South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Now that Former President Nelson Mandela has been buried I thought it appropriate to deal with an issue that was topical during the 10 day period of mourning and this is the issue of idolatry. The period of mourning and ceremonies surrounding Mandela’s death brought to bear issues of cultural […]
Church leaders from all denominations and groups have been invited to an emergency meeting at the Johannesburg headquarters of the South African Council of Churches today to pray together and plan how to bury Nelson Mandela with dignity as international leaders and celebrities prepare to visit South Africa to attend […]
Former President Nelson Mandela. Originally published in Christian Today Nelson Mandela has passed away at the age of 95 last night (Thursday, December 5). The 95-year-old anti-apartheid hero had been frequently hospitalized in the months prior to his death today. Mandela’s death was announced by South African president Jacob Zuma at […]
Originally published in allafrica.com Celebrated international pastor DrMyles Munroe has called upon African leaders to emulate former South African president Nelson Mandela who ruled for only one term and relinquished power. Speaking Tuesday afternoon during the 15th national prayer breakfast at Hotel Africana as the keynote speaker, Dr. Munroe said: […]
A Google search of the name Nelson Mandela yields 186 million pages. It is staggering how much information about this man exists out there. As an exercise I also googled my name and I was disappointed at the results. My consolation is that the former president is more than twice […]
Originally published in ioL news Struggle veteran and president of the Apostolic Faith Mission International, the Rev Frank Chikane, has launched a blistering attack on the current political leadership and called on leaders to rather emulate Nelson Mandela and the leaders of his time. He made the comments during the […]
Mandela Day has come and gone and I am sure lot of good was generated by the initiative. I am a great admirer of Madiba and will always respect the personal sacrifice he made for the nation. However, as a follower of Jesus I am also aware that Mandela Day […]