South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]A monthly column by Michael Cassidy, evangelist, author, Christian leader and founder of African Enterprise whose ministry in Africa and the world has spanned more than 50 years.[/notice] A few months ago, for the first time in my life, I have been teaching on “blessing”. And what a deep and […]
[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] High-Jump Athletes are continually pushing themselves to achieve ‘higher’ standards of excellence. They do this by raising the bar, incrementally, and willing themselves to exceed the height they reached […]
Originally published by Worthy News The blood-soaked executioners of ISIS have spared neither women nor children since the jihadist army established its caliphate a year ago, putting an estimated 74 kids and even more women to death for such offenses as practicing “magic” and refusing to fast during Ramadan. A […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Sudanese authorities arrested 12 young Christian women in Khartoum and forced them to strip out of their clothes after they left a church service wearing what was deemed “immoral dress,” a Christian persecution watchdog organization has reported. According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide, the 12 […]
Originally published in Christian Today The Israeli government has vowed to step up its efforts in protecting its country’s Christian community following attacks by fringe groups in some Christian areas in the past few years. The government, which has prided itself in protecting minorities inside the Jewish state, has decided […]
[notice]UK-based South African-born journalist Charles Gardner reports from the UK at the Crossroads conference in Manchester.[/notice] “If we don’t understand Jesus in his Jewish context, we will fail to see him fully as he really is.” So said Rev David Pileggi, an expert on the Hebraic roots of the Christian […]
[notice]UK-based South African-born journalist Charles Gardner reports from the UK at the Crossroads conference in Manchester.[/notice] A Muslim man from Turkey went on a pilgrimage to Mecca in a desperate bid to get his life straightened out – and met Jesus! A wife-beater who was addicted to alcohol, Ali Pektash was on a […]
Amidst the ongoing turmoil of the Middle East, where terrorism and civil war are erupting on every side, a remarkable peace process is taking place. Author and journalist Charles Gardner has witnessed Arab and Jew embracing one another in the name of the One who has bought such reconciliation with […]
The moving story of how a Yorkshire family took child refugees into their home, saving them from Auschwitz Snatched from the jaws of the Nazis in the nick of time, Heini Fiege escaped to England to begin a new life. It was a traumatic parting for Heini and his brother […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald British humanitarian Sir Nicholas Winton, who is best known for saving hundreds of Jewish children in Czechoslovakia before the outbreak of World War II, died of respiratory failure in England on Wednesday. He was 106 years old. According to a Naomi Koppel of the […]