South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Cape Town pastors, community leaders invited to information session on March 28 When the news that 121 people were killed in the Cape Flats over six days of gang violence only made page nine in a local newspaper last year, staff members of a Christian radio station were provoked to […]
Originally published in CBN News With dire reports of mass killings coming out of Syria, one expert is sounding the alarm about the dangerous situation on the ground. Joel Veldkamp, head of international communications at Christian Solidarity International, told CBN News he believes at least hundreds of people might have […]
By Anto Akkara — Originally published in National Catholic Register Amid hundreds of Christians being harassed and arrested, often on fraudulent charges, under the anti-conversion laws enacted in a dozen Indian states, Christians in Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India held a massive protest on March 6 demanding repeal of the […]
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. (Ephesians 5:16) We are to live for the present, right now, in fact. I received a beautiful letter from dear friends in the USA. The heart of the letter was all about time. They said, knowing that the future has been moulded […]
“Who called Jeremiah to the prophetic office & function? We are experiencing the rise of the true and the false prophets, Understanding the basic foundational requirements of the office will protect us from the false!” So, says Janet Brann-Hollis in this episode of the Transforming A Nation podcast. Each week we publish […]
Originally published in My Christian Daily The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday March 7 upheld the death sentence for a Christian who defended himself against an attack by Fulani herdsmen. Calling the ruling a “horrendous miscarriage of justice”, attorney and international human rights advocate Emmanuel Ogebe said in a […]
Last week Gateway News caught up with a Groot Brak couple who are celebrating their “jubilee year” (year of their 50th birthdays) by embarking on an extended Kingdom adventure including time in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. When I spoke to businessman Pieter Terblanche and his family-practice-lawyer wife Melanie […]
A column in which Marzanne Slabbert explores the enigmatic fusion of faith and art in South Africa. Join her on an artistic journey and explore the many ways in which God is using the visual arts! In the heart of the picturesque Eastern Free State, in Clarens, resides talented artist Loezytha […]
Originally published in Christian Daily International Iran’s Revolutionary Court sentenced a pregnant Christian woman to 16 years in prison on Saturday (March 8) and also handed harsh punishments to two other converts from Islam, a rights group reported. Revolutionary Court Judge Iman Afshari sentenced Narges Nasri, a 37-year-old Christian pregnant […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News A groundbreaking discovery in Turkey has sparked claims that the fossilised remains of Noah’s Ark have been found. Experts are studying a boat-shaped formation near Mount Ararat, exactly where the Bible says the Ark came to rest, and believe they may be on the […]