South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]