South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
At the beginning of the year a group of Christian leaders and intercessors facilitated a prayer for the Western Cape taxi industry. Taxi leaders had approached the Church to host this prayer after two of the senior leaders from the two biggest taxi associations were invited to a day of […]
Shinya Yamanaka, fresh from the Nobel Prize for medicine, states that science and ethics must go hand in hand. Interviewed by the Mainichi Shimbun after the award, he said: “I would like to invite ethical experts as teachers at my laboratory and work to guide iPS [induced pluripotent stem] cell […]
[notice]A monthly column by the Editor of Gateway News.[/notice] Recently our church, the Storehouse, ran a preaching series called “Living Well in SA”. In the first preach we were told that ‘Africa is not for sissies’. Indeed, we heard that we who live in South Africa need much more courage […]
[notice]A fortnightly column by Elfrieda Fleischman, Concerned Young People in SA (CYPSA). [/notice]Many find themselves in the grip of porn. Maybe you yourself have fallen into its trap. You were not looking for it…it just came your way, as you were opening a website and now the thoughts remain. You […]
[notice]A fortnightly devotional based on everyday experiences.[/notice] Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes. Matthew 6:34 (MSG) I’VE […]
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, […]