South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Mission Network News After three years of incessant attacks on places of worship and other public places, Nigeria’s Boko Haram sect has called a truce. The price of the ceasefire: freedom for the arrested members of the group and the rebuilding of the destroyed mosque of its […]
When Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would resign at the end of this month, he not only got the attention of the whole world, but the whole world cared. Even detractors of the Catholic Church have to admit that is impressive. Reactions in Rome and around the world seemed […]
ONE Gospel, DStv channel 331, announced today it is is launching a new music hour called Classic Concerts featuring some of the most legendary Gospel concerts of the last decade. The programme starts from January at 14:00 and each lot will feature performances from Gospel artists that are as memorable […]
Project visionary shares faith journey lessons [notice]Jeffreys Bay publisher Robbie Hift says ‘God is a Waymaker’ who gives ‘impossible’ visions and is able to make them happen. The dream of erecting a giant ‘Cross of Hope’ opposite a bridge known for suicide death jumps is becoming a reality.[/notice] Two weeks […]
Cape Town pro-lifers joined thousands of Christians around the world yesterday in a ’40 Days for Life’ campaign of prayer, fasting and peaceful vigil to save lives. It is the first time that South Africa has participated in the campaign that is credited with saving thousands of babies lives since […]
A short film, iBalaclava, which was written and shot in the Du Noon township of Cape Town in a project spearheaded by a local church film and media team, will be featured in the Second Annual Jozi Film Festival taking place this weekend. iBalaclava is one of only 24 films […]
A 2008 John Bevere sermon message about the spiritual reward of honour started a young South African engineer on a mission to mobilise prayer support for the police throughout SA. “The lord has spoken to me about the responsibility we as the church of God have to honour and respect […]
SHOCKWAVE is an exciting global prayer movement, hosted by Open Doors, that focuses on uniting youth and young adults, from all over the world, together in prayer for the persecuted Church. The theme for SHOCKWAVE 2013 is ‘Prayer and Unity’ and over the course of March 1 to 3 “we […]
By World Watch Monitor The liberation of the main cities of Northern Mali has created a great sense of relief and joy in the country, but the task of reconstruction and reconciliation is huge. A month after the French offensive, the Malian and African troops have regained control of the […]
It is so amazing to see how God can connect people all over our country, as we saw last week during our outreach to Clarkson, a small Eastern Cape town between Storms River and Humansdorp, near the scenic Langkloof. Last year I subscribed to Gateway News after discovering it through […]