South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Friends, Tuesday (26 May 2018) marked the end of 70 years since apartheid was instituted in South Africa on May 26 1948. It is the end of a generation and an era. Yet our country is grappling with renewed racial tensions and feelings of injustice (on all sides). This has […]
The history of our country is a complex one – and whenever we tell the story of South Africa, we often take out parts we don’t like. This makes us an interesting country where history lessons often depend on who is telling the story. I was confronted by this reality […]
Originally published in CBN News TobyMac is getting ready to run a marathon to fight racial injustice, classism, and spiritual poverty in America. The singer will join a racing team called “Run For Hope” to participate in the St Jude Rock ‘N’ Roll Nashville Marathon. The event will take place […]
Rachel Simpson reflects on two key, defining moments in South Africa during 2017 South Africa’s wounds of division have been temporarily bound by two decades of political correctness. But beneath the well-intended rainbow bandage is a festering sore that will only grow worse unless South Africa as a nation seeks […]
Tshego Motaung reflected on Zimbabwe earlier this year, and saw a dawning of a new season of restoration As we have been watching the recent developments in Zimbabwe, I felt to share the reflections I wrote earlier this year after my first visit to Zimbabwe. I hope this contributes towards […]
Last week a group of 34 senior church leaders from all the mainline and large independent churches of Nelson Mandela Bay (Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage and Despatch) spent three days at Carmel Retreat Centre near George, unpacking racism, privilege and prejudice. The leadership group felt it should get its house in […]
About 3 000 Christians from diverse denominations and many different regions of South Africa joined a significant number of local and international Church leaders in Soweto on Saturday June 11 to participate in the South African Council of Church’s (SACC) ‘Singing a New Song’ campaign that followed the 1976 students’ […]
Thousands of Christians are expected to attend a 12 hour prayer event for “healing in the land” at Chatsworth Stadium, Durban, from 8am to 8pm on Thursday, September 24, 2015 (Heritage Day). “Healing is in the hands of prayer warriors because we serve a prayer answering God,” said Sister Padma […]
TRC helped start a national dialogue with past — but was not enough Tando Tullia Keke is a remarkable young women who takes risk for the Lord to what some would say is the extreme. But she is not afraid to step out of the boat when she hears God’s […]