South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Just over a year ago Pastor John Mathuhle was at the centre of a divine intervention in which God prevented an outbreak of violence between opposing groups in front of a courthouse in the Eastern Free State town of Senekal where a farm murder trial was under way. Since then […]
Alain Walljee conducts a Q&A interview with Lance Grootboom ACDP councillor, MMC for Public Health in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and mayoral candidate in the local government elections on November 1 How can Christians influence government? “First of all, it is important for Christians to vote and to participate […]
Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president of the United States, said: “The government you elect is the government you deserve.” Do Christians understand the biblical imperative of Proverbs 29:2 (KJV) that when the righteous rule, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn? I am quite certain that […]
The expected postponement of the upcoming local government elections would give South Africa more time to mobilise communities to register community forums to field righteous independent candidates, Dr Michael Louis, a leader of One South Africa (OSA) movement told Christian leaders during an online meeting last week. He said about […]
Martin Luther King, Jr, the great American civil rights activist and Christian minister, is attributed with saying: The Church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the […]
Originally published in Charisma Nayib Bukele, 37, who was elected president of El Salvador in February is the youngest president ever elected in the nation, he had little political experience before the election and was a successful businessman who had no desire to run for president. But his unlikely path to […]
I guess that’s a funny title for an article on the South African elections. But I believe it speaks volumes. And for that reason I will keep this commentary short and sweet. Yes — sweet, so don’t let the first few paragraphs depress you so much that you read no […]
Christians dressed in white will be marching for Jesus in towns and cities throughout South Africa on Saturday — and uniting in prayer for the nation from 10am to 10.10am. Participants in the “True Freedom Day Jesus Marches” have been requested to bring charged cellphones so that they can tune […]
Christians in cities and towns throughout South Africa are expected to participate in Jesus Marches on Saturday April 27 in a display of unity and servant-heartedness, linked to a so-called “Christian great awakening” in the nation ahead of the May elections. Organisers have asked marchers to wear white as a symbol […]
Uniting South Africa in Christ Can a nation be born in a day? Statistics show that around 80% of South Africans identify as Christian, but one could then ask, where is the real change? An enthusiastic rainbow crowd of over 400 Christian leaders representing different denominations, age groups, and races […]