Throp says he will go to court rather than pay R2 500 fine Cape Town pro-life activist Peter Throp has been served with a notice to pay a R2 500 fine for placing anti-abortion, Value Life stickers over illegal abortion advertisements in Belville. He told Gateway News that he […]
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PE pastor scoops US record deal
By Daryn Wood — Walmer Algoa Sun A Port Elizabeth pastor and worship leader has hit the right note after signing an international deal that will see his albums being sold across the United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. Mark Scholtz, 34, returned from Los Angeles last month after […]
God gee Bertie ‘n nuwe naam
Deur Chris Smith — Oorspronklik gepubliseer in Kerkbode Baie Suid-Afrikaners ken die akteur Hennie Smit as die sagmoedige Bertie van die sepie Egoli, maar God het aan “Bertie” ’n nuwe naam gegee – en ’n nuwe kans in die lewe. Nadat Egoli van die kassie verdwyn het, wou dinge maar […]
Onderwysers toegerus vir vernuwing
Equipped for better relationships Vernuwing in verhoudings onder onderwysers, kinders en ouers is sekerlik die eerste stap in ‘n nuwe rigting in Suid-Afrikaanse skole. Die vierde Nasionale Christen Onderwysers Konvensie (NCOK) is die naweek by Oranje Meisies Skool in Bloemfontein gehou en het juis hierdie aspek van die land se […]
Obama staff feared Libya attack was terrorism, not mob
Originally published in News Max Obama administration officials admitted on Thursday that they were concerned after the White House began saying that the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya was spontaneous and not the work of terrorists. Events were too uncertain, and suspicions had been aroused, officials told […]
Marriage and family life on decline in SA — SAIRR
Family life in South Africa is characterised by a decline in marriage, and marked increases in the number of single-parent households, children growing up without a father, orphaned children, and teenage pregnancy. This is according to updated statistics published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in the most […]
From Africa to Asia, offended Muslims vent anger at Christian churches
Believers assaulted, churches burned, and websites hacked By Open Doors News Across much of the Muslim world, more than two weeks of backlash to the internet video “Innocence of the Muslims” has occasionally been directed at Christians, from computer hacks to church burnings. It can be difficult to sort deliberate […]
The treacherous road to Mangaung
The road to the ANC elective conference in Bloemfontein is littered with uncertainties. Firstly most of us are uncertain who will emerge as the next president of the ANC when the December conference finishes. As a matter of fact we are not even certain who the candidates are, except the […]
Passion Conference breaks age barrier in SA
Strobe lights and a passionate Old Testament scripture reading kicked off the conference in Centurion Wednesday night. Chris Tomlin, an American Christian Contemporary Music Artist, performed as the crowd sang along with him in worship. “I have never worshiped Jesus from a cricket stadium,” Louie Giglio, pastor, speaker and founder […]
Suicide bomb in Nigeria church kills five, injures dozens
In yet another bombing targeting Christians in Nigeria, four people and the suicide bomber were killed and more than 48 people were injured outside a Catholic church in the northern city of Bauchi on Sunday. The suicide bomber, suspected to be a member of the Islamist terror outfit Boko Haram, […]