South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A monthly column in which Julita Kok shares on living adventurously with God Many years ago, around 2013 I would say, my office received a phone call from a nightclub manager wanting to meet with me. He said that they opened up a new nightclub in an area not too far […]
A monthly column in which Jenni Pretorius Hill shares stories of hope which bring Heaven’s perspective to Earth On my first flight from London to Beijing, I didn’t sleep at all. It was an overnight journey, but my insomnia was not surprising since my thoughts were consumed with the contraband […]
She moved to the edge of the observation deck of the 86th floor of the Empire State Building and removed her coat. She gently hung the coat over the rail and proceeded to write a letter expressing her sorrow. She moved to the edge and just stood there. As the […]
As believers we each carry burdens that the Lord has placed on our hearts as we seek His presence and His way in a world that knows such diversity. Different cultures, different languages and different expectations all expressed in so many varied and wonderful and not so wonderful ways. We […]
The approach to Passover and Easter is a good time to remember the extreme bravery of German pastor Paul Schneider, who almost single-handedly stood up to Nazi brutality in the years immediately preceding World War II. He paid with his life, murdered by lethal injection in July 1939, aged just […]
Part 3 of a 3-part series based on an inspiring interview with Shodankeh Johnson, a pastor, church planter and reformer from Sierra Leone, West Africa Several times during my interview with Shodankeh Johnson leader of New Harvest Global Ministries in Sierra Leone he said: “We do whatever it takes to […]
Part 1 of a 3-part series based on an inspiring interview with Shodankeh Johnson, a pastor, church planter and reformer from Sierra Leone, West Africa. Recently I had the privilege of interviewing Shodankeh Johnson, this year’s recipient of the William Wilberfoce Award presented annually in the United States by the […]
The day I met Dennis, I was a little alarmed, to say the least. My minister had asked me to take the 20-year-old under my wing and try to work with him on the farm. He was an addict with a preference for ‘Tik’ and from our initial meeting, it […]
Episode 1 of a gripping account in three episodes of how Jesus turned a hardened, violent criminal into a passionate crusade evangelist who is now turning tens of thousands of hearts to the Lord across Africa Samuel grew up in a poor home in central Mozambique. As a teenager he […]
Julita Kok reports on her latest road trip with Jesus — this time to Gauteng So the end of my time in Johannesburg has arrived and at the time of starting this article I am about to start my homeward journey. And, I must be honest, I am looking forward […]