South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A ground-breaking, Africa-based fund that aims to finance mission without relying on foreign funding was birthed by African Christian leaders at a historic 2-day roundtable discussion in Accra, Ghana on October 29 and 30. The 15-member Missions Africa Trust Fund (MATF) team agreed on a roll-out strategy in Ghana, Nigeria, […]
Originally published in Christian Today Christian groups in North Korea are vowing to carry on their missionary work despite mounting risks since Korean-American activist Kenneth Bae was imprisoned two years ago. North Korea and neighbouring China have clamped down on the groups’ activities recently, and the organisations say that has […]
By Phil Cooke — Originally published in Charisma News For hundreds of years as missionaries took the gospel to the ends of the earth, depending on the culture they encountered, the Christian community allowed them enormous latitude into how they chose to present the message. For instance, when a missionary […]
Rachelle is five years old and did not speak when she first came to the soup kitchen at Faith Hope Love Ministries in Greenbushes, Port Elizabeth. She ignored the other kids and only spoke to her mother and showed with her hands what she wanted. Rachelle now has verbal diarrhoea… […]
[notice]Sean Feucht, founder of the worship and prayer movement, Burn 24/7 and a group of Burn 24/7 worship leaders from various nations, have just been on a short mission trip to support IRIS Ministries in Mozambique. Sean wrote this report for the Burn 24/7 website. Burn 24/7 coordinators in Port […]
Originally published in CBN News In Liberia, churches are helping fight the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Volunteers, trained and equipped by CBN’s Operation Blessing, are distributing sanitation equipment and delivering much-needed food and supplies to quarantined victims who are cut off from society. Liberian Pastor Allison Dole is determined […]
Call for Church to speak out about ‘unrighteous deeds’ that hinder development Although the 10 000 kilometre 4×4 Africa Peace and Development Expedition from Cape Town to Kisangani during August and September 2014 by faith-based social entrepreneur Johan Meintjes, by his own admission, did not achieve all he set out […]
Sixteen months ago Dale and Natalie Smyth and their two young boys Jack (3) and Jamie (1) set out for the sort of journey that legends are made of. Their plan was to sail their small yacht, the Shining Star, from the southern tip of Africa right up the west […]
What do a 32 year old car, a 33 year old aircraft engineer, a 54 year old pilot, four international borders, an 8 800 km return trip and a 4 year old child in the rural Vhembe District of Limpopo have in common? This unlikely team of car, engineer and […]
Compiled from reports by African Enterprise Team The opening night of the Fired UP! Mission to the University of Pretoria went off with a “big bang” with over 2000 students and members of the public attending an event headed up by Christian R & B singer Loyiso Bala and the […]