South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Bethel Music Worship Evening Review by Robbie Hift We had a big surprise on Monday night when we got to Father’s House Church in Port Elizabeth to see Bethel Music, the world famous worship team from Redding California. 2 400 people looks like a lot of people when they all […]
Free to believe but not free to act! In South Africa, as around the Western world, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Christians to live out their faith. Sure, you can have religious convictions and beliefs — as long as you don’t act on them! This is the message of […]
Originally published in Christian Today A Chinese pastor has been sentenced to a year in prison for his involvement in a protest against the removal of a cross from a church in Zhejiang province. Huang Yizi, who leads Fengwo Church in Wenzhou, was sentenced by the People’s Court in Pingyang […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute A street preacher has been told by a judge which Bible verse he should have used when discussing homosexuality, as he was convicted of a public order offence at Bristol Crown Court. Michael Overd was represented by the Christian Legal Centre. It said the […]
So the Cecil John Rhodes statue at the University of Cape Town (UCT) will soon be relegated to some rubbish heap somewhere. Hooray, but wait what happens after that? Well that depends on what side of the debate you are on. There are those who think we should not waste […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Over 100 Christians have been arrested for the riots in Pakistan last week following a Taliban suicide attack on two churches that killed 17 people. Police forces have been arresting people who were part of the crowd that killed and burned two people suspected […]
By Dory P — Originally published in Persecution Blog With the rise of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) in 2014, and many terrorist killings already this year, it can be easy to focus on the negative. Instead, several Iranian Christian leaders worked together to share eight reasons why Muslims, particularly […]
An easy-to-read version of the Bible, which uses a vocabulary of just 1 200 words, has now been completed. The culmination of 20 years’ work, it is freely available online. The project began in the early 1990s at the request of an overseas mission worker wanting Bible commentaries, which most […]
WP Films, whose trailblazing Christian documentary feature films (Finger of God, Furious Love, Father of Lights and Holy Ghost) have inspired viewers around the world, are planning to make their first narrative feature, HeavenQuest, — based on John Bunyan’s 1678 allegorical masterpiece, The Pilgrim’s Progress. Following their crowdfunding triumph with […]
[notice]Major Margaret Stafford reports on a recent outreach by a team from the Salvation Army PE Central Community Church.[/notice] Its 8 o’clock and a group of folk are preparing to go out onto the streets of downtown Port Elizabeth to meet and speak to a few ladies of the night. […]