South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry.[/notice] Browsing through some of the articles on Education in the secular press can make one feel discouraged! Limpopo is now under the spotlight after last year’s textbook scandal, and even though last year’s overall best matriculant came from Limpopo, it seems there is a lingering morbid […]
As the day to erect the giant Cross Of Hope at Van Stadens River bridge draws closer, project founder and coordinator Robbie Hift says he is deeply moved by the ongoing outpouring of public support for the initiative. The steel sections of the cross have been constructed and are with […]
[notice].Male rape has, for a long time, been almost completely unacknowledged, rarely reported and often scorned. How, after all, can a man possibly be raped? In the second article in a 4-part series, DIANNE STEVEN focuses on male rape and the law.[/notice] Male rape has been around for a long […]
By World Watch Monitor A three-month-old rebel uprising in the Central African Republic swept into the country’s capital Sunday, ousting the president and leaving ransacked Christian homes and churches in its wake. A source close to the Episcopal Conference of the Central African Republic told World Watch Monitor that many […]
Hundreds of Western Cape taxi leaders and church leaders trekked 500km to a high-accident stretch of road in the Central Karoo on March 21 to pray for an end to road accidents on the route between Worcester and Aberdeen, and for road safety over the Easter holidays. Showing remarkable resolve […]
Joy of Lord and power to forgive sustaining him — Abedini Originally published in God Reports Pastor Saeed Abedini, a US citizen of Iranian descent imprisoned in Tehran, tells of the torture he has endured for his faith as well as the joy that comes with forgiving his perpetrators in […]
[notice]Father Of Lights, is the final film in a trilogy of powerful God encounters that have impacted millions of viewers around the world. ANDRE VILJOEN interviewed director, Darren Wilson in Port Elizabeth this week, at the end of a two weeks Father Of Lights tour of South Africa.[/notice] Part of […]
Cheers went up as a backhoe tore down the barely finished walls of the Batak Protestant Church near Jakarta, Indonesia on Thursday. The pile of rubble that remained was only the latest setback to Christians trying to retain a toehold in the world’s most populous Muslim country. The church, in […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry.[/notice] I have yet another conference story to share…Last weekend the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) invited our ministry (Reaching a Generation) to one of their provincial conferences. I cannot describe how inspiring it was to see teachers share so passionately about what Christ is doing […]
[notice] A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych: the ninth in a series of reflections on the nine fruits of the Spirit (Galations 5:22-23)[/notice]Today, I attempt to bring you the final installment of my nine part series on the fruits of the Holy Spirit. I tread cautiously to try to pack […]