South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Faithwire Voters in Ireland swiftly rejected a governmental referendum aimed at redefining language in the nation’s constitution centering on the importance of marriage and the family. The country’s prime minister, Leo Varadkar, was surprised by the failure. “Clearly we got it wrong,” he said. “While the old adage is […]
A three-member task group of Dutch Reformed Church leaders from Namibia spent 15 hours in talks with senior DRC leaders in South Africa last week over differences that threaten to divide the denomination. The consultations were a sequel to a March ultimatum by the Namibian synod, giving the DRC leadership […]
Originally published in ADF International On August 25, former Minister of the Interior and serving Member of the Finnish Parliament, Päivi Räsänen, faced her third police interrogation in recent months. The reason for the summoning of the medical doctor, mother of five and grandmother of six: she publicly voiced her […]
Originally published in All Africa News The new Church of Uganda Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu on Sunday started his tenure in a colourful ceremony at Namirembe Cathedral in Kampala and made fresh vows never to accept gay marriages in the church. Archbishop Kaziimba said the church shall continue to emphasise […]
Originally published in Christian Newswire The United States’ second-largest Protestant denomination, the United Methodist Church, voted on Tuesday to strengthen its embrace of marriage between one man and one woman, laid out in the church’s so-called “Traditional Plan”. In an unexpected turn, the UMC’s delegates decided to reject the “One […]
South Africa’s first Mighty Families conference — a movement aimed at restoring and strengthening families — will be held near Bloemfontein in March next year on the same farm which hosted the It’s Time prayer day in May which was led by Angus Buchan and attended by about a million […]
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to participate and represent South Africa at the Global Convention on Life, Family and Honour in Seoul, South Korea. The Convention, which was convened and financially covered by the Body of Christ in South Korea, brought together Christian advocates from around the world […]
A monthly column in which Kwakanya Nazo shares stories, interviews and testimonies of people from all walks of life who are radical for Jesus and live to see change and transformation in and around them. This month in Chosen Kwakes Corner we get to speak to upcoming writer, Busisiwe Sholo, a […]
Originally published in Catholic News Agency A Washington florist fined for not serving a same-sex wedding out of conscience says the state’s Supreme Court “violated” her freedoms by ruling against her on Thursday last week. “What the court decided was that now the government has the power to separate me […]
Calls for ‘fresh thought’ to welcome gay congregants Originally published in Breitbart The Church of England’s doctrine on marriage will not be changed to accommodate same-sex relationships, but church teaching should offer “fresh thought” in line with society’s changed attitudes to sexuality, a report from the House of Bishops has […]