South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] During a recent visit to the Holocaust Centre at the Jewish museum in Cape Town I realised […]
Christians differ on Madiba legacy Nelson Mandela spent his 95th birthday today in a Pretoria hospital, where the surprise latest news is that his health is improving remarkably well and he has smiled and nodded at birthday visitors. The streets outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where the former President […]
[notice]A response to what is happening prophetically in the world today — A monthly column by Julie de Lisle[/notice] God’s favour on youth at moment Last week I attended the four12 conference in Cape Town. The heart of Four12 is: to equip his people for works of service, so that […]
What can you do if you are a Christian teacher who wants to teach Biblically but has to teach from a secular syllabus? The solution is Biblical Integration, says Ros O’Kennedy, a primary school teacher at Harvest Christian School, Port Elizabeth, who has been teaching this way for 16 years. […]
[notice]Gateway News writer Gerschwin Langeveldt recently visited a church in the Cape Town township of Mfuleni where he caught up with local residents attending a course that equips them to start their own businesses. He also chatted to Laura and Bruce who run the business training in conjunction with an […]
[notice]A monthly column by the Editor of Gateway News.[/notice] Recently our church, the Storehouse, ran a preaching series called “Living Well in SA”. In the first preach we were told that ‘Africa is not for sissies’. Indeed, we heard that we who live in South Africa need much more courage […]
The curtains are opening once again for the highly successful Love Bombs Film Festival. In early August three locally produced short films premiered to a sold out crowd of 1300 movie goers, over 8 days, at the Labia on Orange, Cape Town. Canteen owner Harold said, “This is the busiest […]
[notice]931 248 babies aborted in SA since 1997 — official statistics. [/notice]Hundreds of pro-life Christians in South Africa are expected to join with hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers worldwide in observing International Life Chain Sunday on October 2. Official life chain events in South Africa are scheduled in Cape Town, […]
By Marie Beaufain — Originally published in Baptist Press She’s an ordinary girl: brown eyes, brown hair, white sneakers. What makes her stand out isn’t her voice, though her earth-shattering alto is easily distinguished in a room filled with song. It’s not her sense of humor, and the way […]
[notice]Missiologists applaud unity effort, but note what’s missing and what will raise eyebrows.[/notice] By Chris Norton – Originally published in Christianity Today Evangelical, Mainline Protestant, and Roman Catholic leaders convened in Geneva last week (June 28) to announce the release of a historic document on the ethics of Christian evangelism. […]