South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Compiled by Andre Viljoen With America’s presidential election just days away influential US Christian pastors are speaking out on their views on President Donald Trump and the consequences of voting for him — or not voting for him — to lead the nation for another four years. Bethel Church senior […]
By Freedom of Religion South Africa Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) notes with dismay that President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday signed the controversial Civil Union Amendment Bill into law. The Bill, now known as the Civil Union Amendment Act, 2020 has come into immediate effect. The Amendment Act removes […]
The Church in South Africa needs to wake up to the reality of “a number of challenges on ethical issues that are coming your way — from secular society and from within your own church,” said Dutch Reformed Church pastor Dr Chris van Wyk to a group of church leaders […]
The unfair discrimination case instituted against Beloftebos wedding venue by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has intensified after another same-sex couple filed legal papers against Beloftebos, seeking R2 million in damages for the impairment of their dignity and pain and suffering. In their application, Sasha-Lee Heekes and Megan […]
Bid seen to use plague as cover to regulate Uganda faith community Following the full-blown spread of COVID-19 early this year several governments imposed measures to curb the virus — the most common being general shutting down of economies, commonly referred to as lockdown. In Uganda the lockdown was imposed […]
By Janenne Pung — Originally published in Charisma News Amid America’s chaos, California worship leader Sean Feucht is hosting outdoor worship services — all over the country. A video posted on Instagram from Friday, September 11 in Fort Collins, Colorado, shows people singing, laughing, crying, dancing and praying. People are […]
By Jayson Casper — Originally published in Christianity Today In signing successive peace deals with entrenched rebel movements last week, Sudan drew upon the legacy of Thomas Jefferson. “The constitution should be based on the principle of ‘separation of religion and state,’” read the text of an agreement between the […]
Originally published in CBN News Churches in California have repeatedly been under attack for exercising their First Amendment rights by gathering to pray and worship. Now they are facing fines for singing together. Liberty Counsel, a Christian religious rights law firm, reported that Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Thousand Oaks was […]
Originally published in CSW News A Shari’a court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of Kano City in Kano state, northern Nigeria, has sentenced a minor to 10 years in prison with menial labour for blasphemy. Umar Farouk, 13, was found guilty on 10 August of using foul language against […]
Africa4Palestine “distorted and twisted” his Bible-based reflections in a webinar last month and sought to take away his constitutional rights to freedom of religion and expression despite failing to highlight any constitutional value or provision that he violated, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng says in his response to their complaint against […]