South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Representatives of Christian and Muslim communities attended a meeting at the Standard Bank Arena in Johannesburg today to take a stand against the killing of police members. At the gathering, which was called by Major General JT Pharasi, Commander of the Hillbrow Cluster of the South African Police Service (SAPS), […]
A petite Eastern Cape teenager who is studying Messianic Judaism is one of the 10 finalists in the international Most Influential Girl Kitesurfer 2011 competition. Michelle Smith, 19, is the only South African on the list and is currently in 4th position overall. The competition ends on Tuesday (November 22) […]
[notice]Tania Ahlfeldt interviews fine artist Sonia Stumpfer who sees her work as an expression of her relationship with God. Strumpfer is opening her Summerstrand home to visitors over the last weekend of November.[/notice] Spending time in Sonia’s intimate, paint spattered studio was inspiring. From the studio I gazed onto the […]
Originally published in Charisma News Rick Warren is calling his affiliation with Chrislam (a bridge-building attempt to allow the two religions to coexist) “nonsense” and “a lie that won’t die.” Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, directly responded to one of his Twitter followers on the microblogging site on Saturday. The […]
[notice]Christian Action Network to appeal against ruling[/notice] The Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASA) has ruled that the Christian Action Network’s (CAN) billboard stating “Abortion Kills Babies,” is “offensive” and must be withdrawn. The side of the mobile billboard in question reads “Since 1997, 700 000 [updated in 2010 to […]
[notice]The leader of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (FCA), Archbishop Eliud Wabukala of Kenya, addressed the recent FCA conference in Durban. The FCA is a network of orthodox mainstream Anglicans which represents 40 million of the 55 million churchgoing Anglicans worldwide and Wabukala is considered by some as the counterpart […]
Worship teams in South Africa are getting ready to play their part in leading slots as worshipers in 30 countries join tomorrow in the first annual Global Day of Worship (GDW) with the goal of lifting the name of Jesus in a united wave of worship that will span the […]
A huge church building that has been taking shape on a major Port Elizabeth intersection for the past year, came gloriously alive during a joyous thanksgiving celebration service on October 30. The new 2 850 seat Victory Ministries International (VMI) church auditorium, which is under construction on the corner of […]
Bibles and Christian books are now on sale 24/7 at select Sasol petrol station stores in Port Elizabeth. And for Operation Mobilisation co-ordinator, Fred van der Westhuizen, coming up with the novel book sales idea, really was a case of thinking outside of the box. “I have lots of OM […]
Christian leaders are applauding UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s pledge to stop sending aid to countries that persecute Christians and ban homosexuality. “When the UK is setting aid budgets and is in discussion with other governments, religious freedom – in particular the persecution of Christians – should always be highlighted […]