South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Christian blogger Solomon Izang Ashoms has begun a 20-day jail term for repeatedly failing to comply with an order to refrain from making defamatory remarks about Alleiluia Ministries pastor Alph Lukau. In a Youtube video clip which he recorded in front of prison last week — before beginning his sentence […]
In my few years of leading Christians like me — young, black, educated and curious — in the heart of urban Johannesburg, South Africa, I have been introduced to a few things lurking beneath the sometimes murky surface of our collective Christian experience. Signs, miracles and wonders Soon after a […]
A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God. Zimbabwean investigative journalist Edmund Kudzayi tweeted the following recently: “Zimbabwe needs a cleansing ceremony. Pastors, prophets, witchdoctors, spirit mediums, etc. Lock all of them up in the National Sports Stadium…” The tweet was undoubtedly his most popular in […]
Marian Fitz-Gibbon shares some reflections after attending the Gathering of Prophets national conference in Pretoria last weekend. In my world travels over many decades covering several continents, I’ve encountered floor-to-ceiling shelves of tantalising ‘look a like’s’, bazaars filled with a plethora of many a skilful trading eye, side street dealers […]
Despite the scorching heat, a small group of people turned up to attend a march against false prophets on Wednesday, calling out those who abused their power in the name of religion, reports News 24. Carrying a placard that read “sex in the pulpits”, Alfred Mokoena said he joined the […]
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 […]
Lethebo Rabalago, who made headlines recently for spraying insecticide onto his congregants in order to “heal” them of their ailments, represents a troubling and growing trend within the Christian faith. The trend is that of self-serving ministers who use desperate people to shore up their ministries. Rabalogo’s unusual antics follow […]
It is back to the drawing board for South Africa’s political parties following what surely must be the most hotly-contested elections in the country’s democratic history. The biggest loser was obviously the ANC, which lost support in many urban centres. This decline in support has been a feature in every […]
The word of God says that in the last days many false prophets will arise. On our journey around South Africa and now recently on a mission trip up into Uganda we have had firsthand reports of many of God’s people who have been deceived by false prophets. A so-called […]