South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
I write this update from Durban, where I am speaking at three Victory Christian Academy Award Ceremonies. Arlene and I are amazed at the academic excellence produced by Christian education. The superior quality of education and Christ-like character instilled in young people at VCA and other Christian learning institutions – […]
Hope for education in South Africa is the theme of a two-day education summit that started in Bloemfontein today. About 35 faith and civil society leaders are attending the National Religious Association for Social Development (NRASD) consultation which is exploring ways for successful private educational models to benefit dysfunctional public […]
Equipped for better relationships Vernuwing in verhoudings onder onderwysers, kinders en ouers is sekerlik die eerste stap in ‘n nuwe rigting in Suid-Afrikaanse skole. Die vierde Nasionale Christen Onderwysers Konvensie (NCOK) is die naweek by Oranje Meisies Skool in Bloemfontein gehou en het juis hierdie aspek van die land se […]
Organisers of the upcoming National Christian Teachers’ Convention (NCTC) in Bloemfontein believe that God wants to do something significant in the area of refreshing and restoring relationships. “We really feel that the Lord wants to touch and restore every aspect of a teacher’s relationships — in the prayer room with […]
‘Engage’ fatherhood restoration movement spreading among schools During 2010 a Stellenbosch high school for boys ran a Christian character development programme for their learners. Little did they imagine that they were about to discover a truth that would give birth to a movement that aims to inspire schools to use […]
State run education in South Africa has been dominating media headlines for all the wrong reasons. Stable, functional and quality education appears to be deteriorating at an alarming rate. The Eastern Cape Education Department appears to lurch from one crisis to the next. Apparently text books in that province were […]
[notice]A year ago we published a remarkable story “The school that God established” about a grassroots Christian school that came into being through the favour of God. Recently I visited the school again and found that it is indeed being blessed to be a blessing.[/notice] “God has blessed us with […]
Renewed relationships is the focus of a national educational convention that aims to inspire Christian teachers to carry on teaching despite the overwhelming odds against the profession. “We are trusting the Lord to bring breakthroughs and healing in this specific area,” says Karen Erasmus, secretrary of the National Christian Teachers’ […]
Backpacks of Blessing, an international Christian ministry that blesses underprivileged communities by providing schoolchildren with backpacks containing stationery and basic school supplies, recently completed its first outreach in the Eastern Cape. Ministry representatives Louis Foord and Carel Strydom scompleted a 2 000km road trip between Port Elizabeth and Alice in just […]
God drew my attention to the challenges facing education when I addressed the Assembly at Plettenberg Bay Christian School recently. Christian education is desperately lacking in SA. Despite Christian schools providing excellent Bible-based education, many of them are struggling to survive. Apparently, Christian parents prefer to place their children in […]