South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice] A column by Johannesburg Business Editor, Patrick Kuwana. [/notice]Statistics show that 81% of the South African population is Christian with 56% of the population attending church at least once a week. If this is so – why is South Africa not reflecting a Christian culture in every area of […]
Originally published in Persecution.org An Egyptian court has convicted a 24-year-old Coptic Christian teacher of blasphemy– based on the complaints of three children in her class — and fined her 100 000 Egyptian pounds (R140 000). The court on Tuesday ruled that elementary schoolteacher Dimyana Abdel-Nour had insulted Islam. Abdel-Nour, who had denied the charge, was not in […]
By Dr Patrick Sookhdeo — Originally published in barnabusfund No country in West Africa is safe from the threat of Islamist militancy. This was the stark warning by Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama last week in the wake of an unprecedented twin suicide bombing in Niger. Mr Mahama referred back to […]
The 26th annual Bless the Nations missions conference in Port Elizabeth will take place from Friday, June 21 to Sunday, June 23 with one of the founder members, David Mnki of Duytywa among the keynote speakers. For more than a quarter of a century Bless The Nations has played a […]
Originally published in Assist News Service Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists have stormed a neighborhood in the uneasy Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, killing at least 11 people with weapons hidden in a coffin, local residents have said. Since then, more than 60 alleged Boko Haram terrorists […]
An apartheid era widow and her husband’s torturer are the protaginists in a short film, ‘Freedom Road’, that Cape Town Christian production company Media Village has entered into the international Christian-themed speed filmmaking contest, 168 Film Festival. More than 150 teams of filmmakers have entered the contest in which teams […]
‘Opportunity for church to lead nation back to healthy living’ — Helsby South Africa is in a financial hole because of greed and it is time for churches to lead the nation back to healthy living, said Brian Helsby of Heartlines who is on a national tour to promote their […]
Originally published in International Business Times The Belgian Federal Parliament is reportedly about to expand its controversial “right to die” policies to include access to euthanasia for some gravely ill children. A consensus among members of the legislative body has reportedly formed in support of legislation to allow children to […]
[notice]SHARON WAUGH chats with Chimwemwe Calawe, a volunteer at Mission Aviation Fellowship who recently flew with a ‘Flying for Life’ team to make a special delivery at a remote village crèche in Venda, Limpopo.[/notice] When a Flying for Life team arrived at Gondeni Crèche at the end of May they […]
‘Watchmen on the Wall’ is back on TBN Africa tonight at 8pm (11 June) after a two week absence due to live event broadcasts. The program will feature the vision of Family Policy Institute. Following the Commission of Gender Equality’s (CGE) controversial support for decriminalised prostitution in SA, ‘Watchmen on […]