South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
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 […]
Oorspronklik gepubliseer in GrensPos – Nr 2 25 Januarie 2018 (NGK Ooskaap nuusbrief) Gustav Claassen, algemene sekretaris van die algemene sinode, vertel van ‘n ontmoeting tussen afgevaardigdes van die algemene sinode en die EFF: In ‘n poging om met politieke partye en ander rolspelers in gesprek te tree en ons […]
Tshego Motaung sees beyond the dark clouds of corruption, division, and brokenness hanging over South Africa. While South Africa is grappling to come to terms with many of our social ills and leadership crises affecting our society, I have been encouraged by Christian community efforts to bring unity and reconciliation […]
The Church in South Africa needs to confess and repent to God for its sins which have resulted in the current dire state of affairs in the nation, says Intercessors For South Africa (IFSA) in a resolution released at its consultative conference in Bloemfontein from September 14 to 16. The […]
Hannah Viviers spoke to Hermana Viljoen, a guide at the ancient Galilean town of Magdala — home place of Mary Magdalene, where archeologists have unearthed a synagogue where Jesus probably taught. Together they wrote this reflection on Jesus’s attitude to women and the unique historical, cultural and ministry opportunities at […]
Hot on the heels of its cinema run, South African movie Beyond the River, is set to hit the international circuit. Requests for the movie, which will be available on DSTV’s Box Office from June 24, and on DVD for rental or retail from mid-July, have been received from as […]
South Africa was saved at the cross of Jesus — where enemies are reconciled to one another (Ephesians 2:14-16) — when threatened by civil war at the time of the transfer of power to majority rule in the early 1990s. This is the claim of a former South African Navy […]
An inspiring update by Port Elizabeth church leader Glenn Weiss on how Christian citizens in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro are running with “What’s Your Story” — Heartlines’ personal story-telling campaign which aims to promote healing and reconciliation in South Africa In the last few months since March when we […]
It’s been called “the South African cinema experience of the year” — “a film that makes you laugh, cry and feel every emotion in between”. Jan du Plessis, head of MNet Movies says it’s, “one of the best films to come out of SA in the last 20 years!” Beyond […]
JUSTICE CONFERENCE PERSPECTIVE Adèle Christian searches her heart — and the Lord’s — after two emotion-stirring days at the Justice Conference Written by A Seeking Heart So, Lord, here I am spending time with You on the first morning of “The Justice Conference”. Father God, please help me to make the […]