South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Today Kenya’s government has rowed back from moves to regulate the country’s churches in the face of fierce opposition from religious leaders. New proposals unveiled last week by Kenya’s Attorney-General Githu Muigai would require all religious bodies to register and for preachers to have police clearance. All religious […]
Originally published in Christian Today Fears are mounting that the genetic modification of human embryos could happen in British laboratories within months. The fertility regulator will decide today whether scientists at the Francis Crick Institute can alter the genes of human embryos donated by IVF patients. If passed, the researchers […]
Originally published in ABC News Anglican leaders today (Thursday, January 14, 2016) temporarily restricted the role of the US Episcopal Church in their global fellowship as a sanction over the American church’s acceptance of gay marriage. Episcopalians have been barred for three years from any policy-setting positions in the Anglican […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Something profound happened to me just before Christmas. I had one of those ‘Aha’ moments that come to people to help them in their decision process. As people were doing their last minute shopping for Christmas and starting to cook their Christmas […]
Christian communities in towns, cities and neighbourhoods all over South Africa will unite at 2pm on Sunday, February 28, to pray for an hour into critical issues in our country as they participate in a fresh national prayer initiative called up4sa (United Prayer for South Africa). To date 50 communities have […]
Church leaders in Port Elizabeth took significant steps this week to position the Church in Nelson Mandela Bay to play a pivotal role in addressing an education crisis that threatens the future of children in the region. On Monday evening (January 11, 2016) church leaders, who had been approached by […]
[notice]A monthly column by farmer, preacher and writer for Jesus, Angus Buchan[/notice] 1 Samuel 15:22 (NKJV) “So Samuel said: “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,” As we commence with the New Year we […]
Farmer evangelist Angus Buchan urges South Africans to join him in numbers in Bloemfontein on Saturday, January 30, to beseech God — The Rainmaker — for abundant, sustainable rain. The serious drought in South Africa is placing people — especially farmers — under financial pressure and it is soul destroying […]
African countries continue to move into the Top 50 Sixteen countries in the Top 50 are from Africa, seven in the Top 20. One of the two newcomers to the list is Niger (#49). Among the countries just below the Top 50, that will no doubt feature in future lists, […]
The most oppressive regime in contemporary times, North Korea, tops this year’s Open Doors World Watch List (WWL) for the 14th consecutive year. Eritrea and Pakistan rise to their highest levels yet, namely, number three and number six respectively, and lawless Libya also enters the Top 10 for the first […]