South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in The Christian Post Two historic churches in Mosul, Iraq, have officially reopened after years of restoration, nearly a decade after their destruction during the Islamic State’s occupation. The reconsecration ceremonies marked a rare moment of revival for the region’s dwindling Christian population. On Wednesday, local residents, clergy […]
The GAFCON movement of biblically- orthodox Anglicans has announced that it no longer recognises the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury. In a communique released yesterday, titled The Future Has Arrived, the movement which speaks for the overwheming majority of Anglicans as measured by church attendance, said its intention was […]
The South Africa Prayer Movement for Change (SAPMC) invites believers across the nation to unite for a national prayer conference from Friday October 18 to Saturday Octobe 19 in Pretoria under the theme “Calling for Burden Bearers to stand in the gap for South Africa”. T “This powerful gathering will […]
One of the things that came out of the recent Time2Rise annual gathering at Camp Unity, near Bloemfontein, is an understanding that South Africa is at its “Jordan moment”, says Time2Rise vision bearer Dr Arno van Niekerk. “Ninety four was very much a Red Sea moment. Ninety four was a […]
Originally published in Christian Today More than 60 people have been killed in airstrikes on a Sudanese camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the besieged city of El Fasher. Sudan is currently in a state of civil war between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces […]
Originally published in Harbinger’s Daily The state of Massachusetts has stripped another Christian foster care couple of their foster licence after they declined to sign a state-enforced gender affirming policy. The state’s policy, which puts Christian foster care families in its crosshairs for their Biblical beliefs on sexuality, is the […]
Originally published in The Christian Post The Church of Nigeria has publicly rejected the election of a woman as the new archbishop of Canterbury, saying it marks a deeper shift by the Church of England away from biblical teaching. The appointment of Bishop Sarah Mullally, the first woman to hold […]
By Hedieh Mirahmadi — Originally published in The Christian Post As I reflect on this week’s headlines, a familiar mix of cautious hope and unshakeable conviction, rooted in God’s unchanging Word, stirs within me. For those of us who have traded an ideology of fear for the liberating truth of […]
Crammed with Heaven is a monthly column in which Jenni Pretorius Hill shares stories of hope which bring Heaven’s perspective to Earth I don’t always trust my perspective, especially when I know there’s a vulnerable spot in me that can cloud my lens and skewer my judgements. In these moments, […]
Yesterday I spoke to Vivienne Myburgh South African director of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ), who was once again in Israel at a time when history was being made. “It’s amazing that we were here on the 7th of October 2023, an hour and a half away from where […]