South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Campus club resignation exposes worrying development among British university students As a South African who grew up in the apartheid era, and who signed up as a youth delegate for the anti apartheid Progressive Party while a student, I find the now politically correct campaign to condemn Israel as an […]
Prophetess Courage Makhubele from Giyani township in Limpopo province is not an average woman — she is called by God to foretell the future and deliver the oppressed through prayer and fasting. She says she had many challenges while growing up at Makhuva village 50 kilometres away from Giyani township […]
By George Conger — Originally published in Anglican.ink Gay marriage would be a fundamental change to church doctrine and cannot be permitted, a statement released by the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, has held. In a statement released after their February 13 to 18, 2016 […]
[notice]A monthly column by Michael Cassidy, evangelist, author, Christian leader and founder of African Enterprise whose ministry in Africa and the world has spanned more than 50 years.[/notice] We have just come through the month of Valentine’s Day and have been reminded of love generally, and romantic love specifically. It […]
Originally published in Christian News Five Norwegian children who were seized by the country’s child welfare services department were allowed to see their parents this week — for the first time in three months. As previously reported, in November, the Barnevernet seized Marius and Ruth Bodnariu’s two daughters, two sons […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor [notice]When John, a Syrian Christian, chose to stay in Raqqa after the Islamic State took control of the city in 2014, he had no idea how he would survive. Thousands abandoned the city, believing it better to save their lives than live at the […]
Pretoria and Cape Town stadiums packed out for weekend worship events [notice]Gareth Hogg (centre) reports on the Passion Tour event at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday. With him at the stadium are his sister, Taryn Hogg and cousin, Donne Burmeister.[/notice] To have 40 000 gathered at Loftus and 30,000 at […]
58 killed in refugee camp suicide bomb blasts Originally published in Christian Today A young Nigerian girl, packed with explosives around her body and sent on a mission to suicide-bomb a refugee camp, tore off her vest and ran away from her handlers to avoid taking part in the attacks, […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen Title: The ISIS Crisis — What you really need to know Authors: Charles H Dyer, Mark Tobey ISIS – the name evokes fear and dread. Who are they? What are their origins? What distinguishes them from other groups? What are the implications of this group […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] As any responsible South African citizen I have been glued to my screen this last week watching the State of the Nation address in parliament. I am always interested to see what our leadership has outlined as a way forward for the […]