South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Rugby Football Cricket Basketball Golf Grand Prix Rugby: IRB Internationals New Zealand 60 – 0 Ireland Hamilton, New Zealand Australia 20 – 19 Wales Sydney, Australia South Africa 14 – 14 England Port Elizabeth, South Africa Argentina 10 – 49 Italy Tucuman, […]
While the debate about religious holidays in South Africa’s calendar rages on, the powers that be should also look at political holidays. I think there are too many of them and their meaning has been lost to many of us. I mean when was the last time you celebrated Heritage […]
Originally published in AINA (AP) — Inside the besieged Syrian city of Homs, where hundreds of civilians are caught up in a fierce battle between rebels and government troops, a small group of Christians is making its own desperate pleas for safety. Christians, who make up about 10 percent of […]
Originally published in Christian Telegraph On Tuesday evening, June 19, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) celebrated the songwriters and music publishers behind the past year’s most-performed songs in Christian music during the organization’s annual Christian Music Awards, held at BMI’s Nashville offices on Music Row, reports Ginny McCabe, Special to ASSIST […]
Originally published in Charisma News Mosab Hassan Yousef, a Christian convert and the son of a Hamas leader, is now working on a movie about the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Yousef announced the project at a press conference in Jerusalem Tuesday. It was his first visit to Israel since he left […]
Originally published in Barnabasaid The authorities have ordered 20 churches in an Indonesian district to tear down their buildings; this follows the closure of 16 smaller Christian places of worship in the same district last month. Razali Abdul Rahman, the acting regent of Aceh Singkil in the semi-autonomous province of […]
[notice]Forget the solutions of the world, says columnist Pastor Bongani Mgayi; we have the answer that the world needs.[/notice]We all lament the lack of good leaders and organisations that will be above corruption and that will exist to serve society. We even fantasise about ousting the corrupt leaders and supplanting […]
Movie Review by Andre Viljoen LEFT BEHIND: WORLD AT WARGenre: Thriller World at War is the third of three movies based on the Left Behind book series (12 novels) by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B.Jenkins which have sold an incredible 65 million copies over the past 17 years. Based on […]
Learners and teachers in several Port Elizabeth primary schools have begun to pray together in an initiative that Port Elizabeth JOT teacher Paul Clough expects will spread like heavenly fire to every school in the city. Clough, who had a vision in February, in which he saw the city protectively […]
Renewed relationships is the focus of a national educational convention that aims to inspire Christian teachers to carry on teaching despite the overwhelming odds against the profession. “We are trusting the Lord to bring breakthroughs and healing in this specific area,” says Karen Erasmus, secretrary of the National Christian Teachers’ […]