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Originally published in Christian Today School kids who talk about Jesus or exchange Christmas cards with classmates could find themselves penalised under new proposals that would clamp down on references to Christianity on school campuses. The Australian reports that an unofficial policy is being floated among Queensland education officials to […]
Originally published in Charisma News On July 7, the internationally renowned Ark Encounter theme park south of Cincinnati will celebrate its first anniversary, continuing to welcome thousands of guests each day to the massive 510-foot-long (155 meters) reproduction of Noah’s Ark. On the completion of its excellent first year of […]
A monthly column bringing you frontline testimonies of what God is stirring up across the globe. By international revivalist from South Africa Lindy-Ann Hopley of Beautiful Witness Ministries. What have a cutting tool and an anime necklace got to do with Jesus? Read on to join Lindy-Ann in her latest […]
Photos: Keanan Messias and Joshua Cambell More than 5 000 young people from Cape Town and surrounds joined in worship, praise and renewing their lives in God at the #YTAUnite event at the Belville Velodrome last Saturday. Kyle driver, chairman of Youth Transformation Africa (YTA) said “we saw 5 000 young people lift […]
The annual Bonnaroo music festival in an open field in Manchester, Tennessee, draws tens of thousands of people from all of the US for four days of music, drugs, drunkenness and debauchery, says Larry Tomczak, in an article in Charisma News. Not exactly the sort of place for Christians to […]
Originally published in Urban Christian News A robot ‘preacher’ that beams lights from its hands and can give automated blessings to the faithful has been launched in the town that gave fame to Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Five hundred years after Luther published the Ninety-five Theses in Wittenberg, […]
Originally published in persecution.org A Christian pastor in Nigeria claims that more than 400 Fulani have converted to Christianity and that seven have been ordained as ministers. The claim was made at the end of a three day conference that was organised specifically for Fulani converts. The Fulani are a […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen Three years ago I reviewed Nabeel Qureshi’s first book, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus , in which this American born and bred former Muslim tells the fascinating story of his conversion to faith in the Jesus Christ of the bible. This process took several years during which […]
Originally published in God Reports The interior of Malaita in the Solomon Island chain had a long history of opposition to missionaries and other outsiders — sometimes violent resistance by the Kwaio tribal group. In 1927, 13 government officials from the UK were massacred by the Kwaio as they attempted […]
[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 […]