South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Congratulations to our final 6 winners in the Passion World Tour ticket giveaway competition! Abraham Joseph, Zithobile Kolweni and Karien van Vuuren have won tickets to the event at Pretoria (Loftus Versveld) on February 12, 2016 and Carine van Kerken, Kay Horn and Charles Vrey are the winners of tickets to the Cape Town (Cape Town Stadium) event on […]
Voices of the Nations has won the right to hold its annual music festival in Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square, after a dispute blew up last October when the square’s management refused the Christian organization a permit on the grounds it had previously proselytized in contravention of a city bylaw. “I believe […]
By Jennifer A Miskov, Ph D — Originally published in Charisma News [notice]The influential Azusa Street Revival of 1906 will be commemorated at the huge Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on April 9, 2016 at an event organised by The Call, a prayer movement that has gathered hundreds of thousands of people across […]
The Christian Post The pastor of China’s largest official Protestant church has been detained amid an ongoing government initiative to remove and destroy crosses on religious establishments. Pastor Gu Yuese, the leader of China’s Chongyi Church, was reportedly jailed as part of the government’s cross removal campaign. However, rights groups […]
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 […]