views on the present era. Sometime before the 1994 elections I asked the Lord: “What am I going to do, there is not […]
Originally published in Sky News The daughter of a Pakistani woman freed after eight years on death row has thanked supporters and spoken of fears for her family’s safety. Eisham Ashiq has spoken publicly for the first time since her mother Asia Bibi was acquitted of blasphemy. The mother-of-five was […]
Originally published in Christianity Today A 27-year-old American missionary was killed on a remote island off the coast of India, where he attempted to share the gospel with the most isolated tribe in the world. All Nations, a Christian missions agency based in the US, confirmed that John Allen Chau […]
Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column. In the Bible there are nine references to “a new song”. God’s Spirit encourages His people to sing “new” songs (Psalm 33:3; 96:1; 98:1; 144:9; 149:1). […]
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 […]