South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
I received a remarkable response from across the country to my “Call To Prayer for the Nation” over the past few weeks. Many believers agree the Body of Christ must unite to pray and intercede for SA. In consultation with national Christian leaders, we have set aside seven hours on Saturday, March […]
[notice]This news and commentary comes from Citzen Go, an online activist community promoting life, family and liberty[/notice] The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly has overwhelmingly supported the right of Christians to observe their faith at the workplace and in the education of their children. The resolution called, “Tackling intolerance and discrimination […]
[notice]The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services has asked the Constitutional Court for more time (an extension from April 5 to August 5, 2015) to consider proposed amendments to the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Bill to allow for sufficient public participation. During four days of public hearings […]
Originally published in Christian Today In July 2012, Naghmeh Abedini’s life changed in an instant. Her husband Saeed, an Iranian-born American pastor, was arrested in Iran for his involvement with house churches. After two months of interrogation under torture, he was charged with threatening the security of the state and […]
Originally published in Raw Story Iraq’s first Christian-only brigade of regular forces graduated Thursday to help retake the community’s towns and villages from the Islamic State group. The new brigade will answer to the government of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, whose peshmerga fighters are playing a leading role in the […]
Originally published in God Reports The Free Methodist Church USA announced the release of its kidnapped missionary in Nigeria, Phyllis Sortor. In a statement signed on behalf of the Board of Bishops of the church, David W. Kendall said the 71-year-old Sortor was released by her captors on Friday evening (March […]
Little did the young Iraqi refugee girl know that her comments about forgiveness would go viral. When interviewed recently by Sat 7 reporter Essam Nagy, 10-year-old Myriam shared her heart about life as a refugee in Erbil, Kurdistan. She told Nagy that she forgives ISIS for forcing her family from their […]
Originally published in Christianity Today When director Brian Ivie started working on the film The Drop Box, he thought that he would be weaving his artistic vision and magic into the film. But instead, the film worked a miracle on him. “I became a Christian while making a movie. And […]
The Gospel of John, the first of four feature length films of the four Gospels undertaken by the Lumo Project, will be debuted on BBC Two in the United Kingdom this Easter, says a press release received by Gateway News this week. The four films are word-for-word renditions of the Gospels […]
Faith Broadcasting Network has entered into an agreement with Parables TV to bring premium Christian entertainment to all its viewers, says FBN in a press release. Parables TV was developed to provide families with an alternative to traditional network television. The programs offered are thought provoking, uplifting and will inspire […]