South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The “Talitha Cumi” conference in Despatch, Eastern Cape, on Saturday May 5 is especially aimed at women who wear masks to hide their pain, hurt and disappointments, say the event hosts who are also the organisers of the annual God’s Karoo Women conference. The conference name echoes the Aramaic words […]
Each year, an estimated 3.2% of South Africans sustain serious burn injuries and an astonishing 68% of South African children younger than 14 have experienced scalding burns in their short lifetime. For those who have been victims, it is a difficult, sometimes even an impossible, mountain to climb, but for […]
On Saturday December 9 Open Doors is hosting a prayer event in New York, ahead of its One Million Voices of Hope petition presentation to the United Nations in support of securing protection for the people of Syria and Iraq. “Although this event is in New York, we are calling […]
The SA Christian Leaders Initiative (SACLI) and SA Council of Churches sensed that they needed to send a letter to the Church at this time, says Peter Tarantal of SACLI in an email to Gateway News. “Five years ago we issued a prophetic word called ‘The church speaks — for […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. As 2017 comes to a close, I’m finding strange comfort in the realisation that I am not the only one who had a tough year. Last week I could feel myself coming undone — I went through a roller coaster […]
Zimbabwe’s well-known social media activist pastor, Evan Mawarire, responded swiftly to today’s military takeover in Zimbabwe, streaming a “citizens’ broadcast” on Facebook this morning, calling on Zimbabweans to be calm, hopeful, united and prayerful. In his broadcast from Harare, which garnered nearly 60 000 views and thousands of comments in […]
The story of David and Goliath intrigues most who read it. A young man, who never fought in a war in his life, defeats not only a champion, but a giant who everyone fears. There’s nothing like a real life experience to make scripture come alive. You can have stories […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. “Mom help me!” my son pleaded. “I’m addicted to heroin …” He was twelve. Those are words NO parent EVER wishes to hear from their child. And yet, Nishani Ford heard those very words spoken to her by her twelve […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. I don’t scare easy. But BOY was I terrified when South’s Africa’s credit rating was downgraded to Junk! I heard the news ON my birthday! It was horrible. I met with associates that day. They spoke as though the entire […]
A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships. How good and pleasant it is when brethren live together in unity (Psalm 133:1). Nothing blesses my heart more as a mother than to see my children working together, not fighting, but genuinely helping each other towards a goal. If one of […]