South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
In December last year, I wrote a piece about Lethebo Rabalago, a so-called prophet who gained notoriety for spraying his congregants with the insecticide Doom to heal them. Now the latest ‘prophet’ to bring disrepute to the Christian faith is Timothy Omotoso. This Nigerian national was recently the subject of […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] In the light of the recently ended Justice conference and my recent reading of the book Rethinking Social Justice by Darrow Miller, I thought it would be appropriate to pen some thoughts on the issue of social justice […]
Alf James interviews Torben Sondergaard, a Danish author and leader of ‘The Last Reformation’, a discipleship training movement that is making an impact around the world. He also talks to a South African couple who train disciples in New Zealand and a South African man who attended a recent Kickstart […]
Rocky turns to the Rock, and runner finds a new direction I never expected to have something in common with tough-guy movie star Sylvester Stallone. But it turns out that — in more ways than one — we have walked the same path! Both of us have slept at a […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] Unsurprisingly, 2017 has already presented a host of challenges to the church. As believers, we often don’t know where to start. We often end up silently going along with what is wrong with the world, knowing deep down, […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] In my line of work, I am approaching a very emotional time of the year. Leading a church that is mostly made up of university students, we are about to say our goodbyes to a good number of […]
Conflict exposes need for discipleship and unity among Christian students Hundreds of students, parents and Christian leaders worshiped God together and prayed together at a joyful, Spirit-filled prayer service at NMMU (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University) in Port Elizabeth on Sunday night. For a few precious hours the rainbow nation — […]
“I had given up hope a long time ago on finding a job when I received the phone call letting me know about the Life Skills training. I had nothing coming in except the social grant for my 3-year-old son, so I had begun to sell fish in the community […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] Few things are as powerful as the desire to live a significant life and ‘change the world,’ especially as a young Christian living in South Africa. I recently had the privilege of taking some young people away for […]
[notice]A monthly Christian sport column by Cobus Kruger, a professional triathlete who is passionate about evangelism, leadership and community development through sport.[/notice] Last weekend we saw thousands of people competing in this year’s Comrade’s Marathon. All of them had a goal of some sort and wanted to succeed… Why? As […]