Originally published in Christian Post A pastor was killed and 11 others were wounded in Garissa in eastern Kenya on Sunday after suspected Islamist extremists attacked a church during the worship service with a grenade or other explosive. The blast took place at the Utawala Interdenominational church in the Administrative […]
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Giveaway Competition Week 3: Courageous novel
This week — the third in our four weeks of great Christian media giveways — the prize is a copy of the novel, Courageous, which is based on the popular and inspiring movie of the same name. The movie about four tough cops who discover that it takes more courage […]
Interactive course equips trainees to start businesses
[notice]Gateway News writer Gerschwin Langeveldt recently visited a church in the Cape Town township of Mfuleni where he caught up with local residents attending a course that equips them to start their own businesses. He also chatted to Laura and Bruce who run the business training in conjunction with an […]
Wisening up, not dumbing down, our worship
[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] “Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and […]
Ordinary (un)holy moments
[notice]A fortnightly devotional based on everyday experiences.[/notice] If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you. Proverbs 25:21-22 (NIV) It’s amazing what God […]
The power of prayer
My experience this weekend more than emphasised the power of prayer. Arlene and I narrowly missed a riot in Hawston on November 3 on our way to Hermanus where I preached at Bosko Church. Police and private vehicles were stoned and set alight on the road to Hermanus. Other property […]
Weekend Sports Results — November 5, 2012
Cricket Football Motor Sport SA Sports Awards Golf Cricket Dolphins v Cape Cobras Played at City Oval, Pietermaritzburg Dolphins 253/6 in 50 Overs (DA Miller 68*, D Smit 64, V Van Jaarsveld 63, Hendricks 3-50 & Langeveldt 2-50) lost to Cape Cobras 225/8 in 38.4 Overs (Puttick […]
Mighty Men Tartan awards for PE pair
Two Port Elizabeth men, who featured in news reports in Gateway News earlier this year were honoured at the weekend when they were presented with Mighty Men Tartan clothing in recognition of their community service. The stories about petrol attendant Hilton Essau who reaches out to the homeless, and newspaper […]
Church leaders seek education crisis meeting with government, unions
Faith-based leaders in South Africa want an urgent meeting with the Government and educational unions to seek solutions to the education crisis in the country. This was resolved at a two-day national “Hope for Education in South Africa” summit in Mangaung, Bloemfontein at which the leaders noted that an estimated […]
UK mother fails in Court of Appeal bid to halt her children’s adoption by homosexuals
Court of Appeal judges turned down a mother’s plea not to have her two children adopted by a homosexual couple. The mother of the two boys, aged four and six, appealed an earlier court decision that ruled she was incapable of looking after her children because of alcoholism, when she […]