South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[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 Testimony Nancy Dunn suffered unspeakable abuse at the hands of her father and the Satanists he led. According […]
[notice]This testimony penned by Michael Cassidy appears at the end of a 40-days prayer guide for reconciliation — May 7 to June 15 2016[/notice]In 1992 in the run-up towards the first South African non-racial elections in 1994, the country was in a terrible state of alienation, almost everyone from everyone […]
[notice]Ina Smit’s moving testimony appears at the end of a 40-days prayer guide for reconciliation — May 7 to June 15 2016[/notice] Ina Smit is a South African woman whose life was suddenly turned upside down when crime affected her life in a devastating way. She rose above her dark […]
[notice]Nqobile’s testimony appears at the end of a 40-days prayer guide for reconciliation — May 7 to June 15 2016[notice] My name is Nqobile, I grew up hearing stories of oppression from the apartheid years. My father told us stories of how they were belittled as young men by white people. They […]
The Christian leadership in Nelson Mandela Bay will be demonstrating unity in diversity with a multicultural football competition on Youth Day, Thursday June 16 — the 40th anniversary of the Soweto student uprising. Sixteen teams from around the Bay and from the visiting Operation Mobilization ship, Logos Hope, which is […]
Church’s across the world are participating in an annual 30 days of prayer for the Muslim world reports CBN. It began on June 6, coinciding with Ramadan, an important month of fasting and religious observance for Muslims. The 30 days of prayer for the Muslim world is an international movement that […]
For the second consecutive year Wycliffe South Africa is entering a team to ride for a purpose in the 947 Cycle Challenge through the roads of Johannesburg. This year’s 94.7km event is the 20th edition of the premier Gauteng cycling race and takes place on Sunday November 20. An integral […]
Youth Transformation Africa (YTA) is hosting a Prayer Conference on Youth Day, June 16, at Sowers of the Word Church, Lansdowne, Cape Town. “Our city and nation is in need of the church to unite in prayer like never before,” says Kyle Driver of YTA. Speakers include Pastor Andy Lamb, […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Christians in Kano, the largest city in mainly-Muslim northern Nigeria, were bracing for widespread violence following the June 2 killing of a Christian woman, but the weekend and Sunday services passed without further violence. Bridget Patience Agbahime, 74, originally from the southern state of […]
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] So ~ has your Church discovered the joy and the maturing ministry of Contemporary Hymns? That was what we punted in the May Worship Column. This […]