South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
I gave Sharon Chasa (40) a lift to Plettenberg Bay on my way down from PE to Cape Town last year September. From the moment she stepped into my car, I knew that I had picked up a passionate Jesus follower. She had just been on an outreach and was […]
Originally published in Charisma News Gripping his black-and-white composition notebook and worn Bible, 11-year-old Ezekiel Stoddard commands the pulpit, preaching original sermons, laying hands on the sick and speaking in tongues at his family’s Maryland church. The sixth grader, who can barely see over the lectern, says God called him […]
An event that many women have been asking for is finally happening. The first official Mighty Woman’s Conference (MWC) is taking place from September 7 to 9 on a guest farm south of Johannesburg. The MWC has its historical roots in the Mighty Men movement founded by Angus Buchan in […]
[notice]South Africa’s Chief Rabbi, Warren Goldstein has written an open letter to Deputy International Relations Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim in response to his call for South Africans to not visit Israel.[/notice] Dear Mr. Ebrahim, You are a minister of the South African government, appointed to advance the interests of the Republic […]
But what is his secret? [notice]Kurt Van Vollenhoven interviewed a Port Elizabeth newspaper vendor who blesses motorists every day with his friendly, joyful demeanour. Kurt wanted to find out what makes him so cheerful. He was inspired indeed by what he discovered.[/notice] The 27 September 1974 was a huge day […]
The Bible study and life application habits of South African Christians will be probed in a major, national, online survey from tomorrow (August 15). The South African Theological Seminary (SATS) says it is conducting the study because it is “deeply concerned about the state Biblical literacy in our country”. The […]
[notice]Allan Verryenne, an elder on staff at the Storehouse Church in Port Elizabeth, sent us the following report on a recent New Covenant Ministries International outreach to a remote part of Africa where churches and missionaries seldom reach. It is our pleasure to publish his report word-for-word and picture-by-picture. Thanks […]
‘Engage’ fatherhood restoration movement spreading among schools During 2010 a Stellenbosch high school for boys ran a Christian character development programme for their learners. Little did they imagine that they were about to discover a truth that would give birth to a movement that aims to inspire schools to use […]
The revived Western Cape Mighty Men Conference is ready for action with a fired-up, newly elected committee with a distinctly military character. Five of the six committee members are former soldiers and the chairman and 2IC are true Mighty Men veterans — they attended all seven original MMC events on […]
It was “fresh”, “relevant”, “enjoyable” said moviegoers who attended the main attraction at the Boardwalk Nu Metro, Port Elizabeth on Sunday morning. No doubt about it, the critics loved the innovative, inaugural showing of iChurch a digital church service designed to reach a cyberspace generation that relates to screens. The […]