Originally published in CBN Why does a traditional worship leader, producer of 22 best-selling albums and co-author of five books, including his latest, Brazen: Be a Voice not an Echo (with sole authorship), leave the safe confines of his megachurch to take his worship ministry to the streets? To answer that question, […]
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How Nigerian Christians and Muslims are fighting Sharia law
Originally published in CBN News Hundreds of Nigerian Muslim and Christian youth stormed a government building in Abujah this week to stop Sharia law from ruling their nation. Legislatures passed a bill that many fear will mean the Islamisation of Nigeria. The measure, sponsored by Hon Abdullahi Balarabe Salame, was […]
Pastor chains himself to pole in anti-Mugabe protest
Originally published in IOL A pastor, who in December last year went on a solo demonstration against Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe in the resort town of Victoria Falls, has pulled another stunt. This time, Remnant Church leader Patrick Phillip Mugadza — now commonly known as the “Mugabe-must-go-pastor” — chained himself […]
40 Days for Life campaign outside abortion clinic drawing to a close
Pro-lifers want City of Cape Town to lift protest restrictions South Africa’s 40 Days for Life vigil against abortion which has been taking place outside the Marie Stopes Clinic in central Cape Town since September 24 will end on Sunday, says coordinator Collette Thomas. It is the fourth 40 Days […]
Christians at forefront of mass protests for democracy in Hong Kong
Baptist ministers, Catholic cardinals and Christian students are at the forefront of protests for free democracy in Hong Kong. Among the founders of the ‘Occupy Central with Love and Peace’ movement is Baptist minister Rev Chu Yiu-ming, who has fought for true democracy in Hong Kong for more than 30 […]
Faeces-throwing a cry of pain?
The repeated use of human excrement in recent protest actions in the Western Cape shows that people have lost their respect for humanity or their elders. Years ago during consumer boycott campaigns during the years of apartheid young men and women – in fact teenagers – would confront women and […]