South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
On Saturday December 9 Open Doors is hosting a prayer event in New York, ahead of its One Million Voices of Hope petition presentation to the United Nations in support of securing protection for the people of Syria and Iraq. “Although this event is in New York, we are calling […]
Freedom of Religion SA (FOR SA) says it will need to raise in the region of R1-million for legal costs for its appeal against the High Court judgment which removed “moderate and reasonable chastisement” as a common law defence that parents could use against a charge of assault. “Appealing this […]
The COGTA Parliamentary Portfolio Committee recently held meetings to allow for input by the religious community into the CRL’s Report on the “Commercialisation” of Religion and Abuse of People’s Belief Systems. These meetings were attended by a significant number of denominations, churches and major organisations from the Christian community. Many […]
Gateway News asked three leaders who have much practical experience of Israel to comment on the implications of downgrading the South African embassy in Israel as proposed by the ANC — See: https://gatewaynews.co.za/sa-christians-asked-to-pray-about-anc-threat-to-downgrade-embassy-in-israel/ We post their full responses below. Cheryllyn Dudley — ACDP MP and member of the parliamentary Portfolio Committee on International […]
The Jewish community of South Africa, through South African Friends of Israel, has called on Christians to pray this weekend for South Africa, Israel and the South African Embassy in Tel Aviv which is under threat of a downgrade to a liaison office. A resolution by the ANC policy conference […]
The SA Christian Leaders Initiative (SACLI) and SA Council of Churches sensed that they needed to send a letter to the Church at this time, says Peter Tarantal of SACLI in an email to Gateway News. “Five years ago we issued a prophetic word called ‘The church speaks — for […]
Pieter Pohl, founder of Innovation Films and marketing manager of CMD Entertainment Africa, sheds some light on the latest movies. INSPIRING NEW MOVIES NOW ON DVD! CMD Entertainment Africa brings you inspiring new movies on DVD this festive season. The Case for Christ, Return to the Hiding Place, I’m Not […]
By Ed Richardson The creation of much-needed jobs in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro can be fast-tracked by taking an “asset-based” approach to poverty alleviation rather than focusing on the negatives, says Bernie Dolley, director of the Ikahla Trust. She was speaking at the metro’s first poverty and unemployment summit […]
Originally published in Geller Report While the Trump administration was hit with a barrage of warnings that is stands to throw the Middle East into chaos if it recognises Jerusalem as Israel’s capital — which President Trump did in a historic announcement yesterday — the move has garnered support among […]
Over the course of two days we’ve attended a Thanksgiving Celebration in Mamelodi contrasted by a Carols Service in Bryanston New Covenant and punctuated by the launch of Andrew Christie’s book Becoming. The common thread in all three of these but very different gatherings was a sound of a similar […]