South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Amidst the incessant bombings of Christians by the Muslim extremist organisation, Boko Haram, in the north of Nigeria, there is a thriving Christian community in the south. This community is growing in leaps and bounds and one of the organisations playing a role in this phenomenal growth is Redeemed Christian […]
“Firstly above all, we want to acknowledge our Father in Heaven who created all things. We honour You as the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings” Those were the words of welcome that the Intercape Sleepliner hostess spoke at the start of my recent trip from Johannesburg to […]
Christian medical body reacts to campaign to legalise euthanasia in SA [notice]Cape Town-based forensic scientist and pro-euthanasia activist Professor Sean Davison returned to South Africa in May after serving a five months house arrest sentence in New Zealand for assisting his cancer-stricken mother to end her life. Since his return […]
Originally published in ioL news Struggle veteran and president of the Apostolic Faith Mission International, the Rev Frank Chikane, has launched a blistering attack on the current political leadership and called on leaders to rather emulate Nelson Mandela and the leaders of his time. He made the comments during the […]
[notice]Heavy rain and bitterly cold weather at the weekend caused flooding in various parts of Port Elizabeth. One of the hardest hit areas was Gqebera (Walmer Township), where the greatest impact was felt in the shackland at the far end of the township. PETER FREEMAN, Manager of the Human Dignity […]
Port Elizabeth petrol attendant Hilton Essau has a heart for the poor and uses some of the money that he earns from tips to buy food for homeless people he has befriended. Essau who is also a pastor at Fishers of Men Apostolic Body in Extention 32, in the Northern […]
Every Wednesday more than 200 people gather in front of the house of leading South African gospel musician Israel Mosehla and his wife Millicent. They are not there for music for the soul, however, but for food for their empty stomachs. It all began one day in early March, said […]
A vision of a church that has been burning in the hearts of a group of Christians in Port Elizabeth for the past two years is coming to a beachfront cinema soon. iChurch will launch at the Nu Metro cinema at the Boardwalk at 9am on Sunday, August 5. It […]
South Africa will soon start participating in the Israeli Government-backed “People of the World Inscribe the Bible” project which aims to hand-inscribe the Bible in 100 different languages. The completed Bibles will be displayed in a huge museum called the Bible House which will be sited in Bible Valley, a […]
Originally published in Rawa News A man Afghan officials say is a member of the Taliban shot dead a woman accused of adultery in front of a crowd near Kabul, a video obtained by Reuters showed, a sign that the austere Islamist group dictates law even near the Afghan capital. […]