South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Hurriyet Daily News (via Contact Online Blog) Spain’s conservative government plans to ban abortions, overturning a two-year-old law allowing terminations on demand, a justice ministry source told Reuters, in a move likely to galvanize support among its core voters. The previous Socialist government passed a law in […]
Originally published in WND Sources confirm North Korea has eased or lifted a number of restrictions for citizens since Kim Jong Un succeeded his father, Kim Jong Il. Kim Jong Il’s tenure as dictator was marked by intense persecution of Christians, including imprisonment of generations of a family for a […]
Love Bombs short films have been dropping and creating waves in Cape Town’s Labia theatre since last Thursday. Currently the Love Bombs comprise three different short films which highlight the message of God’s grace in a relevant and fresh way. The response has been overwhelming with most nights sold out. […]
The United Care Centre at Kleinskool, Port Elizabeth was abuzz on Women’s Day, today, when about 150 women from different congregations came together and cried out to God for peace in the area. This came after revenge killings between gangs flared up recently, despite a peace agreement which was negotiated […]
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University student Jonty Weitz created this unique inspirational video through the random addition and selective retainment of 20440 images. His topical techno-creativity was done as an honours project at the Department of Computing Sciences (Port Elizabeth, South Africa).
More than 2 400 viewers responded to an advertisement offering help to women in crisis pregnancies, which aired over 50 times on Black Entertainment Television (a US cable network) during summer 2012. “Women deserve to know about the compassionate help that is available to them, and this campaign accomplished just […]
Originally published in barnabasaid Church leaders in Egypt have criticised Islamist President Mohammed Morsi’s new government, saying that is fails to fairly represent the country’s sizeable Christian minority. Following his election in June, Morsi had promised an inclusive administration, saying that his ministers would represent a cross-section of society. He […]
[notice] A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych[/notice]The other day I arrived at work to find my colleagues huddled around a computer screen looking at a photo of a giant French lop. I am not sure what image your mind conjures up at the thought of a giant French lop, but […]
[notice]Allan Verryenne, an elder on staff at the Storehouse Church in Port Elizabeth, sent us the following report on a recent New Covenant Ministries International outreach to a remote part of Africa where churches and missionaries seldom reach. It is our pleasure to publish his report word-for-word and picture-by-picture. Thanks […]
‘Engage’ fatherhood restoration movement spreading among schools During 2010 a Stellenbosch high school for boys ran a Christian character development programme for their learners. Little did they imagine that they were about to discover a truth that would give birth to a movement that aims to inspire schools to use […]