South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Israel is both God’s ‘treasured possession’ and the church’s richest resource I awoke on Monday morning to the sound of my wife’s mobile phone bringing us more news from friends in South Africa, who keep us up to date on what the Lord is doing there – and elsewhere. This […]
It is an undisputed fact that the early followers of Jesus — who were mostly Jewish — came under fiery persecution, often from their own people. Jesus Himself was crucified and many of His disciples suffered similar fates, though more generally at the hands of the Romans. However, the great […]
Originally published in CBN News Changing spiritual beliefs, a surprising number of young American Jews – more than one in five – said they believe Jesus is the Son of God. A Barna Group survey of Jewish millennials (born between 1984 and 1999) recently released found that 21 percent believe […]
A Jewish follower of Jesus was having second thoughts about being ordained into the Church of England ministry when he got the surprise of his life. A message in tongues was given during a home meeting which Ralph Goldenberg immediately recognised as Sudanese Arabic. Having grown up in Sudan with […]
The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few. The Kingdom lost one of its most fearless labourers in the Middle East last week, Antony Simon. Many South Africans who have visited Israel may have had a bible handed to them by the evangelist or even served on his team. […]
The massacre of the innocents in Manchester last week was a shocking reversal of the scenes I witnessed in the city two years ago which was a perfect picture of reconciliation and peace. The twisted ideology of Islamist suicide bomber Salman Abedi was a complete contrast to the loving arms […]
Book Review by Charles Gardener A unique journey of discovering Jesus, the Jew, in today’s Israel is offered in a new book. Bobbie Ann Cole, a Jew who found her Messiah in Jerusalem, turns tour guide as — with her pen in Love Triangles — she paints a fascinating picture […]
The moving story of how a Yorkshire family took child refugees into their home, saving them from Auschwitz Snatched from the jaws of the Nazis in the nick of time, Heini Fiege escaped to England to begin a new life. It was a traumatic parting for Heini and his brother […]
Displaying opposite spirit to Arab-Israeli conflict “Dancing together with Arabs? Laughing together with them? These are the people I hated my whole life,” says Chava, a Messianic Jewish girl who grew up in an Orthodox Jewish family in Israel. Chava was part of a three-day gathering where she met with […]
Christians in Cape Town are invited to a Shabbat celebration on Friday, February 14, hosted by the David and Jonathan Foundation (DJF) which helps South African churches to partner with Messianic congregations in Israel. The Shabbat, at Logos Christian Church, Belville, at 7pm, will take the form of a bring […]