South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in CBN Evangelist Franklin Graham preached the powerful message of the Gospel to more than 400 000 people over the weekend in a massive public square that was once infamous for its Communist rallies. Hundreds of thousands of people worshipped Jesus at Meskel Square for the “Encountering God […]
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin — by Elizabeth Kendal Background: the battle for Ethiopia God is forever at work in this world; and forever his work is both old and new. It is old in that his message has never changed: “repent and be reconciled to God”, yet new in that […]
By Steve Warren — Originally published in CBN News An Ethiopian Christian leader says it’s time to launch an international inquiry after hundreds of Christians were murdered – including pregnant women, children, and whole families – by Muslim extremists in parts of the Oromia regional state since the end of […]
Originally published in Religion News Service Eritrean Christians and human rights advocates are cheering the release of 35 Christian prisoners as a new peace pact between Eritrea and Ethiopia takes hold this month. But hundreds remain imprisoned in Eritrea under harsh conditions stemming from a war in which members of […]
Six hundred and fifty people gave their lives to the Lord during a Christmas mission led by African Enterprise in Dessie in north-eastern Ehtiopia — one of the most unreached and gospel-resistant areas of the country. A total of 6 720 people were reached with the gospel from December 20 […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Seven Ethiopian Christians have been arrested and detained in the north-western town of Chagni on suspicion of praying against the government. A local source told World Watch Monitor the seven men, members of the Meserete Kiristos church, were followed and overheard by a local […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Ethiopia’s northern Tigray State is considering adopting a new law that would restrict Christian activities to within official church compounds, rendering illegal the activities of smaller churches that do not own their own buildings and gather in houses. The law, if passed, would most […]
Originally published by World Watch Monitor. In Ethiopia, three teenage Christian girls have been arrested following the distribution of a Christian book in the town of Babile, about 550km east of the capital, Addis Ababa. Babile is close to the historic walled city of Harar, also known as the City […]