South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A monthly column by farmer, preacher and writer for Jesus, Angus Buchan Richard Baxter the famous theologian that lived a number of centuries ago said: “Suffering so unbolts the door of the heart, that the Word hath easier entrance.” I have just been recovering from knee surgery and have been […]
The recent incident where a female learner from Siyaphambili High School in Orange Farm, Johannesburg, ended up in the ICU after accidentally purchasing and ingesting Cannabis (dagga) muffins at school, poses a grave warning to what South Africans can expect if the decriminalisation or legalisation of Cannabis is allowed, says […]
The Christian couple who were evicted from the Gaslight Café in Muizenberg, Cape Town on Thursday over anti-abortion messages on their clothing have urged Christians who sympathise with them not to boycott the restaurant but rather to pray for the restaurant team and to support it as patrons. The couple, […]
A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God. Recently, I was having one of those conversations about our history in South Africa. A few days later, I stumbled upon a video shared on Facebook. The video is entitled A lesson on South African history by President […]
Six members of a family belonging to the Fulani tribe — a predominantly Muslim, nomadic, cattle-herding people frequently in the news over violent conflicts with farmers — recently became Christians after Jesus revealed himself directly to them in a village in Nigeria’s middle-belt Plateau state. This was disclosed to Gateway […]
Christian pro-life couple Peter and Terry Throp were ordered to leave a restaurant in Muizenburg, Cape Town today because of objections to anti-abortion messages on their jackets. In an email to Gateway News Peter Throp said that at about 12.30pm today at the Gaslight Café in Muizenberg they were confronted […]
Can a nation turn back to God? The answer is a resounding yes, says Emma van der Walt, pastor and prophetess at Living Word church in Brummeria, Pretoria, who believes the change will come from within our cities. “As I was preparing for a sermon, God spoke to me about […]
Two years ago there were hardly any church leaders speaking out against corruption in government but this week church leaders were at the forefront of marches against corruption throughout the country, ahead of Tuesday’s no-confidence vote which President Jacob Zuma survived by a narrow margin. Nowhere was this remarkable shift […]
Originally published in Charisma News Liberty Counsel is filing a petition to the US Supreme Court on behalf of three California faith-based, crisis pregnancy centres that are forced to advertise an offer of “immediate free or low-cost …abortion” to their clients according to state law. This law forces Liberty Counsel’s clients […]
By Mark Ellis — Originally published in God Reports Glen Campbell, the acclaimed pop-country singer, songwriter, and musician, who sold more than 45 million records and won four Grammys, passed to his reward August 8th due to complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 81. During the height of his career, […]