South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Three 10m-high crosses on a hill overlooking the “It’s Time” national prayer day venue provided a fitting visual reminder of who the day was about, as well as a meaningful devotional retreat for many who attended the prayer event on Saturday April 22. But the powerful and poignant connection between […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Ethiopia’s northern Tigray State is considering adopting a new law that would restrict Christian activities to within official church compounds, rendering illegal the activities of smaller churches that do not own their own buildings and gather in houses. The law, if passed, would most […]
Originally published in God Reports A female police officer in Argentina delivered a baby while she was in a coma, then woke up and held her three-month-old for the first time. Many are calling it a miracle of God. Amelia Bannan was nearly six months pregnant when she suffered a […]
Originally published in One News Now A persecution watchdog group is launching a new campaign to stop dozens of church demolitions in Sudan. The grassroots effort by International Christian Concern is designed to raise awareness of ongoing threats by the Sudanese government to thrash churches in and around the capital […]
Gateway News interviews Angus Buchan three days after the ‘It’s Time’ national day of prayer in Bloemfontein on Saturday April 22 GWN: Six weeks ago you heard God say ‘It’s Time’ and “a million [people]”. And you set in motion a plan for the ‘It’s Time’ event last Saturday. What […]
It’s been called “the South African cinema experience of the year” — “a film that makes you laugh, cry and feel every emotion in between”. Jan du Plessis, head of MNet Movies says it’s, “one of the best films to come out of SA in the last 20 years!” Beyond […]
[notice]Pieter Pohl, founder of Innovation Films and marketing manager of CMD Entertainment Africa, sheds some light on the latest movies.[/notice] THE SHACK – IN CINEMA 26 APRIL! THE SHACK – Based on the New York Times best-selling novel, The Shack takes us on a father’s uplifting spiritual journey. For more info […]
In December last year, I wrote a piece about Lethebo Rabalago, a so-called prophet who gained notoriety for spraying his congregants with the insecticide Doom to heal them. Now the latest ‘prophet’ to bring disrepute to the Christian faith is Timothy Omotoso. This Nigerian national was recently the subject of […]
A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships. How good and pleasant it is when brethren live together in unity (Psalm 133:1). Nothing blesses my heart more as a mother than to see my children working together, not fighting, but genuinely helping each other towards a goal. If one of […]
Each week of the #50Dayd2BlesstheNation Alf James is interviewing a leader around the week’s theme. This week he spoke to Olusegun Olanipekun, Pastor of the Pretoria Christian Centre and leader at The Institute for Christian Leadership Development (ICLD) about the week’s focus of “The Government and Judicial system”. Christians’ love […]