South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Few congregants turned up and many churches remained closed in Zimbabwe last Sunday following last week’s announcement by the government that churches could reopen but only for members who are fully vaccinated. The government announcement received a fairly cool reception from churches who noted that only 10% of the population […]
Church leaders and Christians are planning to stage a mass gathering on the lawns of the Union Buildings in Pretoria from 10am on Sunday to protest against the unfair treatment of the Church under lockdown which they see as an attack on Christianity. “We are going there to defend the […]
A church in Kampala and a representative from the Muslim community have commenced legal action challenging the Ugandan government’s ban on public worship after new national lockdown measures were announced on July 30. Under new regulations, malls, arcades, and business centres may open, with public transport functioning at 50% capacity. […]
Originally published in All Africa News Zimbabwe is reopening churches only to fully vaccinated congregants as the southern African country tries to encourage citizens to take Covid-19 jab. The latest move is seen as an attempt to fight vaccine hesitancy largely influenced by religious beliefs and misinformation. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s […]
Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) informed President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday that they have asked the Johannesburg High Court to hear their pending application challenging the complete ban on religious gatherings as a matter of urgency. In a letter addressed to the president and Minister of Cooperative Governance and […]
Churchgoers and Christian ministers gathered outside the Calgary Remand Centre in Alberta, Canada, in support of a pastor arrested for breaking coronavirus rules. Pastor Tim Stephens, from Fairview Baptist Church, was detained for the second time on 15th June after authorities discovered his church had been holding in-person services outdoors […]
ACDP MP Steve Swart says it is irrational that a church that can seat a thousand people should be restricted to 50 people in terms of current lockdown regulations. Addressing the parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs last week he said there is growing frustration in the […]
SA court challenge of ‘irrational’ ban on religious gatherings moving forward Houses of worship in California won a victory this week when a district judge permanently banned the state from imposing discriminatory Covid-related religious service restrictions. The court also ordered California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, to pay $1.35 million […]
In a letter sent to President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday, Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) asks for religious gatherings in South Africa to be allowed to open up to 50% of the capacity of their venues — without any numerical cap — subject to adherence to health and […]
The South African Council of Churches this week expressed concern at reports that government is considering stricter coronavirus lockdown regulations over the weekend and in Cape Town this morning a group of pastors are marching to Parliament to demand that churches be allowed to operate at full capacity. Last week, […]