Originally published in Christian Today Church leaders in Zimbabwe are asking for prayer ahead of elections taking place at the end of the month. The Zimbabwean Council of Churches (ZCC) is asking Christians around the world to pray that the elections on July 31 will not be marred by the […]
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Global Leadership Summit 2013 countdown: Meet the speakers — Mark Burnett
MARK BURNETT Four-time Emmy Award Winner; Executive Producer, Survivor, The Voice and The Bible Session 4: Unscripted Leadership Named one of The World’s Most Influential People, Time Magazine Producer of a renewed series on each of the four major U.S. television networks, with over 1,200 hours of programming that regularly […]
Study: world is turning more religious, atheism declining
Originally published in Christian Post A new study says the world is more religious now than it was four decades ago, and this trend will continue to 2020 and perhaps beyond even as the global share of the nonreligious is likely to witness a sustained decrease. The percentage of the […]
Dying teen’s ode to heaven tops music charts
Originally published in Charisma News A song about ascending to heaven written by a dying 18-year-old, has gotten 7.7 million YouTube hits and at one point reached No. 1 on the iTunes music charts. Zach Sobiech, who died in late May, wrote the farewell song “Clouds” as an ode, in […]
Sudan regime targeting church, foreign aid workers
Originally published in Baptist Press Security forces in Sudan reportedly are focusing on the removal of foreigners who work for hundreds of foreign aid organisations within its borders. The concern, raised by two workers in statements to Baptist Press, follows a report on religious freedom in predominantly Muslim Sudan released […]
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[notice]Musings around children’s ministry.[/notice]I have a huge backpack that I carry around daily. If you saw me walking by you’d probably think that I was going on a hike or something. I carry it because it is big enough to hold all of the things I need on a daily […]
Has convenience gone too far? US church has drive-thru prayer
Originally published in All Christian News.com If you don’t have time to go to church, you can always go to the Sonrise Worship Center in Lutz, Florida and follow the signs which read “Need God’s Guidance?” Drive-Thru Prayer: Turn Here,” and “Free Prayer Ahead,” and get someone to pray for […]
Double good news for Mighty Men in the Western Cape
Mighty Men in the Western Cape can look forward to two MMC events in the region in 2014. MMC Western Cape is joining forces with MMC Overberg to help them organise the next MMC Overberg which will be held at Tarentaalkraal between Greyton and Caledon from March 14 to 16. […]
David Cameron: ‘I want to export gay marriage around the world’
Originally published in The Telegraph David Cameron has said he wants “to export” gay marriage around the world. The Prime Minister spoke of his pride at legalising same sex marriage, just a year after explicitly giving a personal guarantee to do it by 2015 to a reception for the Lesbian, […]
‘Western media complicit in nightmare facing Christians in Syria’
Midguided US, Europe arming fundamentalist jihadists, say Christian sources [notice]In this biting report on the devastating situation in Syria, Italian journalist Alessandra Nucci writes that the rebel forces fighting against the regime of dictator President Bashar al-Assad are not fighting for democracy but to establish a radcial, Islamic state that would […]