South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Compiled by Gateway News from Spiegel Online, Christian Post, Times Live, Aina News. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has decreed unprecedented powers for himself in a move seen by critics as an ominous step towards the Islamisation of Egypt. The unforeseen power grab by Morsi, a member of the radical Islamist […]
Building a Christian school in the Angolan bush-bush is a far cry from the broken and worldly life that missionary Juan van Tonder lived before he encountered Jesus. But activities like this have become normal for the former businessman who left Cape Town on a mission outreach to Pomfret, a […]
Christian Groups that have opposed Lady Gaga’s South African tour are glad that they have taken a stand even though the controversial pop megastar is on track to perform at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Friday and at the Cape Town Stadium on Monday. “At least we have made […]
By Open Doors News Amidst continuing attacks on Churches and Christian communities in Northern Nigeria, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair has launched a faith-based programme to promote religious tolerance in the country. Eleven people were killed and thirty others injured in two successive suicide attacks on […]
Nelson Mandela Bay prayer warriors take stand at city gates [EasyGallery id=’vanstadensbridge’] PHOTOS: Anezka van Niekerk, Andre Viljoen Nelson Mandela Bay prayer warriors were out in force on Saturday as they took up positions at gates to the Metro to cancel the plans of the enemy and to pray God’s […]
[notice]Bloemfonteinse dokter Faan Oosthuizen is toegewyd om teen aborsie te staan ten alle koste. Alhoewel hy nie altyd pro-lewe was nie het hy vanaf 1997 gevoel die Here roep hom om die waarheid oor aborsie te vertel – dat dit moord van hulpelose babas is. Hy glo dat Suid-Afrikaanse Christene […]
Originally published in Christian Post Egyptian officials have announced that a cease-fire agreement has been reached between Israeli and Hamas forces, which will take effect at 9 p.m. local time Wednesday. The cease-fire agreement, brokered by Egypt, ends eight days of deadly fighting between Israelis and the Palestinian militant group […]
South Africa is teeming with bright, industrious entrepreneurs working themselves out of unemployment and poverty. Paradigm Shift puts the local church at the heart of this action of transforming the entrepreneurial poor in their communities with a model that incorporates business training, discipleship, micro-finance and mentoring, which creates sustainable economic […]
Declared innocent but in hiding — Rimsha and her family can never return home By Open Doors News The case against Rimsha Masih, the teenage Pakistani Christian girl, has today (November 20) been dropped by the court in the Pakistani capital Islamabad. Rimsha, who was arrested in August on suspicion […]
All welcome at talks in PE [notice]Israel Iluz is in South Africa to encourage Christians of all ages to visit Israel as volunteers in a dynamic ministry that shares the Gospel with Jews and Arabs. “You may arrive as tourists but you will go home as evangelists, and you […]