South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Report compiled from reports in Christian Post and Religion Today Anti-Islam film sparks protests A United States ambassador and three American citizens were killed by Muslim protesters and US embassies were attacked in Libya, Egypt and Yemen in a week in which the US marked the 11th anniversary of the […]
The Australian Christian Lobby has said that Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s decision to withdraw from speaking at an ACL conference because she took offense to a comment on homosexuality made by the group’s leader will be seen as an “abandonment of the Christian constituency.” ACL’s leader Jim Wallace compared the […]
It is that time of year again when Nelson Mandela Bay musicians look forward to the excitement of Kingfisher FM’s annual ‘Do You Rock?’- music competition. “This year we team up with partners that include home-grown brands like, Bay TV, Rap Studios, Rnoon Photography and Media Axis. Winners can also look […]
Christian Police Association (CPA) members from all over South Africa, shared their faith in Jesus Christ as they made a joyful noise during a street parade in downtown East London on Saturday, September 8. The event was the highlight of the four-day annual national congress of the CPA which was […]
A call has been made to South African Christians to join in a campaign of non-stop prayer for revival throughout 2013. Every local church, Christian organisation and ministry is asked to take one week next year to pray night and day for revival, social justice and salvation in their community, […]
The Pure Campaign — a Durban church’s creative response to the destructive sexual culture of today — enters its seventh year this month with Pure 2012 at His Church in Pinetown from September 28 to September 30. There is no charge to attend the public event which the organisers say […]
[notice]A monthly column by the Editor of Gateway News.[/notice] Recently I heard a radio discussion in which Christians were asked to set an example by obeying the petty laws that many people consider to be unimportant. Breaking minor laws leads to more serious transgressions and so contributes to the culture […]
Originally published in Christian Post A Bible used by Elvis Presley until his death in 1977 and containing his handwritten notes, thoughts, annotations and underlining was bought by an American man based in the U.K. for £59 000, or R780 000, at an auction in Cheshire on Saturday. The holy […]
Delegates at a recent human trafficking conference in Port Elizabeth were told how the trafficking and sexual abuse of a young boy in the 1990s had contributed to the imminent launch of a new ministry in PE. Gary Lewinson, founder and chairman of the anti-trafficking Vine of Judah Trust, said […]
[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 […]