By Ben Johnson — Lifesite News Zambia has banned Marie Stopes International from performing abortions after discovering the NGO committed 490 illegal abortions in five months. The Abortions Act of 1972 permits abortion only to save the life of the mother, a condition that must be certified by three doctors. […]
Other News
‘Embrace reconciliation in Jesus Christ’, M’burg meeting told
When churches indulge in racism, hatred and divisions, they exhibit the height of hypocrisy –by preaching the powerful and all-liberating gospel of Jesus Christ– and yet failing to walk and reflect their talk through reconciliation. This warning was made by Reverend Sipho Sibisi, a pastor at Prophesy Ministries, a Pentecostal […]
Week 2 of Olympic Burn — Heavenly preview
[notice]Our weekly update from Sean Gooch, one of the worship leaders in the 30-day Olympic Burn in London (30 days of non-stop worship and prayer throughout the Olympics) at Cornerstone Church just 5km from the Olympic Park.[/notice] Just as 70 000 Olympic volunteers on Monday enjoyed a privileged preview of […]
Foot-tapping, sing-along gospel music
Music Review by Afrika Mhlophe MOSES MAHLALELA – Emthonjeni Record Label: BP Media Production Album Length: 12 Tracks, 53 minutes If you are a fan of African traditional gospel music then Moses Mahlalela’s offering Emthonjeni is an album you would want to listen to. The instrument backing on the first […]
Living under the line for 3 days
This week a few hundred members of a Cape Town church accepted a challenge to live for three days like 13 million South Africans live every day — under the international poverty breadline of less than R10 a day. Common Ground Church members were asked to spend no more that […]
Murder of Nigerian senator,doctor and church leader a blow to reconciliation
[notice]An Open Doors News profile on Gyang Dantong and his legacy to Nigeria’s suffering church.[/notice] He was among a handful of elected members of Nigerian government attempting to bury the more than 100 Christians killed just the day before, when Muslim gunmen had rampaged through several villages in Nigeria’s central […]
Worldwide petition against sexualisation of children
An international coalition of pro-family groups has launched a worldwide petition aimed at stopping the sexualisation of children through opposing so-called “comprehensive sexuality education programmes (CSE)”. In a related campaign, one of the coalition partners, Family Watch International (FWI), has urged supporters to sign an open letter to United Nations […]
Time to re-establish Christian based education
State run education in South Africa has been dominating media headlines for all the wrong reasons. Stable, functional and quality education appears to be deteriorating at an alarming rate. The Eastern Cape Education Department appears to lurch from one crisis to the next. Apparently text books in that province were […]
Blessed school reaching out with Word, music
[notice]A year ago we published a remarkable story “The school that God established” about a grassroots Christian school that came into being through the favour of God. Recently I visited the school again and found that it is indeed being blessed to be a blessing.[/notice] “God has blessed us with […]
Would you go skydiving?
[notice] A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych[/notice] Would you go skydiving? I certainly would not. The thought of throwing myself out of a plane absolutely terrifies me. However, I understand that to some people, the idea of plummeting to earth at dizzying speeds is an appealing one – something about […]