South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in cnsnews.com The values that bind America and Europe together – freedom, faith and family — are threatened from the outside by common enemies and from the inside by bureaucracy, President Donald Trump told a cheering crowd of Poles in Warsaw on Thursday. “The fundamental question of our […]
Last Sunday, on a cold and wintry Cape Town day, I visited a church that started under a tree at the Brackenfell Station in July 2010. We visited the congregation — still known as Church Under The Tree or Lazarus Ministries – where the members, who include many homeless people, […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor An Iranian church leader and two men who converted from Islam to Christianity have received lengthy jail sentences for offences relating to evangelism and acting against national security. The defendants were not in Tehran’s Revolutionary Court when the sentences were read out July 4, […]
Last week, the Johannesburg High Court handed down judgment in the controversial case of OGOD versus Laerskool Randhart & Others, regarding religious observances in public schools. A copy of the full judgment is available here. Although OGOD are claiming that the judgment is a “victory” for secularism, the truth is that […]
By Leah Marieann Klett — Originally published in The Gospel Herald The average life span of a porn star is just 36. A new porn video is uploaded to the internet every 39 minutes. A staggering 60% of divorces are the result of a spouse looking at pornography. Every second, […]
A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God. 2 Samuel 12 records an unusual story. King David had just done the unthinkable: he had taken another man’s wife, slept with her and ensured her husband Uriah was killed on the battlefield. This was David’s shocking fall […]
Janet Brann-Hollis of SA Back to God (SABTG) says she was led to issue a special call to prayer for July after she was awoken by the presence of God showing her to pray against calculated plans aimed at devastating various sectors of the nation. She urges Christians to join in […]
By Lyndsey Koh–Originally published in Mission Network News Bibles For The World is in the ministry of distributing bibles legally. But with China’s restrictions in the past on the spread of God’s Word, Bibles For The World couldn’t go into China for scripture distributions. However, China has slowly opened to the […]
Originally published in Charisma News Lecrae is the biggest Christian rapper there is — but he wasn’t always a Christian. Once upon a time, Lecrae was a lost young man, hurt by abuse and his father’s abandonment. He looked to rappers as his role models — but then found the […]
Originally published in Charisma News On July 7, the internationally renowned Ark Encounter theme park south of Cincinnati will celebrate its first anniversary, continuing to welcome thousands of guests each day to the massive 510-foot-long (155 meters) reproduction of Noah’s Ark. On the completion of its excellent first year of […]