South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
On 12.12.12 worshipers around the world will unite in the second, annual Global Day of Worship — a 24 hour wave of worship across the globe from 7pm to 8pm in each of 24 time zones. The GDW was launched last year on 11.11.11. Once again GDW events will be […]
[notice]A monthly column by the Editor of Gateway News.[/notice] Three events in the last month of 2012 seem to capture something of three significant worldviews in our nation. Mangaung — the focal point of the power struggle for the top positions in the ANC. The Lady Gaga concerts in South […]
[notice]A fortnightly devotional based on everyday experiences.[/notice]You know the story of how Adam landed us in the dilemma we’re in—first sin, then death, and no one exempt from either sin or death…But Adam, who got us into this, also points ahead to the One who will get us out of […]
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] If you keep in touch with trends in Worship, especially congregational singing, you’ll be aware that Christmas carols and songs are disappearing from the December worship […]
Originally published in Times Live Just hours before the resumption of the Western Cape farmworkers’ strike, farmers in the Hex River Valley gathered at the gates of their farms to ask God for help. Their prayers, it seems, were heard. The area was calm yesterday, in stark contrast to last […]
Testimonies and photos of the day [notice]On Sunday (December 2) Christians gathered at the Union Buildings, Pretoria, to dedicate Gauteng and South Africa to the Lord in prayer. The event was the climax of a countrywide prayer campaign that was launched after the African National Congress dedicated South Africa to […]
Originally published in Contact Online Weblog Attempts to silence the free speech rights of a Christian provincial member of parliament in South Africa have been condemned by the Christian Peoples Alliance (CPA), a Christian democratic political party in Britain. The Hon Jo Ann Downs faces prosecution by the South African […]
DVD Review by Andre Viljoen 2012 PASSION: DVD MESSAGESGenre: Inspirational MessagesDistributed by Christian Art Media “You don’t need to wait to participate fully in the plans and purposes of God. It’s now that God can use you,” Louie Giglio says in his closing message in this collection of six, powerful […]
[notice]TARYN HODGSON of Africa Christian Action reports on an evangelistic outreach to Lady Gaga fans outside the Cape Town Stadium yesterday.[/notice] As thousands of Gaga fans descended on Cape Town Stadium yesterday (December, 3), an Outreach Team of 35 people from Christian Action Network, Concerned Young People and Christians for […]
Lawyer says no proof, accusers produce no evidence at appeal hearing By Open Doors News Accusers who say an Algerian Christian insulted Islam provided no evidence to a judge hearing the Christian’s appeal of his original sentence. Karim Siaghi, a convert to Christianity, was sentenced in May 2011 to five […]