Originally published in Times Live Teenagers have been given the go-ahead to kiss, hug and have sex without the threat of a criminal record. The Constitutional Court yesterday found that the law criminalising such acts was unconstitutional and gave parliament 18 months to fix it. It held that making such […]
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US Government shuts down amid Congressional fighting
(Photo: Reuters/Jason Reed Originally published in CBN The United States federal government partially shut down from Tuesday (Ocober 1) as Republicans and the president duke it out over Obamacare. Some 800 000 federal workers are off the job as a dispute over President Barack Obama’s signature health care law reached […]
France bans children’s beauty contests to curb sexualisation
Originally published by Charisma News France has banned child beauty pageants in a bid to curb the hypersexualization of children. The new law decrees it illegal for anyone to organize a beauty pageant for under-16-year-olds, with a penalty of up to two years in prison and a fine equivalent to […]
Bangladeshi Christians told to close church, convert to Islam
A local government official in central Bangladesh has halted the construction of a church, forced Christians to worship at a mosque, and threatened them with eviction from their village unless they renounce their faith. The Tangail Evangelical Holiness Church in Bilbathuagani village, Tangail district, about 100 kilometres north of Dhaka, […]
‘Surprise’ release of Moroccan jailed for 30 months for evangelism
By World Watch Monitor A Moroccan Christian man jailed for evangelism has been temporarily released after serving one month. Mohamed el Baldi, 34, from the town of Aïn Aïcha, near Fes, was given two-and-a-half years in prison, and ordered to pay 5000 dirhams ($600) for “shaking the faith of a […]
Carte Blanche interviews church after biased media report on spanking probe
Watts up with ‘Godincidence’ on plane? A “damaging” and inaccurate Sunday Times report about the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) investigation of his church over its corporal punishment doctrine prompted Carte Blanche to request an interview with him, said Joshua Generation Church (JGC) Senior Pastor, Andrew Selley. He […]
Afrika Mhlophe completes book on Ancestral worship
Port Elizabeth pastor, Afrika Mhlophe, believes that his new book, ‘Christianity and the Veneration of the Dead’, will help to set people free from the deception that dead people can influence the lives of living people and will help them discover what the Bible says on the issue. In the book, […]
Rogue Saints to be released at selected cinemas
The multi-award winning inspirational comedy, Rogue Saints, will be released at selected Ster-Kinekor cinemas across the country on October 11. The 103-minute feature film is the only faith-based comedy set to be released on the big screen for 2013, said Pieter Pohl, Managing Director of Innovation Films which is releasing the […]
Ex-gays face discrimination, SAHRC told
Former homosexual and manager of New Living Way Ministry, Andre Bekker, has lodged two complaints with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), alleging discrimination against former homosexuals. His first complaint, which follows an open letter he wrote in August, is against the United Nations Human Rights office, Constitutional Court Judge, Edwin […]
SA Christians join the globe in shining a light on corruption!
In just over a week’s time the ‘EXPOSED – Shining a light on corruption’ campaign kicks into full gear as a week of prayer, witness and action takes place. From October 14 TO 20 millions of Christians around the world will be gathering for EXPOSED vigils in Churches, schools, places […]