South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The leading awards for celebrating excellence in the gospel industry announces its nominees The World Gospel Powerhouse announced the nominees for the 9th Annual SABC Crown Gospel Music Awards in a grand all-white red carpet affair on October 19 2016, at the iconic Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal – […]
By Henk Kleinschmidt As I spent time with the Lord this morning, I saw a court procedure going on over South Africa. In the accusers bench, I saw a big green being, very muscular and with the head of a serpent making his case against our nation. I asked the […]
[notice]A fortnightly column by a team of real people dedicating their lives to the fight against human trafficking, exploitation and social injustice. This week’s writer is Elanie Kruger.[/notice] National Human Trafficking Resource Line Over the years of working on the ground and seeing the harsh reality of this modern day […]
Originally published in The Christian Telegraph After six years in prison, Pastor Behnam Irani has been released from Ghezel Hesar Prison, and is now free in Iran, Christian Telegraph reports according to ASSIST News Service. “I basically have very little details. He finished serving his sentence and was released. He […]
Why pilgrimage is of such paramount importance I was thinking about the Feast of Tabernacles when I booked my train ticket to London and was rather tickled by the Virgin Trains slogan ‘Be bound for glory’, obviously based on the traditional gospel hit This Train. If it means Virgin boss […]
As part of the Jericho Walls 7 Days on the Wall prayer campaign, church leaders in Middelburg (Eastern Cape) have arranged a combined prayer meeting for all churches in the Middelburg Town Hall at 8am on Sunday October 23 2016. The prayer meeting will be opened by Inxuba Yethemba Mayor Councillor […]
Finding victory in yielding to God The publishing space in South Africa is growing everyday with many new voices introducing new work. One such voice is Precious Nyarambi. Originally from Zimbabwe her story reads as the present day Esther who at a young age became an orphan. As is always […]
Originally published in The Christian Examiner In its latest insult to the nation of Israel, the United Nations’ educational and cultural body (UNESCO) has adopted a resolution by a slim margin which denies the Jews’ ancient claims to the Temple Mount. In fact, the resolution makes no reference to the […]
Originally published in Christian Today. A young Christian woman from Eritrea has described how she was imprisoned in a shipping container, tortured and beaten and starved – all because she refused to stop saying the name of Jesus. Helen Berhane is from Eritrea, one of the worst countries in the […]
[notice]A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus.[/notice] South Africa belongs to God. I don’t know how many times I, and I’m assuming many others, forget this. One of my friends texted me the other day — I’d asked how she was — she briefly highlighted a few […]