South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Post Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has waded into the same-sex marriage debate in Washington State with a $100,000 contribution to help defeat a referendum that would ban same-sex marriage. Gates, along with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, both made the same six-figure contribution said Zach Silk, campaign […]
Originally published in Christian Post Oscar Pistorius is headed to London to represent South Africa in the Olympics. The double-amputee is the first amputee track athlete to compete after being selected by South Africa’s Olympic committee. “Today is really one of the happiest days of my life! Will be in […]
Originally published by barnabasaid Three of Africa’s most violent Islamist groups, which have perpetrated deadly attacks on Christians and other targets, are linking up, signalling a mounting security threat on the continent. This was the assessment of General Carter F. Ham, commander of the US military’s Africa Command, speaking at […]
[notice]At a time when xenophobic outbursts put the spotlight on refugees in South Africa, columnist Pastor Bongani Mgayi challenges the Church in SA to look beyond our borders to the root issues that cause people to flee their home countries.[/notice]On the 20th of June every year people around the world […]
[notice] A fortnightly column by Johannesburg Business Editor, Patrick Kuwana. In today’s Kingdom Business he sketches a surprising scenario in which churches literally become the key to controlling the food industry.[/notice] In my article 2 weeks ago entitled Kingdom principles key to overcoming economic, financial turmoil I introduced the basic […]
Resolute Cape Town pro-life activist Peter Throp is calling on Christians to take action against the evil of abortion by placing “Value Life” stickers over “the plague” of illegal abortion advertisements all over South Africa. Throp and a small group of fellow activists wearing specially made t-shirts and armed with A6-size stickers […]
An Arab Christian leader serving in a closed, Islamic-ruled country will brief South Africans next week about the Arab Spring Revolution from a Christian perspective. He is a keynote speaker at INcontext Ministries’ youth and young adult oriented 23:59 Missions Conference which is being held in Kimberley (July 9), Port […]
David McGillivray, a 20-year-old leader at Oxygen Life Church in Port Elizabeth who will be attending the INcontext Ministries 23:59 Missions Conference next week, recently experienced a life-changing and faith-growing missions trip to Mumbai, India. He was part of a church team that went to support a local pastor working […]
In March this year the ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) came out in full support of decriminalised prostitution. Policies that failed dismally in other nations were touted as solutions for SA. The Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT) and their anti-family allies have been lobbying the ANCWL to push for legalised prostitution […]
International Christian sports media agency 2K Plus International Sports Media has launched a new devotional booklet for sports fans. “A Sporting Month With 2K Plus” is a collection of 28 brief, profound, challenging, and sometimes quirky, reflections from a Christian perspective, says 2K Plus in a press release. The author, […]