South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
I have always loved fashion. I love expressing God’s extravagance through what I wear. As I was getting dressed to attend a youth conference (Young Saints at Bethel Church in Redding, CA), God told me to wear a pair of funky patterned stockings with my pencil skirt. I was a bit unsure, but I am always excited to see what the Lord has planned. I came to the conference a […]
By Justin Brierly — Originally published in Charisma Magazine A quick Internet search for the term “post-truth” in news outlets this past week yields hundreds of thousands of responses, showing its growing pervasiveness since first being named Oxford Dictionary’s International Word of the Year in 2016. The proliferation of half-truths, […]
Imagine a boiling hot Florida day, the traffic on the highway is racing by at high speed. Suddenly red break lights get slammed on everywhere across the lanes! In a matter of seconds a blue car comes into view. It has crashed into the middle concrete divider. Smoke pouring out […]
Originally published in Christian Today Taher is a Christian convert who lived in one of the most oppressive nations in the Middle East – it is not even possible to name his home country for security reasons. He was caught sharing his faith and could have gone to prison, or […]
In 1954 Graham Sutherland was commissioned to paint a full-length portrait of Winston Churchill which was presented to him at a public ceremony celebrating his 80th birthday. Sutherland was a brilliant painter, but he had the reputation of capturing the “real side” of his subjects. He painted Churchill exactly as […]
South African missionary couple Wilco and Lydia Venter have been in Kenya since 2001. Currently they are working with One Collective in the UK and US to bring food, freedom and forgiveness to the marginalised Kalenjin people in a remote village about 210km north west of Nairobi. In this episode […]
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. — Hebrews 4.12 Longing to loveThe cultural narrative of devaluation is a ruthless saboteur of individual […]
More than 50 people, including 40 job seekers, attended the launch of the Jesu (Joy Employment & Skills Upliftment) Club at Joy to the Nations church in Walmer, Port Elizabeth on Wednesday morning. The club, which is a project of the church, in partnership with other ministries and organisations in […]
I recently caught up with Carol Campbell, the Cape Town-based director of Healing Rooms Africa, an interdenominational Christian ministry that promotes restoration and healing as a normal part of Christian ministry. Carol has travelled extensively in South Africa, Africa and beyond to set up healing rooms, to train believers in […]
This is the week where we celebrate Christ overcoming the world and empowering us through his death and resurrection to be a light and mouthpiece of truth. He cancelled our eternal damnation — uncancelling our demise. Hallelujah! Easter is not meant to be just a memory, but a revelation for […]
