South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[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 […]
[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 […]
[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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A group of Christian members of Parliament of England released the results of their research on “harassment of Christian converts in Iran” in a ceremony held in British Parliament. According to Mohabat News correspondent in London, after some months of study and investigation on the “current situation and harassment of […]
Originally published in Assist News Service Amid threats of further losses, classes resumed this month at a Khartoum Bible school and church compound that Muslim extremists torched in April, an area Christian source said. According to a story by Morning Star News, students and administrators at Gerif West Bible School […]