South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Today A Christian missionary who has dedicated his life to attempting to convert Colombian rebels to Christ has been honoured with an award. Russell Stendal, from the United States, has spent decades witnessing to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) after arriving in the country […]
Originally published in Christian Mail God has given you the opportunity to be an example of Christ in your family and you must take advantage of such an chance, the Rev Billy Graham says. Graham, founder of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, said on his “My Answers” column on the […]
Meet Lucky Mbiko, the man at the helm of Christian television network TBN in Africa Luckly Khayalethu Mbiko remembers a time when he was about eight-years-old and he was standing in the fields looking after his grandmother’s cattle and wondering if there was anything for him beyond the mountains he […]
Marilyn Hickey’s obedience to God reaps a great harvest Originally published in Charisma News Marilyn Hickey, 85, preached to over a million people in Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan, earlier this month. The momentous meeting came during an eight-day missions trip to Pakistan. But that trip and the millions […]
Officially listed as Prophet Mikallo Britow on his ID, DJ Prophet777 is a Gospel House DJ gaining a lot of attention across the country as he aims to deliver the Good News of the Gospel through his music. Dressed in his signature full white attire, he uses his unique look […]
Originally published in BCNN5. For the first time in centuries, a remote African tribe called the Batwa Pygmies is being introduced to Jesus Christ. “We smoked, we drank, we performed witchcraft,” said Jovanis Nyirakayanje, a Batwa Pygmy. “We were devil worshippers.” For centuries, the Batwa were rain forest dwellers who […]
The glory of the Lord surrounded them as they sang last week, said Lydia Lincks, one of the members of a fiery worship team I had the privilege of meeting this week. This is not your everyday worship group. The 13 women and two men I was talking to are […]
Making this year’s 499th Reformation Celebration in Cape Town and surrounds unique was ministry in song by the 140-member Eurochoir with choristers from Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and Switzerland. This international Christian youth choir thrilled audiences at the V and A Waterfront Amphitheatre, at the Reformation Sunday Service at […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] In my line of work, I am approaching a very emotional time of the year. Leading a church that is mostly made up of university students, we are about to say our goodbyes to a good number of […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Life hasn’t been easy for 28-year-old Syrian mother Kristina, a Christian of Armenian descent, who lived with her husband in Aleppo, Syria long before the civil war started in 2011. It was in that besieged city that Kristina gave birth to her firstborn daughter, […]