South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By Phil Cooke — Originally published in Charisma News For hundreds of years as missionaries took the gospel to the ends of the earth, depending on the culture they encountered, the Christian community allowed them enormous latitude into how they chose to present the message. For instance, when a missionary […]
A housing protest in front of the Port Elizabeth City Hall took a surprising turn yesterday morning (Wednesday, October 29) when an evangelist, Brendon Slabbert, got permission to address the crowd. Slabbert who is a city businessman and student at the Word of Faith Bible Institute says he was busy […]
A new end-time apostolic movement, the 21 Partnership under the banner of “One Voice, One Vision “, is inviting Port Elizabeth church leaders from all denominations to join them at their Fire Conference from October 17 to 19, 2014 at the Dower College sports field. According […]
A music concert, soccer match, film festival and a gala evening are all part of the International Human Trafficking for Africa Conference from October 13 to 17, 2014 at the Rocklands Centre in Simonstown, Cape Town. Organised by MeCHAT (Media Campaign Against Human Trafficking), the conference aims to motivate individuals […]
Originally published in Christian Telegraph Russian President Vladimir Putin is causing tension between Russia and Ukraine to increase. Yesterday, Putin warned Ukraine that if they moved forward on a European Union trade deal, there would be a price to pay, reports MNN. According to reports, Putin says Russia will put […]
As Christians we are often unaware of the effect we have on other people and wonder if there is any purpose in much of what we do, said David Cape, who over the last 26 years has walked thousands of kilometres through more than 30 nations carrying a cross and […]
The explosion of mobile phones in Africa is opening up new ways of doing evangelism. The potential for this will be investigated at a two-day event in Pretoria on October 17 and 18, 2014. The event is the initiative of the movement, Indigitous, whose aim is to connect people to […]
Saeed Abedini, who is serving an eight-year sentence in a brutal Iranian prison for his Christian faith, came to Christ at age 20. A devout Muslim at the time, he had found a Bible and started reading it. One night, he was awakened three times by a voice that said, […]
Compiled from reports by African Enterprise Team The opening night of the Fired UP! Mission to the University of Pretoria went off with a “big bang” with over 2000 students and members of the public attending an event headed up by Christian R & B singer Loyiso Bala and the […]
I have just returned from attending Fired-Up 2014, an outreach mission at Pretoria University. The mission with the tagline “Can you stand the heat” is taking place from August 24 to 29, 2014. I spoke on Monday the 25th on the subject ‘Should We Consult the Dead?’ and was encouraged […]