South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Today The ‘gay cake’ case has been dramatically adjourned following a last minute intervention from Northern Ireland’s Attorney General. Ashers Bakery, owned by the McArthur family, was appealing a ruling after they refused to produce a cake with a “support gay marriage” slogan. They were fined […]
January 30, 2016 will be a day that the United Apostolic Faith Church (UAFC) in Dube, Soweto will always remember. It was on this day that they had the grand opening of their new sanctuary. Delegates from across South Africa came to witness this special occasion. Under the leadership and […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice]“For the vision is yet for the appointed time; It hastens toward the goal and it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; For it will certainly come, it will not delay” (Habakkuk 2:3) If we were to apply this verse […]
[notice]In Video of the Week we post a weekly video clip to inspire, inform, edify or entertain. Readers are welcome to email suggested clips of the week to news@gatwaynews.co.za[/notice] Originally published in Fox News A nun in Massachusetts, USA, helped save the life of a 74-year-old man trapped underneath a […]
Originally published in Channel 24 Following viewer complaints, M-Net has moved the new drama Lucifer four hours later, upping the age restriction to 16 and banishing it to TV’s version of hell: late night on Fridays when nobody watches television. M-Net started showing Lucifer last week at 19:00 and with a […]
Originally published in Charisma News Alongside programmes like Orange Is the New Black and House of Cards, Netflix now offers users another type of content: Christian sermons. The online video streaming service added lectures by four popular Christian pastors in early December. “I believe if Jesus were on planet Earth today in […]
The #Prayf4RainSA event on Saturday (January 30) in Bloemfontein led by ‘Oom’ Angus Buchan was as much a prayer gathering for spiritual rain as it was for physical rain over South Africa, which is as dry as it is thirsty for respectful relationships, ethical governance, equity and freedom from crime, […]
By FOR SA Following the South African Human Rights Commission’s finding against them on Friday, January 22, Joshua Generation Church in Cape Town has said that they have no choice but to appeal the SAHRC’s findings and recommendations which they regard as an “unconstitutional censorship of religious belief in South […]
Originally published in Christian Examiner Since 1964, the Catholic Church has recognized Christians of other denominations as “separated brethren” who might still enjoy salvation through the mother church in Rome – a conclusion only reached after four centuries of contentious relations and warfare between Catholics and Protestants in Europe and […]
Originally published in Christian Today American pastor and former prisoner in Iran Saeed Abedini returned to his family in Boise, Idaho, on Tuesday only to be greeted by the news that his wife Naghmeh Panahi had filed court documents to legally separate from him, citing spousal abuse as the reason […]