South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
In a move that has been hailed as “historical”, the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church (“NG Kerk”) last week Friday gave the thumbs-up to same-sex relationships. In 2007 already, the General Synod decided that membership of the Church should be open to all people, irrespective of their sexual […]
[notice]Margita Marx of the Kleinskool Initiative in one of Port Elizabeth’s poorest areas writes about what God is doing among children there since the citywide Switched On mission in August. Her desire is for strong prayer backing at this sensitive time. [/notice] msovereignly On Friday, August 21 [during the Switched […]
In February this year we published a story about a Cape Town man who smoked and drank heavily who reluctantly accepted an invitation to attend the 2013 Karoo Mighty Men Conference where he was radically transformed by God’s love. And so my curiosity was aroused at the Western Cape Mighty Men Conference […]
[notice]Andre Viljoen interviewed Tyrone Daniel, leader of New Covenant Ministries International (NCMI) at the first-ever NCMI World Equip which was held at Rhema Bible Church, Johannesburg last week. The five-day event to celebrate 35 years of God’s goodness in NCMI and to equip members of partnering churches for Kingdom “impact, […]
Multiple stabbings in the West Bank and the firing of rockets from Gaza have resulted in an escalation of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. ACDP MP and member of Parliaments International Relations Committee, Cheryllyn Dudley said this week that:“The recent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians and the resulting loss […]
Vicky van Jaarveld is walking 680-odd kilometres from Bloemfontein to Port Elizabeth to raise funds for different charities, one of them the Emmanuel Child and Youth Care Centre in Middelburg. “As we take on #TheJourney we leave all our failures and disappointments behind, only carrying our lessons learned, renew our […]
Oorspronklik gepubliseer in Netwerk24 Die NG Kerk se algemene sinode het gekies om vorentoe te beweeg in die kerk se standpunt rondom selfdegeslag verhoudinge. Voorstel twee van dr André Bartlett is aanvaar met 102 stemme teenoor die 88 stemme wat dr Chris van Wyk se voorstel aanvaar het. Voorstel 2 […]
Originally published in Politics Web The civil rights organisation AfriForum together with the actor Hykie Berg and Jacobsdal Primêre Skool embarked on Monday (October 5, 2015) on a two day hike in the Drakensberg to create awareness for the preservation of religion in schools. The aim of this hike was to once […]
As reports of ISIS terror and other bad news brought fear into the hearts of Christians, Ryno Turketti was led by God to unite people around he world in worshiping God for a time at exactly the same time and the same date. This was a year ago, in October […]
The Church is making its mark by helping to lead the charge against corruption and for a just and equal society as part of the Unite Against Corruption campaign, according to various national Christian leaders. Various civil society leaders commented on the participation and leadership not only of Christian leaders, […]