Christian leaders from South Africa and other parts of the world are expected to attend the 18th annual KwaSizabantu Ministers’ Conference in KwaZulu-Natal from Monday March 4 to Wednesday March 6. The conference, which is held alternately in Europe and South Africa is usually attended by more than 1 000 […]
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Pope resigns, saying he no longer has strength to fulfill ministry
Originally published in Charisma News Pope Benedict said today he will resign on February 28 because he no longer has the strength to fulfill the duties of his office, becoming the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to take such a step. The 85-year-old pope said he had noticed that […]
Arab training camp teaches love, not hate
Originally published in God Reports Nestled in the beautiful countryside of Spain is an Arab training camp. Not the kind of camp you have recently heard of coming out of the Arab world, but a training camp that empowers Arab Christian nationals, equipping them with the mighty Word of God. […]
19 Christian children rescued from trafficker intending to sell them to radical Islamic centres
Originally published in Persecution Blog International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that 19 children, who were to be sold to fundamentalist Islamic boarding schools (madrassas), have been rescued. Traffickers lied to the children’s parents, saying they would take the children to Christian boarding schools in Dhaka, when in fact, they […]
National Review: China’s Christians thrive, despite increase in persecution
Originally published in Chinaid News Throughout 2012, Chinese persecution of Christians intensified, according to a new report from ChinaAid, a Texas-based organization that monitors religious freedom. The number of persecution cases increased in 2012, the seventh consecutive year where there’s been an uptick. But despite that persecution, Christianity is thriving […]
Lawyers: US Pastor being tortured in Iranian prison
Originally published in CBN News The American Center for Law and Justice says Iranian-American Pastor Saeed Abedini is being tortured in an Iranian prison and have filed an appeal on their client’s behalf. Abedini is serving eight years in a brutal Iranian prison because of his Christian faith. The Iranian […]
We are two years old today!
Gateway News turns two today. Thank you Lord for keeping us going and growing through this time and for sustaining our appetite for the “impossible”. Thank you too to every person and organisation who has supported us with prayers, encouragement, news, writing, admin assistance, talent, wisdom, advertising support and donations. […]
Novel based on popular October Baby movie
Book Review by Val Viljoen OCTOBER BABY by ERIC WILSON October Baby is the novelisation of the 2011 film of the same name. It is a fictitious account of how 19 year old Hannah finds out that not only is she adopted, but she is the survivor of a botched […]
Author offering divorce recovery course in Cape Town
‘Flying In Recovery‘ author and radio presenter Helen Phillips is running her next divorce recovery course at CCFm Radio Station in Muizenberg, Cape Town, starting on Saturday, March 2, from 09h30 to 12h30. There were some ‘wonderful healings’ on the last course, says Phillips, who says she is repeating the […]
Pro-life sticker activist Throp ‘gagged’ with conviction and suspended sentence
Cape Town Christian pro-life activist Peter Throp was today found guilty today of damaging municipal property and fined R5 000 or three months imprisonment, suspended for five years. Sentencing him to double the R2 500 fine he received on Septermber 30, 2012, for placing pro-life stickers over illegal abortion stickers, […]