South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] “I feel under pressure! I feel so under pressure” How many times have we heard these words from others and how many times have we felt the same way? So many people feel stress and feel anxious because of internal or external […]
Review by Val Viljoen Marco Broccardo: Rocks — One Man’s Climb from Drugs to Dreams Marco Broccardo comes from a stable and loving family. He entered high school with the knowledge that drug use was a dangerous and self destructive activity, and the resolve to never partake. Yet he was […]
Originally published in Fox News.com A Pakistani businessman who is building a 14-story cross in the heart of Pakistan’s largest city claims he got the idea when God came to him in a dream. Parvez Henry Gill, part of the small Christian minority in predominantly Muslim nation, is believes his […]
By Jennifer Leclaire — Originally published in Charisma News Last summer, Robby Dawkins was bemoaning the fact that American Airlines would not allow him to pray for God to raise from the dead a passenger who died in-flight. Thankfully, no one at the church at which he was ministering in […]
Originally published in Charisma News Thousands of Spirit-empowered Christians from around the world are converging on Jerusalem this week for the Empowered21 Global Congress. The Congress, which is being held May 20-25, is a call to all believers from around the world to celebrate Pentecost in the land of Pentecost. The historic gathering began […]
While “disappointed,” the owners of Ashers Baking Company in Northern Ireland who were found guilty of discrimination for refusing to bake a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan, say they are not without hope, reports Charisma News. “We are upset things haven’t gone our way,” Karen McArthur says. ” … But it doesn’t […]
Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper Wayne Sandilands says he once believed that God’s role was to help him perform well but “now I know that my football talent is a means by which I can make much of Christ and lead others to Him.” Sandilands whose soccer credentials include seven appearances for […]
Widespread condemnation of sentence, increased polarisation of Egypt By INcontext Ministries — originally published in A World In Motion, Issue 124, 21 May, 2015 An Egyptian court has pronounced death sentences on ousted president Mohammed Morsi and more than 100 other people over a mass prison break in 2011. Morsi […]
The deadline for submissions to the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) on its proposal to remove Good Friday and Christmas as public holidays, has been extended from May 31, 2015 to June 30, 2015. During a telephone conversation with the SALRC yesterday (Wedensday, May 20) they also confirmed that […]
The united youth of East London are hosting a Mighty Youth Conference (MYC) in the city for the second year running, from July 6 to 10, says Nathan van der Mewe, a co-founder and organiser of the event. MYC will happen at The Cove, Nahoon Dam Road, and will feature […]