South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]Nqobile’s testimony appears at the end of a 40-days prayer guide for reconciliation — May 7 to June 15 2016[notice] My name is Nqobile, I grew up hearing stories of oppression from the apartheid years. My father told us stories of how they were belittled as young men by white people. They […]
The Christian leadership in Nelson Mandela Bay will be demonstrating unity in diversity with a multicultural football competition on Youth Day, Thursday June 16 — the 40th anniversary of the Soweto student uprising. Sixteen teams from around the Bay and from the visiting Operation Mobilization ship, Logos Hope, which is […]
Church’s across the world are participating in an annual 30 days of prayer for the Muslim world reports CBN. It began on June 6, coinciding with Ramadan, an important month of fasting and religious observance for Muslims. The 30 days of prayer for the Muslim world is an international movement that […]
For the second consecutive year Wycliffe South Africa is entering a team to ride for a purpose in the 947 Cycle Challenge through the roads of Johannesburg. This year’s 94.7km event is the 20th edition of the premier Gauteng cycling race and takes place on Sunday November 20. An integral […]
Youth Transformation Africa (YTA) is hosting a Prayer Conference on Youth Day, June 16, at Sowers of the Word Church, Lansdowne, Cape Town. “Our city and nation is in need of the church to unite in prayer like never before,” says Kyle Driver of YTA. Speakers include Pastor Andy Lamb, […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Christians in Kano, the largest city in mainly-Muslim northern Nigeria, were bracing for widespread violence following the June 2 killing of a Christian woman, but the weekend and Sunday services passed without further violence. Bridget Patience Agbahime, 74, originally from the southern state of […]
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] So ~ has your Church discovered the joy and the maturing ministry of Contemporary Hymns? That was what we punted in the May Worship Column. This […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald At least 700 migrants, mostly Eritrean women and children, drowned in their perilous attempt to reach Italy’s shores. Their journey ended in a shipwreck on the Mediterranean Sea in a span of three days. Survivors broke in tears recounting the tragedy of how women […]
Cornerstone Church Bedfordview, in Morning Hill, Johannesburg, hosts the annual Kaleidoscope Women’s Conference, and it is attended by women from all over the country. Women come together, away from their home environment and families, in friendship, fellowship and worship, to hear the invaluable messages and testimonies from the panel of […]
[notice]Pieter Pohl, founder of Innovation Films and marketing manager of CMD Entertainment Africa, sheds some light on the latest movies.[/notice] FAITH AFFIRMING MOVIES NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD June is the month in which we celebrate fathers and in doing so we’d like to showcase some of the best movies available […]