South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Today In the last two months, Iranian courts have sentenced 18 Christian converts to time in prison for charges including evangelising and creating house churches. The 18 were sentenced between mid-March and mid-May, according to a report from Persian-language Radio Farda. Thirteen of them were from […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald In a powerful story of redemption and grace, an Islamic State militant known for his brutal killing of Christians has converted to his victims’ religion after dreaming of “a man in white” who offered him a dramatic message, according to one missionary’s account. “One […]
The country of Burundi is the latest African country to be held at ransom by a leader who refuses to relinquish power when his term of office comes to an end. This means that Burundi president, Pierre Nkurunziza (See photo above, left) will not qualify for the Ibrahim Prize for […]
Originally published in Charisma News Two South Sudanese pastors possibly facing execution in Sudan said they are not afraid to die. They’ve been charged with “inciting organized groups” and “offending Islamic beliefs.” Pastors Yat Michael and David Yein spoke with Sr. International Correspondent George Thomas by phone from their Khartoum […]
Originally published in Christian Post Nearly two decades after rising to fame as part of the best-selling boy band in history, two members of the Backstreet Boys were captured on video recently getting baptised in Israel’s Jordan River. Last month, Backstreet Boys members Howie Dorough and Brian Littrell took time out […]
Originally published in Charisma News Popular online challenge Charlie Charlie has lit a firestorm of controversy on the Internet, with mainstream media and social media alike sharing their thoughts on the demon-summoning game. Faith leaders are also speaking about the game, and their advice is all but unanimous: Stay away. […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] I have always loved Michael W Smith music and have my favourites. I must admit though that I have not taken the time to learn the stories behind some of his well known songs. At the concert he held last Friday at […]
As part of the Human Rights Day celebration this year, a competition was held for primary and high schools. The theme for the competition was the aspect of Human Trafficking. Learners from the Port Elizabeth schools were invited to submit posters, poems or a rap song to illustrate the dangers […]
[notice]Alf James follows up last week’s article on “Prayer as a Practice of His Presence” with insights on the privilege of prayer and some recent testimonies on the miraculous power of prayer[/notice] Prayer is a miraculous gift from our Holy Father, first taught to us by His Son, our Saviour […]
[notice] A column by Transformational Entrepreneur Patrick Kuwana. [/notice] Has the church become largely irrelevant in shaping main stream society and culture because we spend more time complaining about the problems and criticising others for not rectifying them rather than bringing the solutions to solve the problems? For as long as […]