South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Also see commentary by Afrika Mhlophe: https://gatewaynews.co.za/when-artistic-licence-gets-pushed-too-far-afrika-mhlophe/ A Kwa-Zulu Natal matric pupil whose art is at the centre of a social media storm for being blasphemous says his sketches and sculptures “are a far cry from the satanic panic some people claim it to be”. In a statement released on […]
By Andrew Selley (Founder of FOR SA, & Leading Apostle in Four12 global partnership of churches) & Advocate Nadene Badenhorst (Legal Counsel, FOR SA). In Gateway News the last two weeks, FOR SA published Part 1 and Part 2 of a 3-part series on why religion (and especially the Church) cannot […]
By Andrew Selley (Founder of FOR SA & Leading Apostle in Four12 global partnership of churches) & Advocate Nadene Badenhorst (Legal Counsel, FOR SA) In Gateway News last week, FOR SA published the first article (Part 1) in a 3-part series on why religion cannot be regulated or even “self-regulated”, as […]
By Andrew Selley (Founder of FOR SA & Leading Apostle in Four12 global partnership of churches) & Advocate Nadene Badenhorst (Legal Counsel, FOR SA) In Gateway News two weeks ago, Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) reported on the CRL Rights Commission’s current investigation into the “commercialisation” of religion and […]
On Tuesday, November 17, Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA), along with leaders from various religions and faith communities, participated in a meeting convened by the Commission for Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Commission, a state institution established in terms of Chapter 9 of the Constitution) […]
An investigation by the Commission for Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) into the commercialisation of religion has angered respected church leaders in Gauteng who recently received summonses ordering them to attend hearings or face a year behind bars. The CRL has subsequently apologised to the church leaders […]