Urgent prayer call Compiled from reports in Christianity Today, CNN.com, and World Watch Monitor An 8-months pregnant, 27-year-old Christian doctor has been sentenced to death and 100 lashes by a Sudanese court for marrying a Christian. Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, has been imprisoned, along with her 20-month-old son, in Khartoum since […]
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Schools art competition raised awareness of human trafficking
Several school principals who attended the prize giving for a schools art competition on human trafficking in Port Elizabeth said they had not been aware that human trafficking happens in their communities and felt empowered to further educate their learners on the issue, reports Amanda van der Westhuizen of the […]
Why people vote what they vote
…and why South Africans can be grateful for the election results By INcontext Ministries As the final ballots of South Africa’s fifth post-apartheid election were tallied on Friday 9 May 2014, the governing African National Congress (ANC) celebrated another victory with their resounding 62 percent of the vote. The official opposition party, the Democratic Alliance […]
UK politicians united against global corruption
Corruption in Africa costs R52 000 per second United Kingdom Members of Parliament representing all major parties gave support this week to ending corrupt practices that steal $1 trillion from the global economy every year. The politicians gathered for a photo shoot in the Great Hall of Westminster six […]
Where the cross of Christ unites Jew and Arab
[notice]UK-based South African-born journalist Charles Gardner reports from the At the Crossroads conference in Jerusalem.[/notice] After yet another failure of Middle East talks, it would be perfectly understandable if claims of a successful peace process were met by gross scepticism. But such a claim is being made, and it is very credible, […]
Muslim goes to Mecca – and finds Jesus!
[notice]UK-based South African-born journalist Charles Gardner reports from the At the Crossroads conference in Jerusalem[/notice] Now Ali wants to help re-unite the sons of Abraham A Turkish Muslim who made a pilgrimage to Mecca in a desperate attempt to get his life back on track returned as a Christian to […]
Porn TV opponents in joint court action against StarSat
By Thinus Ferreira — Originally published in Channel 24 Opposition in South Africa has been growing against the pornographic television that is broadcast by On Digital Media’s (ODM) StarSat pay-TV platform, with a court case that will likely be heard in August in a now joint application to have ODM’s […]
Gunmen kill Pakistan lawyer defending blasphemy case
Originally published in Reuters Gunmen posing as clients shot dead a prominent human rights lawyer defending a professor accused of blasphemy, officials said on Thursday, underscoring the danger facing those trying to put an end to religious intolerance in majority-Muslim Pakistan. Wednesday’s killing of Rashid Rehman in the southern city […]
City of David said to be found by Israeli archaelogist
Originally published in Christian Today. An Israeli archaeologist claims that an excavated fortress in Jerusalem was conquered by King David thousands of years ago. Eli Shukron, who has been digging in the area for nearly twenty years, says that the massive site is where David overtook Jerusalem. “This is the […]
Elevation Worship — Only King Forever: Review
Music Review by Ellenor Lotter ELEVATION WORSHIP — ONLY KING FOREVER: KARI JOBE Today the stirred heart inside me is calling out to the worshipper in yours… With this week being very significant in our Nation with our people making their mark at the polls, we had the privilege of […]