South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The Zzzz Lulla…Series, a CD/DVD combo of Bible verses and lullabies for little ones will launch in June, says Christian Art in a media release. The brainchild of Aletté-Johanni Winckler, wife of platinum award-winning singer-songwriter Heinz Winckler, the series consists of a LullaBible, CD and DVD in both English and […]
The South African Police Services special unit tasked with combating crime linked to occult activities was never disbanded. It merely went underground because the glare of publicity sometimes hindered investigations. This was disclosed to Gateway News by the Commander of SAPS Occult Crime Unit, Dr Attie Lamprecht, who said there […]
[notice]Next month US author and Christian leader John Burke is visiting South Africa to share an approach to evangelism that has helped thousands of people become disciples of Jesus. In this article another pioneer of effective evangelism in a post-modern culture, JAMES EMERY WHITE, provides some practical insights on this […]
[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] In a recent high level meeting of industry experts in the field of crime and justice, the […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on week 2 of 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] This week has been different from last week due to the union strike going on during the week. It was confusing who was meant to be on strike because while the majority of the staff turned up […]
Is there an agenda in South Africa to interfere with Christians’ rights to hold Biblical positions? This question was left hanging in the air last night after the screening of a televised interview with the principal of the Creare Training Centre in Bloemfontein which the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) […]
‘Day of shame for SA’, ‘Victory for evil’, say critics The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has approved Top TV’s application to launch three pornographic channels, provoking shock and dismay from Christian organisations that campaigned against the broadcaster’s porn plans. Announcing its decision to licence Top TV to […]
If Boko Haram is granted pardon, will justice be done? Will Christians in Nigeria be safe? By World Watch Monitor A month ago, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said he would not negotiate with the militant Islamic sect Boko Haram because they were “ghosts,” faceless adversaries who would not step forward. […]
Leading United Kingdom Old Testament scholar, Dr Chris Wright will be running a one-day seminar in Rivonia, Johannesburg on SaturdayJune, 1. Wright, who is the chief architect of the Cape Town Commitment, the most influential evangelical document since the original Lausanne Covenant in 1974, will teach on preaching the Old […]
Open Doors Newsflash The eastern Kenyan town of Garissa has seen yet another incident of violence. It appears that gunmen walked into a restaurant this past Thursday and sprayed bullets on the guests. The latest reports to Open Doors indicate that nine people have died. The motive for the attack […]