South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in ACNS The Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, has paid tribute to the legendary trumpeter and anti-apartheid campaigner Hugh Masekela, who died on Tuesday at the age of 78. He was described in one obituary as “one of the world’s finest and most distinctive horn players, whose […]
For those who believe in unicorns, understanding the complexities of the transgender issues that are currently making headlines across the world will be a walk in the park. For the rest of us, this issue has come out of nowhere in the past two years and was put firmly in […]
“The more prayer the better but it’s not from me!” said farmer-evangelist Angus Buchan today in response to a viral social media message purporting to be a call from him for Christians throughout South Africa to pray on Wednesday (January 24 2018) for rain in the Western Cape. “We are […]
‘Africa is going to experience an explosion of God’s power’ Originally published in Charisma News I hope you all had a wonderful, happy New Year’s Day. This is the season where we like to share with you what God has been saying for 2018, and I’m very excited about this […]
ANC president and deputy president of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa has been urged not to implement the recent ANC policy conference resolution to downgrade the SA embassy in Israel or to allow the ANC to be used by haters of Israel to create the impression that South Africans hate Israel. […]
Globally there are 2.48 billion Christians. Out of these, approximately 215 million or 1 in every 12 Christians in the Top 50 countries of the World Watch List, is considered to be suffering from “extreme” levels of persecution, according to the Open Doors 2018 World Watch List (WWL), released today. […]
While the Open Doors 2018 World Watch List (WWL), released today highlights the alarming extent of persecution of Christians today Open Doors reports that there is good news from a few countries where the level of persecution has declined. Tanzania tumbles off the list Tanzania is the most eye-catching example […]
We wish our readers a joyful, peaceful, hopeful Christmas and New Year — assured that our King has come and He is in control. We are taking a rest during this time and will be posting less news than usual. Do keep checking in from time to time and you […]
By Catherine Pepinster — Originally published in The Guardian, via Virtue Online To the royal household, it is known as the QXB — the Queen’s Christmas broadcast. To millions of people, it is still an essential feature of Christmas Day. To the Queen, her annual broadcast is the time when […]
Anti-government protests in Iran have entered their second week. The Iranian government is a major sponsor of global terrorism and is committed to the destruction of Israel. It is a nuclear threat and a persecutor of Christians. Yet, reportedly Christianity is growing faster in Iran than anywhere else in the […]