South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Old army base is home to new mission A disused World War 2 military base beneath majestic Cape Peninsula mountains has become the training ground for a new mission – to develop Godly character in the youth of Africa. Jabulani Africa Ministries (JAM), an inter-denominational ministry and registered section 21 […]
Homeschooling action groups in the Western Cape fear that the Government intends to introduce draconian anti-homeschooling legislation in draft national policy on home education that is due to be published in August. Cape Home Educators and the Pestalozzi Trust are concerned that the national policy will override gains that homeschooling […]
Originally published in Morning Star News As Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, sentenced to death for leaving Islam, gave birth early yesterday morning (Tuesday, May 27, 2014) in prison, another Christian woman in Sudan has been jailed for “apostasy,” sources said. Ibrahim’s second child was born at about 3:30 a.m. in the […]
Originally published in Times Live A South African court will rule on the future of two four-year-old girls who were accidentally switched the day they were born and have been raised by each other’s biological mother, officials involved in the case said today (Wednesday, May 28, 2014). One of the […]
A call has gone out to intercessors, church leaders and members of the body of Christ to unite in 21 days of prayer and fasting from Monday, May 26, for the situation at the platinum mines at Marikana near Rustenburg where a protracted strike is resulting in massive losses for […]
The pope’s imminent visit to Israel will rightly attract much attention. But two largely untold stories about global Christianity have the capacity to shake the world order. The first is the persecution of Christians in the developing world at the hands of Islam. Boko Haram, which has kidnapped more than […]
Originally published in News 24 Sources in Yemen have confirmed that kidnapped Pierre Korkie is still alive, the Gift of the Givers Foundation said on Thursday. “About 10 days ago we received confirmation from more than one source that Pierre Korkie was seen alive together with a UN aid worker […]
Oringinally published in CBN The United States is deploying an unarmed Predator drone, along with about 80 military personnel, to Chad to help search for the Nigerian school girls kidnapped by the Islamic terror group, Boko Haram. The mostly Air Force personnel will fly and monitor reconnaissance aircraft and also […]
An alarming number of children are raped every day in South Africa. And tragically the deep pain and shame of these childhood experiences launches many young people into lives blighted by substance abuse and sexual bondage. Nina Blount, 40, was sexually abused by family members from the age of 4 […]
Moves are afoot to bring the Mighty Men Conference (MMC) back to the Western Cape which held it inaugural and last MMC in Paarl in 2011. After the 2011 MMC Committee dissolved, several committees have been formed to take up the baton but there have been no further Mighty Men […]