South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Joshua Lwere survived Idi Amin genocide, and now pursues reconciliation with the help of the dictator’s son As a child, Bishop Joshua Lwere’s village was attacked by the Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin’s soldiers; one of the soldiers grasped the young Lwere around the neck and holding him against a window […]
In this time of national tribulation it is crucial for us as children of the Most High God to be His instruments of love by standing firm in our identity in Jesus Christ rather than a self-consciousness derived from our culture, the language we speak, colour of our skin, traditions […]
The movie, Miracles from Heaven, “is not only about miracles. It’s about families and struggle,” says TD Jakes, producer of the movie which premieres in theatres across South Africa on Friday, May 6, 2016. Pastor, author and filmmaker Jakes believes the film is a powerful, provocative story about how a […]
[notice]Elkeen van ons se probleme lê soos ‘n BERG voor ons, maar sodra ons daardeur is, besef ons dat God dit vir ons makliker gemaak het om daardeur te kom… Japie Mostert, ‘n man van min woorde, wat van nature sy diepste gedagtes vir homself hou, deel sy getuienis oor […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute Christians preaching the Gospel could be caught by upcoming extremism legislation, The Christian Institute has warned. On Tuesday, media reports stated that the Government would announce its extremism Bill in the Queen’s speech on May 18. Responding to the news, The Christian Institute said […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Another church in Tanzania’s extreme north-west corner, Kagera — bordering Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda — was burned to the ground on May 2 by suspected arsonists. No group has claimed responsibility for the fire that destroyed the Roman Catholic church in Nyarwele. It is […]
Logos Hope, the world’s largest floating book fair arrived in Richards Bay this week and was officially opened to the public today. The ship with her crew of 400 Christian volunteers from 60 nations will be in Richard’s Bay — her second port of call in her first trip to […]
Originally published in The Christian Post The annual National Day of Prayer is expected to be larger than ever, with an estimated 47 000 local events taking place across the United States. For the 65th year in a row Americans will observe the National Day of Prayer, which is held […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald The daughter of a Muslim ruler in the Middle East who embraced Christianity after a miraculous encounter with Jesus Christ has been imprisoned for her faith, according to a local ministry. Evangelist Paul Siniraj, founder of Bibles For Mideast, an undercover Bible smuggling ministry […]
Book review by Wendy Duminy Behold the Man is the third book in the Jerusalem Chronicles and tells the account of events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus through the perspectives of Pilate, Claudia (Pilate’s wife) and Centurion Marcus Longinus. The question of “who is this man called Jesus” […]