South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
CLICK ON IMAGE FOR ENLARGEMENT There is only ONE venue where the Christian community and the Gospel Music industry gather in South Africa, every November – and that is the ICC Durban, for the SABC Crown Gospel Music Awards. Now imagine so many believers coming from various churches, and groups […]
Originally published in Follow The GLS [notice]Beverley Bestbier, operations manager for CompSol, based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, shares the impact the GLS is having on her company, and why she brings her team back every year.[/notice] CompSol’s journey with GLS started in 2012 when a handful of our managers […]
A brave Scot who sowed in tears The discovery of a handwritten will and more than 70 photographs has provided fresh insight into the life of a Christian martyr who perished at Auschwitz. Just six months before the camp was liberated by the Red Army on January 27, 1945, the […]
By ChristianView Network Mid-day today, 13 September 2016, the Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba announced the banning of American Hate Preacher Steve Anderson from entering South Africa. South African Christian groups strongly opposed to homosexuality, including the Evangelical Alliance of South Africa, the Baptist Union of South Africa (Anderson […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute The UK Government has dismissed calls for cannabis to be made legal for medical reasons. A report by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Drug Policy Reform claims that there is evidence in favour of using cannabis in the treatment of certain conditions. […]
Homeless ministry Acts of Bravery certainly had a brave start. While on his way home from a night shift at work, Dylan Coert was approached on a Port Elizabeth street by a homeless man who feared he was dying. Coert led the man to the Lord and called an ambulance. […]
Originally published in Christian Examiner Hillsong United has sold more than 17 million albums, packed arenas around the world, and seen their songs skyrocket in popularity within churches, but one of their biggest fans is not even a Christian. His name is Michael John Warren, a self-described agnostic who has […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald The wife of a Christian man sentenced to 19 years in prison for publishing dissenting articles and social media posts has penned a heartbreaking letter expressing her concern regarding the Communist government’s brutal treatment of her husband. According to persecution watchdog China Aid, human […]
Originally published in Christian Today More than 3 500 Muslim refugees have turned to Christ and been baptised in Germany in the last two years, a new survey reveals. Churches report that many of the refugees being baptised had converted in their home countries such as Syria and Iraq, and […]
…and reaching for high places “Why do you always feel you have to climb mountains?” my wife Linda asked me with a note of exasperation on our recent visit to see friends in Wales. I avoided the standard answer, “Because they are there!” since, for me, that isn’t the reason; […]