South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A Google search of the name Nelson Mandela yields 186 million pages. It is staggering how much information about this man exists out there. As an exercise I also googled my name and I was disappointed at the results. My consolation is that the former president is more than twice […]
Nelson Mandela Bay church leaders are hosting a workshop aimed at empowering church and NGO leaders to make informed decisions in order to address socio economic challenges in their wards. Professor Deon Pretorius, a development analyst, will conduct a morning workshop to teach participants how to use data from the […]
Tamryn Klintworth could have stepped into any prestigious law firm after completing her LLB degree cum laude, at the top of her class. But her heart was already on fire with a vision to win souls for Christ across Africa. She recalls how on her university awards evening in 2007 […]
BILL HYBELS Founder and Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church Founded The Global Leadership Summit, now in 530+ cities and 90 countries Senior Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, a pioneer in contemporary church strategy and one of America’s largest churches with more than 24,000 weekly attendees Committed to developing […]
Abortion clinic chain Marie Stopes, in partnership with tertiary institutions and the Department of Health, is launching a campaign aimed at ‘indoctrinating schools, colleges and universities about sexuality, contraceptives and abortion under the auspices of “reproductive health”,’ reports Africa Christian Action (ACA). Leader of Marie Stopes’ Blue Light Campaign, Ndi Mumbengegwi, […]
By Peter Saunders — Originally published in Christian Medical Comment — via Contact Online Weblog The moral status of the embryo is one of the key pressure-points in ethical debates about post-coital contraception, therapeutic cloning, pre-implantation diagnosis, artificial reproduction, embryo research and cloning. The issue, which has profound implications for medical […]
[notice]A response to what is happening prophetically in the world today — A monthly column by Julie de Lisle[/notice] God’s favour on youth at moment Last week I attended the four12 conference in Cape Town. The heart of Four12 is: to equip his people for works of service, so that […]
By World Watch Monitor These are dark days for the Muslim Brotherhood. But it has seen dark days before. For now, it has been shoved aside by Egypt’s military, which took up the cause of millions of protesters fed up with their country’s myriad problems, many of which they placed […]
Originally published by Fox News Egypt’s top military commander announced Wednesday President Mohammed Morsi had been ousted and replaced by the chief justice of the constitutional court as the interim head of state. In addition, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said the country’s constitution has been temporarily suspended and new elections would […]
Originally published in God Reports Kimberly McCarthy became the 500th person to be executed by the state of Texas on Wednesday since the death penalty was reinstated. In her final words, she said that she was “going home” to be with Jesus, and encouraged witnesses to “keep the faith.” “This […]