South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Voice of Martyrs Thirty-five Christians have been arrested in Eritrea for conducting prayer meetings. The latest arrests dash hopes of a change of heart towards Christians in that country, where many have been imprisoned for their faith since Eritrea closed most of its churches in 2002. The […]
Originally published in Christian Today Christians are being called to pray for their fellow believers living in persecution hotspots after last Sunday’s bomb attack on an Indonesian cathedral. The blast in Makassar injured 20 worshippers as they were leaving a Palm Sunday service held at the start of Holy Week. […]
Originally published in CBN News A Christian’s five-year prison sentence for reposting a cartoon of the Islamic prophet Muhammad to his Facebook page three years ago has been upheld by an Algerian court. Morning Star News (MSN) reports Farid Khemisti, the man’s attorney, said his client received the stiff sentence because […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Eritrea has freed 21 female Christian prisoners but the country’s forces stand accused of attacking churches in the troubled Tigray region of neighbouring Ethiopia. The women, all reportedly young mothers, had been held in an island prison on the Red Sea since last August. […]
Originally published in Christian Headlines A Christian leader in Sudan was detained and beaten last Friday for speaking out against the burning of a church building, sources said. Masked men believed to be national security personnel seized Osama Saeed Kodi, chairman of the Christian Youth Union of Al Jazirah state, […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News A court in Pakistan has ruled that a 12-year-old Christian girl who was kidnapped and forced to marry a 45-year-old man can return home to her family. In what Christian religious freedom charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) calls a stunning court […]
Originally published in The Christian Post An association of churches and Christian clergy has demanded an investigation after unidentified arsonists destroyed five churches and threw human feces onto the buildings in one village in western Kenya, according to reports. St Monica Church in Otamba village in Nyaribari Chache area of […]
Originally published in Christian Today Dozens of Christians have been freed from prison in Eritrea after being held for years without charge. Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reports that the Christians — 70 in total -= came from evangelical and orthodox backgrounds, with prison sentences ranging from two to 12 years. […]
Episode 5 in a weekly series in which music industry personality and Worship South Africa exco member Julita Kok reports back on a recent SA road trip in which she handed the steering wheel over to Jesus There is a huge difference between reading about God and His character in […]
Originally published in Uganda Christian News A Muslim mother in Obutete village, Agule County in Pallisa District, Uganda, has renounced Islam, after visions of Jesus in a life-changing dream. Mansitula Buliro, 45, was on January 13 preparing for Isha prayers with her husband when she had a vision of Jesus, she said. “During […]