South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Music Review by Shelley Wasserman FOR THE SAKE OF THE WORLD – BETHEL LIVE (CD/DVD) Track Listing: To Our God (Brian Johnson) Our Father (Jenn Johnson) Everything To You (Spontaneous) (Jenn Johnson) This is Amazing Grace (Jeremy Riddle) You Have Won Me (Brian Johnson) I Really Love You (Spontaneous) (Brian […]
Christian groups plan baby safe, awareness campaign Staff at the Mamelodi City Dump say that they find dead babies discarded in the garbage every week and that the problem has been around for years. Patience Maselela, who has worked at the dump for 20 years and secretary, Ladia Ngobemi, who […]
Few days left for public to comment TopTV is at it again: attempting to launch porn channels a year after its first bid failed. And Christian family values organisation, Family Policy Institute (FPI) has called on the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) to deny TopTV’s latest application, saying […]
Open Doors publishes 50 worst persecutors list Persecution of Christians in Africa enormously increased in 2012, according to the Open Doors 2013 World Watch List of the 50 countries where Christians are most persecuted for their faith. Countries on the African continent sharply increased on the World Watch List, due […]
By Brian Stiller — Originally published in Christian Post “Twenty children killed.” It is a similar refrain to the early life of Jesus. King Herod ordered children under two killed in the Judean village of Bethlehem when he heard from the Persian travelers that a “king of the Jews” was […]
Originally published in Mohabat News An Iranian Christian convert and his team, have set a record as part of a symbolic action to protest against the “severe religious restrictions, and Christian convert persecution” and in support of all who have been harassed for their belief. They took a Christmas tree […]
By Michael Brown — Originally published in Charisma News In case you haven’t heard the news, there is a new edition of the King James Bible that rewrites eight key verses that speak against homosexual practice. It’s called the Queen James Bible (I kid you not), and the editors state […]
Originally published in Charisma News The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which focuses on constitutional and human rights law, announced Wednesday it is representing the wife of an Iranian-American pastor who is being held in an Iranian prison because of his Christian faith. Saeed Abedini, who converted to […]
Originally published in Charisma News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday his government would press ahead with expanding Jewish settlements around Jerusalem despite Western criticism of its plan to build 6,000 more homes in territory Palestinians seek for a state. In addition to several thousand housing units approved […]
Originally published in Morning Star News Gunmen in central Somalia on Saturday (Dec. 8) killed an underground Christian who had been receiving death threats for leaving Islam, area sources said. Two unidentified masked men shot Mursal Isse Siad, 55, outside his home in Beledweyne, 206 miles (332 kilometers) north of […]
