South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By Joseph G. Mattera — Originally published in Charisma News [notice]A New York church leader reflects on the root cause behind incidents like the terror attack on Monday in which two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 170, including two South African […]
Originally published in Charisma News Doctors gave Glenn Hicks a “death date.” He was diagnosed with stage 3 bone cancer on Dec. 14. Six weeks later, the cancer had spread and advanced to stage 4. According to the Enneking staging system for bone cancers, stage 3 means the cancer has […]
According to human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Justin Welby’s attitude to same-sex relationships is ‘still evolving’ Originally published in theguardian The Archbishop of Canterbury is in favour of extending civil partnerships to heterosexual couples, according to the veteran human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. Tatchell met Justin Welby on Thursday to […]
Originally published in Morning Star News The publicly reported Christian casualties in Nigeria last year were greater than the Christian casualties of Pakistan, Syria, Kenya and Egypt combined. In fact, Nigeria alone accounted for almost 70 percent of Christians killed globally. This makes Nigeria the most lethal country for Christians […]
Originally published in All Africa.com A group known as Northern States Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF) Wednesday in Abuja chided the federal government for giving in to the calls for grant of amnesty to members of Jam’atul Ahlis Sunna-lidawati Wal Jihad, also known as Boko Haram. Speaking at the opening of […]
During the first 12 weeks of the year, more than 120 groups participated in the ambitious ‘7 days on the wall’ campaign for non-stop prayer for revival throughout 2013. Some of the groups comprised up to 22 local churches working together in seeking spiritual breakthrough in their communities, says Daniel […]
It’s more than signs and wonders. It’s the glory realm, says evangelist [notice]ANDRE VILJOEN spoke to evangelist Todd Bentley who has been in Tongaat, KwaZulu Natal, since early this month, leading healing revival meetings that are being viewed by a worldwide television audience.[/notice] “I only expected to be in Tongaat […]
Verwerp nie homoseksueles nie, maar sonde Die Creare Christen Kuns Opleidingsentrum in Bloemfontein is vroeg verlede week deur die Menseregte Kommisie skuldig bevind aan diskriminasie teen homoseksueles as gevolg van stellings in sy beleid. Die stelling in die sentrum se beleid wat gelei het tot die bevinding is dat dienste […]
Israeli singer Yaniv D’Or picked up a protester who came on stage at an Israel Independence Day concert in Johanessburg and handed her to security. The protester was one of two who came on stage yesterday (April 17) while D’Or was singing at a concert titled “The Miracle of Israel: […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on Week 1 of a 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children (Matthew19:14, NLT) I recently embarked on a 10 week teaching experience in a school […]