Originally published in Christian Today Mathayo Kachili, pastor of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God church in Buseresere, Tanzania, was reportedly beheaded by a group of religious extremists in an attack on the church on 11 February. This was revealed by the AG News which quoted Mike McClaflin, AG World Missions […]
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Church, civil society tackling xenophobia
The South African Council of Churches (SACC) and the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CZC) will be standing together against xenophobia when they host a public meeting in Musina on Tuesday, February 26. The meeting in the Limpopo town on the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe follows an anti xenophobia […]
UK urban mission pioneer visiting SA
Christian evangelist and founder of one of the UK’s most significant youth ministries, Andy Hawthorne OBE, is to visit South Africa next month to speak at a series of church gatherings and to meet with local leaders. Hawthorne founded The Message Trust in 1992. It has grown to become one […]
Hopeful reflections on Oscar Pistorius
[notice]As the SA justice system weighs the events surrounding the tragic shooting of Reva Steenkamp, SIFISO MABENA says that for Christians the end of the matter is not whether Oscar Pistorius committed murder or made a dreadful mistake. As children of God we are called to a different way of […]
Book challenges hearts of Christian teachers
Book Review by John Shortt First Class: The calling and impact of a Christian teacher (There is also an Afrikaans version called: Eerste Klas: Die roeping en impak van ‘n Christen-Onderwyster) This book is a real gem. It is packed with practical advice for the teacher but, at the same […]
Principals’ job to reconnect teachers with Godly calling — author
The role of Christian school principals is to reconnect teachers with their calling from God, said teacher and author Werner Cloete at the launch of his book, First Class — the Calling and Impact of a Christian Teacher. Teachers who rediscovered their Godly calling would follow the example of missionary […]
More pragmatism, less debate, needed to confront injustice
[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] Whilst reflecting on the past two weeks’ media coverage of tragic events playing out in South Africa, […]
Seeing opportunity in SA’s problems
How do we view the things happening in our beloved country at present? When we open our newspapers and read of yet more murders, rapes, fraud, and road deaths, to say nothing of a government that has failed to deliver on so many fronts, what is our reaction? Do we […]
Terror hits the Indian Ocean tourist island of Zanzibar
By Apolinari Tairo — Originally published in ETN Christians on the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar are living with fears following frequent attacks and the Sunday (February 17) brutal killing of a Catholic priest on this Muslim-dominated island. Gunmen have shot dead a Catholic priest, Father Evarist Mushi, at the […]
‘Welcome gays into Church but tell them the truth’
[notice]Johanita Jordaan shares her personal experience of encountering the church when she was a lesbian, and offers her opinion on how to reach out to homosexuals with the love of Christ.[/notice] After reading the article “Church will be asked to accept gays” in which it is reported that the Dutch […]