South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] The recent ukuthwala related conviction and sentence of Mvumeleni Jez ile to an effective 22 years in […]
Originally published in Christian News An Australian Christian missionary was arrested this past Sunday by North Korean authorities for distributing Gospel literature. John Short, 75, who has lived in Hong Kong for 50 years, was arrested in his Pyongyang hotel, a day after arriving in the North Korean capital. “[Short] […]
Originally published in Christian Today Levi Mitchell is not your average teenager. At just 16-years-old, he has already released a solo album and was formerly a member of the ‘The Boy Band Project’, an LA-based five-piece group with a large US fan base. However, a career in the music industry […]
Diane and Shane Vermooten of Cape Town production house, Media Village, are a mother-son team with a passion and purpose to tell stories that change perspectives and bring hope. Their vision has been rewarded with international recognition and a growing list of film festival awards and nominations. The short film […]
[notice]A weekly column in which Pieter Pohl, founder and managing director of Innovation Films, sheds some light on the latest movies. Check in each week for reviews and previews of mainstream and Christian movies at the cinema, on TV or on DVD.[/notice] NOW SHOWING IN CINEMAS: I have the fantastic […]
Originally published in ioL Newswith additional reporting by Gateway News A14-year-old girl found herself in “modern-day slavery”, in the words of a Wynberg magistrate, when she was sold for R8 000 and forced to marry a man who held her captive and beat her for sex. Last Thursday (February 13), […]
Book Review by Janey DeMeo MA — Originally published in Examiner THE JESUS BIBLE,NIV — DISCOVER JESUS IN EVERY BOOK OF THE BIBLE (ZONDERVAN) The Jesus Bible is just the thing to boost the faith of young teens and to encourage them to read God’s Word. The Jesus Bible not […]
Book Review by Maris Martin — Originally published in WND Comic books and the church have grappled in a long love-hate affair for decades, with the scales hovering closer to “hate” most of the time. That sentiment was doubled for religious comic books and tripled for “Christian” ones, as far […]
Originally published in Godreports “Father, what has happened to these people?” John Monychol quieted his young daughter as they ran past body after body. Monychol had just returned to South Sudan’s Upper Nile region from a pastors’ conference in the southern part of the country when he began hearing rumors […]
Churches hand out scriptures, pray in conflict zone Scripture portions helped provide a flicker of faith as violence escalated in Ukraine on February 18. At least 25 were killed and hundreds injured as government forces acted to forcibly remove protesters from Kiev’s Independence Square. The dead include civilians and police […]