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 […]
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Who the Son sets free is free indeed!
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 […]
Mighty Men Western Cape poised to march again
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 […]
India’s Christians fear rise in persecution under BJP
Originally published in Christian Today After the BJP’s historic election victory this week, Christians in India have mixed feelings about the future and how the country’s new leaders will impact on freedom of religion. The last week has been a massive turnaround for the once struggling opposition party that suffered […]
‘Breaking the Cycle of Drug Dependence’ seminar in PE at weekend
Port Elizabeth restoration ministry, A Fighting Chance (AFC), is hosting a Drug Dependence Seminar at Father’s House Church, PE, on Saturday (May 24, 2014) to equip addicts and their families to break the cycle of drug dependence. Drug addicts and their family members generally don’t know what to do about […]
Buchan back from US Mighty Men mission
Farmer evangelist Angus Buchan is back in South Africa after a week in America where he spoke to various groups and met church and business leaders in preparation for the third Mighty Men Conference USA (MMC USA) in the Bridgestone Arena, Nashville in November. He concluded his US visit with […]
Sachs and Mogoeng to speak at SU conference on law and religion
Two well-known figures in South African law, Emeritus Justice Albie Sachs and Chief Justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng, will be the keynote speakers at an international conference on Law and Religion in Africa to be held at Stellenbosch University (SU). Sachs, a former political activist and member of the National Executive of […]
Sudanese Christian shackled while awaiting death sentence, husband says
Originally published in Fox News The pregnant Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith has been spending her days shackled in prison, according to her husband. Meriam Ibrahim, 27, who is eight months pregnant, was sentenced to death last Thursday after being convicted […]
American pastor in Iran beaten in hospital and returned to prison
Originally published in Christian News An American pastor incarcerated in Iran was recently beaten at a local hospital and returned to prison, according to reports. The American Centre for Law and Justice (ACLJ) issued an update on Tuesday that the family members of Saeed Abedini confirmed that the pastor had […]
Deception: the art of Islamic war
By INcontext Ministries On 14 April, the Islamic militant group Boko Haram stormed an all-girls secondary school in the village of Chibok in Nigeria’s Borno state, taking hundreds of young women with them asthey disappeared into a remote area along the border with Cameroon. The kidnapping occurred on the same […]