What a hopeless cause! God will always welcome back those, like Jonah, who ran away — American Family Association Originally published in Christian News Network An international atheist organization is currently collecting funds for a planned telephone hotline that will assist former believers with abandoning their religious faith. Recovering From […]
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Campaigners still optimistic despite Lords vote on gay marriage
Originally published in Christian Today The Coalition for Marriage has said it will continue campaigning to save traditional marriage despite the House of Lords backing the Government’s plans to introduce gay marriage. Peers voted down an amendment to “wreck” the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill by more than two to […]
China plans to end house churches
Originally published in Worthy Christian News China’s closure of a dozen churches in Hainan Province while threatening to close many more strongly suggests that the Communist government has a clandestine plan to eliminate all unregistered house churches, according to the China Aid Association. “The government is carrying out its plans […]
Rise of radical Islam in Central Asia and Caucasus
Islamic extremism in Central Asia and the Caucasus will further increase in the next few years, predicts a new report by Anna Münster, a Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House. US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014, and expected regime changes in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan threaten to […]
Be faithful with the little….and the seeds will grow
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on week 8 of a 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] “Get wisdom, get understanding…do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you, love her and she will look after you…” –– Proverbs 4:5-6 With two weeks to go until my teaching practice is over, I’m starting […]
Wheels of justice wobbling along in Throp’s pro-life sticker case appeal
The wheels of justice are turning slowly and somewhat erratically, it seems, in the case of the appeal by Cape Town Christian pro-life activist Peter Throp against his conviction for damaging municipal property by placing pro-life stickers over illegal abortion stickers. Nearly four months after a Cape Town magistrate fined […]
Sibongile Sibeko music video releases today
Gospel singer Sibongile Sibeko is due to release her second music video, Bambelela (Hold On) today (June 7, 2013). The award winning artist wrote Bambelela with her producer Danny Antill, as a message of hope for young and old in difficult times, reports Brettian Productions. The video is hot on the […]
Holy Ghost film achieves funding record
Holy Ghost, the next documentary feature film to be made by Darren Wilson (Finger Of God, Furious Love, Father Of Lights) this week became the most-funded Christian film to date on the popular Kickstarter crowd funding platform, where 2 356 backers have contributed $356 655. Wilson who has just started […]
NMB Mayor snubs church leaders
Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor Ben Fihla has not responded at all to a letter sent to him on May 21 by church leaders requesting an urgent meeting about tensions between the political and administrative heads of the metro, a church leader confirmed on Tuesday. The letter, signed by senior church […]
Prayer power making impact in Eldorado drug battle
Zuma visit was turning point Prayer power is producing results in a battle to take a Gauteng town back from ruthless druglords, says a pastor at the frontline of the struggle. A turning point in the battle for Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg was reached when President Jacob Zuma […]