South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Called and anointed to be peacemakers In the past week the news from America has been dominated by reports of a wave of protest and riots that has swept across the nation in response to the shocking killing of a black man, George Floyd, in Minneapolis, by a white policeman […]
Statement by Sacli (South African Christian Leadership Initiative) team facilitating a 10-year journey from racism to reconciliation This week @SteveHofmeyr and @ZindziMandela tweets put our history of unresolved South African pain and prejudice, anger and hatred, rage and violence, on international display — to our national shame. Steve Hofmeyr, not […]
As English professional trumpeter Dan Newell played Amazing Grace at It’s Time Pretoria, a woman sitting right at the back of the huge crowd had an open vision of angels evicting evil “rulers and principalities” which had been in South Africa since the British colonial era It was like watching a movie, while […]
Originally published in God Reports When Daryl Davis held the American flag for his Cub Scouts troop in a march from Lexington to Concord to commemorate Paul Revere’s ride, he swelled with pride as an American. What the 10-year-old never expected was the bottles, soda cans and rocks hurled at […]
In some of my talks on culture and diversity I am sometimes asked the question: “Can black people be racist?” I have come to learn that this question is loaded and also based on a narrow definition of racism as simply about “superiority”. Racial superiority is a weakness of Western […]
I experienced a severe turbulence on a recent plane landing in Port Elizabeth. The kind that induces a short prayer but also serves as a reminder that my city is deserving of its moniker as the “windy city”. As we went through the clouds I realised that if God was […]
Craig Bailie questions whether the Church in South Africa is appropriately engaged in the necessary conversations surrounding issues of social justice. In the third of a 3-part series he shares insights from sessions at the Stellenbosch University Faculty of Theology Winter School. — See Part 1 and Part 2 The last […]
Craig Bailie questions whether the Church in South Africa is appropriately engaged in the necessary conversations surrounding issues of social justice. In the second of a 3-part series he reflects on lessons from a breakfast with a difference. — See Part 1 and Part 3 The second of the three events […]
South African Christians are invited to join a 40 days of prayer for healing and reconciliation campaign called #CrosstheBridge, hosted by Intercessors for South Africa (Ifsa), a prayer movement that brings together South Africa’s prayer networks. “Recognising the emotional state of our nation, how broken, wounded, hurting, disappointed, angry, hopeless, […]
By Pastor Braam Botha, leader of Doxa Deo church in Port Elizabeth Sunday February 11 2018. A history-making day for Doxa Deo, Port Elizabeth when Braam Botha and Afrika Mhlope took the brave step to talk openly about racism in a church service. It was week four in our HOPE-series […]