The glory of the Lord surrounded them as they sang last week, said Lydia Lincks, one of the members of a fiery worship team I had the privilege of meeting this week. This is not your everyday worship group. The 13 women and two men I was talking to are […]
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Looking forward to 2017 and 5777
As we draw to the end of this year 2016 but more importantly as we have already entered into the Hebrew year 5777 we must be cognisant of what lies ahead in the Spirit. Paul writes and encourages us to be wise and prepared for that we may face. Jesus’s […]
Nelson Mandela Bay Church leaders endorse SAVE SA campaign
Church leaders in Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) endorse the Save South Africa campaign and call upon local denominations, congregations and individual believers, to join the civil society movement, say a group of leaders in a statement issued on their behalf by the SA Council of Churches. The statement coincides with a […]
Effective aftercare for human trafficking survivors
[notice]A new 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 Robyn Leigh Curran. She gives us a look inside the thinking behind her PhD dissertation.[/notice] National Human Trafficking Resource Line Human trafficking and […]
Longtime Billy Graham friend Cliff Barrows dies at 93
Originally published in Charisma News. Cliff Barrows, 93, of Marvin, North Carolina, music and programme director of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), passed away on Tuesday (November 15 2016) at Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville, following a brief illness. As longtime director of music programming, and later television and radio programming, for […]
The ultimate sacrifice
My hymn of praise to the greatest hero of all As tributes were paid over the weekend to all who sacrificed their lives in modern conflict – with special reference to the horrors of the Somme 100 years ago – I thought of the part my own ancestors played. There […]
MPs call for parliamentary religious freedom forum across party lines
ACDP Member of Parliament Cheryllyn Dudley, supported by her #IPPFoRB colleagues in parliament, Narend Singh (IFP) and Nqabayomzi Kwankwa (UDM), has called on chief whips of political parties in parliament to invite and send members to join and help establish a multi-party forum committed to protecting and promoting religious freedom. […]
What Christian leaders say about Donald Trump’s election victory
[notice]The pollsters got it wrong. The media got it wrong. Described as one of the greatest upsets in US election history, controversial US billionaire Donald Trump this week was elected the 45th president of the United States. But God was not surprised and amidst the euphoria and shock following the […]
NG Kerk sê oor gays — 2015 besluit van die baan
Oorspronklik in Maroela Media gepubliseer Die besluit van die NG Kerk se buitengewone algemene sinode waar die gay kwessie weer onder die loep gekom het, is bekendgemaak. Die algemene sinode het herbevestig “dat die huwelik deur God ingestel is as ʼn heilige en lewenslange verbintenis tussen een man en een vrou […]
Christian woman raped by ISIS refused to abort baby
Originally published in God Reports. An Iraqi Christian woman held captive and raped by ISIS fighters was liberated after she became pregnant. When she was released recently, she resolved to carry the baby to term. She also decided she will never tell her son who the father is. “He’s my son, he’s […]