South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Charisma News. The prophetic worshipper has experienced health issues, including a brain bleed, for more than a year. Last December, he suffered a brain aneurysm doctors said was likely caused by an infection in his heart. The family issued a statement on the sad loss. “It is […]
Originally published in Charisma News. Cliff Barrows, 93, of Marvin, North Carolina, music and programme director of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), passed away on Tuesday (November 15 2016) at Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville, following a brief illness. As longtime director of music programming, and later television and radio programming, for […]
Originally published in Charisma News Former Israeli president and elder statesman Shimon Peres, a joint winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize and an influential figure in Israeli politics for 70 years, died in hospital on Wednesday aged 93, two weeks after suffering a massive stroke. A convinced campaigner for Middle East […]
Originally published in World An Australian pastor died yesterday in a South African hospital after a weekend assault in Malawi, his family announced today. Salvation Army Major Geoff Freind, 59, had embarked on a five-week trip to train Christian pastors in several African countries, stopping last week in Rwanda. Freind’s […]
Originally published in Christian Headlines.com Tim LaHaye, the co-author of the popular Left Behind series, passed away on Monday July 25 after suffering a stroke at the age of 90. LaHaye was a well-known figure in Christian circles, and even beyond. Not long after his death, tributes to him poured […]
Originally published in WBN and CBN News Jan Crouch, who with her late husband Paul co-founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network, died on Tuesday May 31 2016 following a massive stroke, her family announced on the network’s website. (As reported on WBN) “Those who battled for the Kingdom of God knew […]
Originally published in Christian Examiner Gary Smalley, 75, an internationally recognised expert on relationships and a Christian counselor, has died. Numerous resources he created addressed issues such as marriage and family, sexuality and pornography. Smalley’s family made the announcement via social media on his Facebook page, where it was said […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of prominent evangelical preacher Billy Graham, has revealed that her husband, Danny Lotz, “moved to our Father’s House” Wednesday afternoon after being found unresponsive in the family’s swimming pool on Monday. At the time of his death, the 78-year-old former […]
South African rock legend Rob Graham, 64 — better known as Crocodile Harris — died at his Cape Town home on Tuesday (July 7, 2015) just months before he was due to play his 1980s hit song ‘Give me the good news’ at the opening of the Mighty Men Conference Western […]
A celebration of life service for Port Elizabeth pastor Alan Keeling, 69, who passed away peacefully on March 8 after a short illness, will be held at the Word of Faith Christian Centre at 11am on Saturday, March 14. His wife of 41 years, Pastor Joan Keeling, who is the […]