South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
About 3 000 Christians from diverse denominations and many different regions of South Africa joined a significant number of local and international Church leaders in Soweto on Saturday June 11 to participate in the South African Council of Church’s (SACC) ‘Singing a New Song’ campaign that followed the 1976 students’ […]
They had never heard the gospel before but the evangelist had their attention when he said: “We tried everything in the book to go up and find God but we couldn’t. But instead of us going up, He came down.” When he continued: “We killed Him. But he rose back […]
Originally published in Assist News Services For the first time in the history of Ukraine, all of the churches of the country recently came together for a National Day of Prayer for their war-torn nation and for peace. The three-hour event, that took place on Saturday, June 18, 2016, was […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Dr Michio Kaku, a theoretical physicist and co-founder of the highly regarded String Field Theory, has created a stir in the scientific community by saying he believes there is evidence that the universe was created by a higher intelligence and not by accident. “I […]
Originally published in The Christian Examiner Evangelist Nick Hall looks back at the history of revival movements on US soil – from the First Great Awakening of the 1700s to the Jesus Movement of the 1970s – and he asks a simple question: Why not now? For the past three […]
Originally published in Christian Today A decorated US Air Force veteran was assaulted and removed from a private retirement ceremony of a fellow officer and kicked off a base for giving a speech that included the word “God,” his lawyers said. For the incident, the First Liberty Institute (FLI) sent […]
Originally published in The Christian Post A Muslim mob torched and looted the homes of 80 Christian families in the Al-Beida village in Egypt, looking to punish them for wanting to turn one of the buildings in the village into a church so they can worship. International Christian Concern, which […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor To convert away from Islam is “treason” that should carry the death penalty, according to Sunni Islam’s topmost religious authority. “The penalty for an open apostate, departing from the community, is well stipulated in Sharia,” Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyib declared on Egypt television […]
Originally published in UNHCR Wars and persecution have driven more people from their homes than at any time since UNHCR records began, according to a new report released today by the UN Refugee Agency. The report, entitled Global Trends, noted that on average 24 people were forced to flee each […]
Originally published in Christian Today Christian clergy and humanitarian workers have warned the closure of the world’s largest refugee camp this year could cause a humanitarian crisis. They have called for the Kenyan government to treat the refugees facing expulsion from Dadaab refugee camp with dignity, while fearing that infringement […]