South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By David Curry President of Open Doors USA — Originally published by Fox News The greatest threat to the United States and to world peace during the administration of President Donald Trump will be the enormous rise of persecution of Christians and religious minorities. In America we call it the […]
Originally published in Christian Today The pastor of a church in eastern Uganda and eight of his parishioners remain missing and feared dead or kidnapped two weeks after the church was attacked by a mob of Muslims, the Morning Star News reported. The mob turned the church into a den […]
Originally published in China Aid Christian house churches in China should brace themselves for “unprecedented suppression” that a change in government policy will bring about, a new report has warned. In its latest report on the implementation of the new Regulations on Religious Affairs, China Aid expressed fears that Christian […]
Freedom of Religion SA (FOR SA) has prepared a sample submission on the Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill which churches and individuals can copy or adapt and submit to government by January 31 2017 which is the deadline for submissions. With its very broad definition of hate speech, FOR […]
Lethebo Rabalago, who made headlines recently for spraying insecticide onto his congregants in order to “heal” them of their ailments, represents a troubling and growing trend within the Christian faith. The trend is that of self-serving ministers who use desperate people to shore up their ministries. Rabalogo’s unusual antics follow […]
Guidelines on what churches can do about religious freedom threat now It seems extremely doubtful whether legislation proposed by the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Commission) to regulate religion in South Africa will see the light of day, says […]
Secular groups criticises May for faith comments Compiled from reports in Charisma News and CBN News Theresa May has said Christians should be able to speak about their faith in the workplace. Responding to a question in Parliament, the Prime Minister said the UK has a “very strong tradition” of […]
Originally published in FOR SA. It has been brought to our attention by friend and ally INcontext Ministries (www.incontextministries.org), that it may be necessary to shed light on and clarify two e-mails that are currently doing the rounds relating to “State Control Religion in South Africa”. (Note that FOR SA […]
Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) have posted two online petitions which provide South Africans with an easy way to oppose current government-driven threats to freedom of religion and freedom of speech. FOR SA NEWSFLASH This afternoon (Thursday November 17 2016), FOR SA, acting on behalf of over 69 […]
ACDP Member of Parliament Cheryllyn Dudley, supported by her #IPPFoRB colleagues in parliament, Narend Singh (IFP) and Nqabayomzi Kwankwa (UDM), has called on chief whips of political parties in parliament to invite and send members to join and help establish a multi-party forum committed to protecting and promoting religious freedom. […]