South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A monthly Christian sport column by Cobus Kruger, a professional triathlete who is passionate about evangelism, leadership and community development through sport. This is an exciting week of Rugby. On the one hand we have the Super Rugby Quarter finals this weekend where we will see if our three top […]
A Jewish follower of Jesus was having second thoughts about being ordained into the Church of England ministry when he got the surprise of his life. A message in tongues was given during a home meeting which Ralph Goldenberg immediately recognised as Sudanese Arabic. Having grown up in Sudan with […]
A monthly column by Michael Cassidy, evangelist, author, Christian leader and founder of African Enterprise whose ministry in Africa and the world has spanned more than 50 years. Part 1 of a 2-part series on the painful but profitable process of being refined through the ‘baptism of fire’ I […]
Originally published by World Watch Monitor It’s been called the “greatest crisis on the African continent“. The UN’s World Food Programme in mid-June warned that hundreds of thousands of Nigerians could starve to death in the famine-threatened northeast due to lack of aid funds to feed them. It needs $172-million (R2.3-billion) to […]
The US has extended its sanctions against Sudan for another three months, saying “more time is needed” to review whether Sudan has done enough to merit their removal. Sudan’s President, Omar Bashir, responded by suspending his negotiating committee until the end of the three months. The committee has been in negotiations with […]
Originally published in CBN News Pop star Justin Bieber is unashamed of Jesus. “Let the devil know not today!” Bieber said, quoting Hillsong United’s song Not Today in an Instagram post on Monday. “The devil has no power when you know the living God! His name is Jesus!! Why worry when you […]
Originally published in Christianity Today A day after a Religion News Service interview portrayed retired pastor and author Eugene Peterson as shifting to endorse same-sex marriage, the evangelical leader retracted his comment and upheld the traditional Christian stance instead. “To clarify, I affirm a biblical view of marriage: one man […]
Religious communities should take up an invitation by a parliamentary committee to comment on a report calling for regulation of religion in South Africa, says Freedom of Religion SA (FOR SA) in an urgent update emailed to its constituents today. If religious leaders do not respond promptly to the CRL […]
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 and she is engaged […]
A monthly column by farmer, preacher and writer for Jesus, Angus Buchan When I looked up the Oxford dictionary for the definition of the word zeal, it says: “great energy, or enthusiasm for a cause, or objective.” In Acts 1:8 (NKJV) the Lord Jesus said to his disciples, “But you […]