South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published by PNCI President Donald Trump, in one of his first executive orders, reissued and expanded the Mexico City Policy (MCP) which prevents foreign non-governmental organizations that perform or promote abortion from receiving funds from the population account of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) unless they pledge to […]
Review by Val Viljoen This is a great time of the year to plan how you are going to engage with God’s Word during the year — and we in South Africa are truly blessed when it comes to a choice of bibles to meet our study or devotional preferences. […]
Freedom of Religion SA (FOR SA) has prepared a sample submission on the Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill which churches and individuals can copy or adapt and submit to government by January 31 2017 which is the deadline for submissions. With its very broad definition of hate speech, FOR […]
The World Watch List (WWL) — a list of the 50 countries where persecution of Christians is the highest — is a tool given to the Church each year to help us pay particular attention to those countries, to pray for our persecuted brothers and to consider how we can […]
With the publication of its annual World Watch List (2017) of the 50 countries where it is most dangerous to be a Christian, Open Doors has identified five major trends in global persecution. In some parts of the whole it is the government’s intention and goal to completely wipe out […]
Port Elizabeth businessman Malcolm Bailes chatted to his dad while surfing on at least 10 occasions – but during those pleasant encounters at the beach neither of them realised they were father and son, or that God was busy answering prayers they had both been praying for years. Malcolm was […]
With 2017 underway, I must say I am grateful that the year is not starting with the kind of Penny Sparrow drama that ushered in 2016. But with the ANC going to an elective conference, we are in for drama this year. Especially that it looks very likely that the […]
Originally published in Anglican Communion News Service The Nigerian air force has mistakenly attacked a refugee camp in northeast Nigeria which was providing refuge to Christians displaced by Boko Haram fighters. The international medical humanitarian organisation, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), says 52 people were killed and at least 120 wounded. […]
Originally published in CBN News A coalition of Christians from across denominational lines are uniting to pray for President-elect Donald Trump during his first 100 days in office. Their mission: “appealing to heaven to change the spiritual climate in our nation.” “It is critical that we stand together as one […]
Originally published in Christianity Daily The abortion rate in the US has declined to an all-time low since the Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision which legalised abortion across the country, according to a new study released on Wednesday. Conducted by the Guttmacher Institute, the research found that the abortion […]