By Conrad Mbewe — via ChristianView Network Even if you try to bury your head in the sand, you can still hear the tremor in the ground of the Western carnival that is coming. The music and dancing are getting louder and louder. It is one of human-rights-with-no-holds-barred. It is […]
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Gender-based violence ‘wielded mercilessly’ in Muslim countries
Christian women vulnerable due to profound lack of equality, claims new report By Hélène Fisher — World Watch Monitor The conclusion of a new report by the US Hudson Institute researcher Lela Gilbert is clear and unequivocal: gender-based violence plays a key strategic role in the plans of those who […]
3 inspiring Stormie books in 1!
Book Review by Val Viljoen THE POWER OF A PRAYING LIFE by Stormie Omartian The Power of a Praying Life is actually a collection of three of best-selling author Stormie Omartian’s most inspiring books. Included in the collection is the book Stormie, an autographical account of a childhood marred by […]
Hoping against hope
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on week 9 of a 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] He believed, hoping against hope, so that he became the father of many nations according to what had been spoken: So will your descendants be. — Romans 4: 18 So I’ve come to the last few days […]
Revival breaks out at Limpopo Christian school
Revival has broken out at a Christian school near Tzaneen where for the past few months children have been displaying an unprecedented passion and hunger for God as well as many visible manifestations of the Holy Spirit, reports Bible teacher Andrew Mullek. ‘I am not in charge. God is’ — […]
Men and women in uniform going to Bobby Mighty Men next weekend
South Africa’s first Bobby Mighty Men — catering for men and women in uniform — is taking place next weekend at the coastal village of Struisbaai close to the southern tip of Africa. The theme of the conference, which will be led by popular conference speaker, Johnny Louw, is ‘Courage […]
TEN aims to equip hundreds of thousands to disciple new believers in Africa
Hundreds of churches in seven Southern African nations will participate in a live simulcast event in September at the launch of a campaign that aims to equip hundreds of thousands of men and women to disciple new leaders. The ambitious Teach Every Nation (TEN) campaign is the dream of US-based […]
Clinging to world’s economic system holds back Kingdom solutions
[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 […]
Egyptian Christian teacher fined R140 000 for ‘blasphemy’
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 […]
Threat of Islamic militancy spreading in West Africa
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 […]