The Willow Creek Association 2014 Global Leadership Summit kicks off in South Africa next week The consistently inspiring two-day leadership training event which is held in 105 countries celebrates its 20th anniversary this year launches in South Africa in Johannesburg on Friday, October, 10 in a year in […]
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Woolies takes it on the chin
Originally published in Times Live Woolworths has shrugged off recent protests about the Israeli products on its shelves.And the social media campaigns against the upmarket retailer, and the general nastiness in the media. ”It won’t change what we do,” said Susie Squire, Woolworths’ head of corporate affairs. Woolies was not […]
Christian couple forced to close bakery due to gay activism may face over $150K in damages
Originally published in The Christian Post Oregon couple Aaron and Melissa Klein were forced to close their bakery after declining to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian marriage ceremony and are now facing the threat of having to pay $150 000 in damages. Seated next to his wife at […]
Family of first US Ebola patient quarantined; NBC cameraman has virus
Compiled from various media reports The family of the first person in the United States to test positive for the deadly Ebola virus, Thomas Eric Duncan of Dallas, Texas, were legally quarantined yesterday (Thursday, October 2) after they did not comply with Dallas health officials requests that they stay home, […]
GOD TV co-founder Rory Alec steps down after ‘moral failure’; hands leadership to wife Wendy
Originally published in Christian Today GOD TV co-founder Rory Alec has announced he is stepping down from leadership of the network after a “moral failure” in relation to his marriage. He relinquishes his roles as chairman and chief executive with immediate effect, the network said in a statement on Thursday. […]
Missionary family who lost all in yacht disaster still feel tug of Greek Islands
Sixteen months ago Dale and Natalie Smyth and their two young boys Jack (3) and Jamie (1) set out for the sort of journey that legends are made of. Their plan was to sail their small yacht, the Shining Star, from the southern tip of Africa right up the west […]
Prison chief calls for church to join in prayer crusade at Polsmoor
An increase in unusual deaths at Polsmoor Prison, Cape Town has prompted the Commissioner, Ntoblelo Mketshane, to call on pastors and churches in the city to turn out in large numbers to attend a prayer crusade and service at the prison on Sunday. He says there objectives are to pray […]
They come to rewrite matric. They leave transformed by God
Opportunity to sponsor students After more than 40 years in education Mart and Toy van Vuuren sensed God was giving them a vision to uplift disadvantaged students. Mart, a former Teacher Training College lecturer and Toy, a former High School Principal, spent three busy years preparing to launch a Grade […]
‘No Apologies’ Asi lays down sexual abstinence message to SA learners
Asisithi Mbewu, the 23 year old facilitator and trainer of Focus on the Family’s No Apologies programme, is passionate about the “abstinence works every time” message that has already reached 1,5 million learners in South Africa and beyond since 2002. No Apologies is a character based life skills curriculum that […]
SCA rules in favour of religious rights, church autonomy in gay minister ousting appeal
In a major victory for religious rights and the autonomy of the Church in South Africa, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) this week held that “… a proper respect for freedom of religion precludes our courts from pronouncing on matters of religious doctrine, which fall within the exclusive realm […]