South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Christian leaders warn of ‘interfaith civil war’ By World Watch Monitor The leaders of the Central African Republic’s 4 million Christians have issued a joint plea for military help to disarm a largely Muslim insurgency and prevent “genocidal interfaith civil war”. Meeting from October 3 to 6 in the capital, […]
Originally published in news24 The possible decriminalisation of prostitution will remain on the agenda of the newly appointed SA Law Reform Commission (SALRC), President Jacob Zuma said on Monday. The commission has been working on “Project 107”, which deals with sex work, for over a decade, he said in written reply to […]
Originally published in INcontext Ministries The members of a church in Minya, Egypt, have written a song of love and forgiveness after the church was attacked and burned down in an ongoing wave of anti-Christian attacks by Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. Many Egyptian Christian leaders are reminding […]
Arlene and I spent nine exhausting but inspiring days in Durban recently, speaking, preaching and meeting Christian leaders in KZN. I preached 12 times within a hectic eight day schedule. I returned from Durban on October 13 with a bad dose of the flu and was forced to take the […]
Originally published in Christian Today Four Christians have been killed in an attack on a church as a wedding was taking place in the city of Giza in Egypt. Christian Solidarity Worldwide reports that the dead were all guests at the wedding and include the mother of the groom, Camilia […]
Famed evangelist sees signs ‘converging now for the 1st time’ By Troy Anderson — Originally published in WND Just as Noah did in ancient times, world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham is sounding the alarm that the Second Coming is “near” and signs of the end of the age are “converging now […]
Originally published in Christian Today Iran’s continued mistreatment of its Christian minority was raised at a recent meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Attieh Fard, a lawyer specialising in human rights, urged President Hassan Rouhani to make good on his promises to the United Nations in New York […]
Originally published in The Christian Post More than 3 000 Christian believers are participating in an ongoing conference, Empowered21, in Kyoto, Japan, for worship, prayer and teaching. Organisers say it is one of the largest of such gatherings the nation has seen in its history. The four-day Empowered21 All Japan […]
Half way through its run at 12 venues in South Africa the Global Leadership Summit (GLS) in SA is on course for record attendances and I have heard of people saying it’s the best GLS they have ever attended. Certainly there was a great vibe at the fully-subscribed GLS event […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. [/notice]And he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. As soon as they come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and know that the summer is already near. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know […]