South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By Charles Gardener, UK Correspondent You wouldn’t have thought there was an obvious connection between Middle East politics and the much-hyped new film Barbie. But there is, and I shall explain. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, on which I have frequently commented from a 4 000km safe distance, has now spilled over […]
I learnt many years ago as a young man, that if I was not going forward, I was definitely slipping backwards. There is no such thing as being in neutral. You are either expanding or your losing ground. The Word of God in Revelation 3:16 (NKJV), reads: “So then, because […]
Resensie deur Dr Bernhard Ficker Met die verskyning van sy boek “Wat is God se hart vir sy Kerk – Is Kerk hoegenaamd goed vir my?” maak Jan Oosthuizen ‘n belangrike bydrae tot die godsdienstige boekerak. Die fokus van die boek is veral die plaaslike gemeente. Deur die dekades het Oosthuizen […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Award-winning Christian artist Phil Wickham said thousands of people across the nation have been committing their lives to Jesus this summer during his tour with Brandon Lake. Wickham recently released his 10th studio album, I Believe, and the worshiper has been thanking God for giving […]
The ACDP is hosting protests in Cape Town and Pretoria on Friday against the controversial Single Marriage Bill that aims to consolidate all existing marriage laws and which does not retain the words “husband” and wife”. In Cape Town, they invite citizens to join their picket outside Parliament (near the […]
The Simunye Challenge is where mistrust and distrust between race groups stops, say the organisers of the new campaign launched by Christian nation-building movement Time2Rise SA. “Biases and negative stereotypes are usually borne out of ignorance and not knowing the richness of each others’ cultures,” says Dr Pearl Kupe, a […]
Originally published in SABC News The South African Council of Churches (SACC) in Gauteng will this morning hold a memorial service for the victims of the Albert Street fire in Johannesburg’s city centre. Last week, a fire gutted a five-storey building, killing over 70 people and leaving scores of others […]
Originally published in Fox News More than 5 million people have now been displaced by the monthslong fighting in Sudan, the United Nations’ migration agency said on Wednesday as clashes between the country’s military and a rival paramilitary force show no sign of easing. According to the International Organization for Migration, […]
By David Hoffman — Originally published in CBN News and slightly edited by Gateway News God is moving powerfully in Guinea Bissau, a 70%-Muslim northwest African country with a population of two million people where Islam is making a strong push for religious and cultural dominance. Very recently, World Harvest, […]
The nation of Papua New Guinea inaugurated its embassy in Jerusalem on Tuesday, becoming the fifth country to maintain a diplomatic mission in Israel’s capital city. The move by the strongly Christian Pacific nation north of Australia—the fruition of faith-based diplomacy with an eye on Israeli investment—comes as both Paraguay […]