South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Charisma News A Kentucky court ruled on Monday (April 27, 2015) that a Lexington printer is free to decline to print messages that conflict with his religious beliefs and that the government cannot force him to do otherwise. The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission ruled last […]
[notice]Songwriter and student of worship trends, Hugh Wetmore, says that while feeling deeply stirred by the xenophobia crisis in South Africa “I found a message rising in my spirit around some songs I’d written a while back”. He shares the message in this special edition of his monthly column[/notice] The […]
[notice]By Elizabeth Kendal, an international religious liberty analyst and advocate. She is Adjunctnct Research Fellow in the Centre for the Study of Islam and Other Faiths at the Melbourne School of Theology. She is Director of Advocacy for Christian Faith and Freedom based in Canberra, Australia. [/notice] On the night of 24 April 1915 the […]
Originally published in God Reports “I tell you the truth,” Jesus said, “corrupt tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the Kingdom of God before you do.” (Matthew 21:31, NLB) And so he angered the religious people of his time by associating with sinners, with liars, thieves and prostitutes, accepting […]
[notice]Henda Marais urges Christians to join the 10-day Holy Land tour and Empowered21 Conference in Jerusalem from May 18. Click on the links to download the full conference programme and tour itinerary. To register please email one@empowered21jerusalem.co.za or visit www.empowered21jerusalem.co.za.[/notice] The word “Kairos” means an appointed time for action. As we […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald Ethiopia began three days of national mourning on Tuesday, with joint Christian and Muslim prayers for nearly 30 Ethiopian Christians slaughtered by Islamic State militants in Libya. The massacre, which came to light over the weekend following the release of a highly-produced video titled […]
The most beautiful, spacious, light and airy little country cottage shop has just opened its doors on the main street of Tarkastad in the Eastern Cape. The Story, as the charming little shop is known, will sow all of its profits into meeting specific needs in the community. And it […]
South Africans in their tens of thousands have turned out to support anti xenophobia marches and events around the country this week and South Africa’s Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgob has urged one million South Africans to join an anti xenophobia march in Pretoria tomorrow (Friday, April 24). Some 30 000 […]
Tens of thousands of men will converge just outside Middelburg in the Eastern Cape on Rusoord Farm for the Karoo Mighty Men Conference 2015 (KMMC) this weekend. They will arrive in cars and busses, on bicycles, motorbikes and even on foot from all over South Africa in the hope of […]
Seated in the arid emptiness and silence of the Karoo one can hardly believe that within days the area will be filled with tens of thousands of men worshipping the Lord God Almighty. Sitting below a cross planted on a little, rocky koppie overlooking the stage area of the Karoo […]