South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By Bafana Modise, national spokesperson of South African Friends of Israel See also: Urgent, high-level Christian gathering in Israel will address antisemitism, replacement theology The South African Friends of Israel (SAFI) has taken a large South African delegation of Christian leaders to Israel to attend the Jerusalem Summit, a major […]
By Bafana Modise, National Spokesperson of South African Friends of Israel Every year on May 14, Israel commemorates Jerusalem Day, or Yom Yerushalayim, marking the reunification of Jerusalem in 1967 after the Six-Day War. For many around the world, it is a political anniversary. For Jews and Christians, however, the […]
By Bafana Modise, National Spokesperson of South African Friends of Israel The National Black Empowerment Council (NBEC), a well-respected US-based advocacy group known for its successful government lobbying efforts, recently met with the South African Friends of Israel (SAFI) and the South African Community of Faith-Based Fraternals (SACOFF) in Sandton, […]
By Bafana Modise, National Spokesperson of South African Friends of Israel South Africans are repeatedly told that the government’s foreign policy is rooted in human rights and solidarity with the oppressed. But when one follows the money, a very different story emerges: one in which ideological posturing takes precedence over […]
By Bafana Modise, National Spokesperson of South African Friends of Israel On a stretch outside the American Consulate in Sandton today, over 700 South Africans gathered, not for spectacle, but for conscience. Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, other voices of faith, and several citizens stood shoulder to shoulder with one message: […]
By Bafana Modise, National Spokesperson of South African Friends of Israel From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible tells one continuous redemptive story. At the heart of that story stands Israel. Scripture does not describe many covenant nations chosen for redemptive history. It speaks of one nation through whom God chose […]
The hatred directed towards Israel by the ANC and EFF during recent pro-Palestine marches in Tshwane is out of step with the sentiment of most South African Christians, said South African Friends of Israel (SAFI) spokesperson Bafana Modise in an interview today. “In South Africa, we pray to the God […]
A decision by the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) to declare Israel an apartheid state “is highly concerning” as it “portrays a false view of the conflict between the Palestinians and Israel,” says Bafana Modise, head of communications at South African Friends of Israel (SAFI). In the resolution passed […]
By Bafana Modise As a Christian who has travelled to Israel and who has had the opportunity to analyse the conflict between Palestine and Israel from both sides of the coin, it is truly upsetting that the very leaders who have taught the Bible to millions, have repeatedly allowed themselves […]