South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Open Doors South Africa has called on athletes running in the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town in April and the Comrades Marathon between Durban and Pietermarizburg in June to support the persecuted Church by participating in their Challenge 1000 project The project headed by Biblegivers 4THEM, the sports arm […]
Christians in Central Nigeria are holding prayer vigils after intensified attacks on their communities have left more than 340 dead and 80 000 displaced from one state alone, says Open Doors Southern Africa in a media release. The sustained attacks on Christian farmers in Plateau State have continued unabated since […]
The ministry organisation Open Doors S.uthern Africa has launched a special campaign to commemorate Persecution Sunday on June 12. The campaign aims to get churches and Christian organisations to take hands in creating awareness about the plight of persecuted Christians. The first Sunday after Pentecost (June 5 this year) is […]
One in seven Christians worldwide suffers persecution, says Open Doors Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover is now the most dangerous place in the world to be a Christian, according to figures released today in the 2022 World Watch List (WWL). The WWL, which records levels of persecution and discrimination across […]
Just two months after celebrating its 50th anniversary of serving the persecuted Church, Open Doors Southern Africa appointed its first woman head when Lynette Leibach succeeded Jan Gouws as executive director. In an interview with Gateway News yesterday, Leibach, who became executive director in July, said it is also her […]
Yolande Springveldt represented Gateway News at the 50th anniversary celebration of Open Doors Southern Africa in Johannesburg on Saturday. She shares her impressions of the event Across the globe people have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in some way or another. States of emergency have been declared in various […]
Open Doors Southern Africa is celebrating 50 years of existence on Monday May10. For the past 50 years, this ministry organisation has worked with the Church in Southern Africa to strengthen and support persecuted Christians in numerous countries all over the world. Open Doors Southern Africa is part of the […]
The best way to counter potential violent, anti-Christian extremism in South Africa is to “spread the love of Jesus”, said Jan Gouws executive director of Open Doors Southern Africa (ODSA) during a virtual media conference today. He was responding to the question: “What is the possibility of Islamists persecuting Christians […]
There has been an alarming increase in persecution of Christians in Africa over the past year and the coronavirus pandemic has further exacerbated discrimination against Christians, according to the 2021 World Watch List (WWL) released by Open Doors International today. Even South Africa’s neighbour country, Mozambique, at position 45, appears […]