South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The heart-rending interview I conducted with three ex-prostitutes at Victory Outreach Ministries in Cape Town again revealed the awesome redemptive power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Their harrowing tales of exploitation and inhuman abuse each ended with a powerful testimony of what God can do through obedient vessels willing […]
By Open Doors News Rimsha Masih and her family will remain in Pakistan after her legal ordeal is over, one of her lawyers says. The teen-aged Pakistani girl, whose arrest in August on suspicion of desecrating Islamic texts, is due to appear in an Islamabad juvenile court on October 17. […]
[notice]EXPOSED, an international Christian campaign aimed at exposing and tackling corruption is being officially launched in London today. Dr Dion Forster, International Co-ordinator of EXPOSED, explains how Christians in South Africa can participate.[/notice]Unashamedly Ethical (UE), a South-Africa-based movement that promotes ethics around the world, is a founding partner of the […]
[notice] A fortnightly column by Johannesburg Business Editor, Patrick Kuwana. [/notice] In the last month God has given me the privilege of traveling to the USA to meet Kingdom investors and to participate in numerous meetings and forums to discuss economic transformation. I don’t have enough space to outline all […]
An estimated 20 000 people attended the Passion worship event at Cape Town’s Green Point Stadium on Saturday night (October 6). Louis Giglio, Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman and Christy Nockels were involved in facilitating the night. However, from the start of the conference the focus was on the heart of God, […]
City of Cape Town sticks to rigid application of bylaw Christian pro-life activist Peter Throp has told the Mayor of Cape Town, Patricia de Lille, that his moral conscience will not allow him to stop placing Value Life stickers over illegal abortion advertisements. Throp’s sticker campaign has earned him […]
The role and readiness of churches for equipping Christians for workplace ministry is explored in the latest report released by Christian marketplace initiative Call 42. The report is based on a national online survey of 1 300 Christians and includes responses to questions posed specifically to some 200 church leaders […]
Approximately 550 jubilant anti-abortion protesters braved relentless, pouring rain to take part in the National March for Life in Umhlanga, Durban on Sunday (October 7). [EasyGallery id=’nalmarchforlife’] Pro-lifers of all ages walked, singing and making declarations for 4 km around Gateway Mall, Umhlanga, at times stopping traffic while they crossed […]
Originally published in Charisma News Millions of Christians united across denominational, cultural, and political differences yesterday (Sunday) as part of The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem (DPPJ). As its name suggests, the purpose of the prayer rally was to intercede for the city God calls His own […]
[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 spiritual […]