South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in The Gospel Herald Art Ayris confidently strolled into the local post office ready to pull out a fat cheque from the PO Box. It was February 2015 and there were no warning signs for what he was about to read. “I was floored,” recalled Ayris in a […]
The University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Theology awarded an honorary doctorate to Professor Jürgen Moltmann on April 6 2017. Prof Moltmann was chosen for this prestigious honour based on the ground-breaking nature of his work and his influence on modern theology, according to a press release by the University of […]
Originally published in Christian Telegraph The Shack movie based on William Paul Young’s New York Times bestseller and award-winning book by the same title stirs debate as the book did, Christian Telegraph reports according to Baptist Press. A fictional and emotionally destroyed Mack Phillips answers a mysterious invitation to a […]
Originally published in Dallas News Those who don’t attend church regularly but are scouting for Christmas services this year might be surprised to find fewer mainline Protestant churches around these days. The clergy and congregants of the growing mainline Protestant churches held more firmly to traditional Christian beliefs, such as […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Pope Francis and several prominent Evangelical and Pentecostal leaders met in Rome last Friday to discuss areas of mutual agreement and where they respectfully disagreed. The aim of the gathering, which had no official agenda, was to build unity between Christian traditions that have […]
Originally published in Christian Today Is this a sign of how the academic world is giving less and less value to Christian teachings? The University of Oxford, the oldest such institution in the English-speaking world dating back to 1096, will no longer require its undergraduate theology students to enrol in […]
Rev Malcolm Hedding a sought-after international speaker on Israel and the Church will be speaking at several venues in Cape Town and Stellenbosch this month. Hedding who served as He served in Jerusalem as the head of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) from 2000 to 2010 is an ordained […]
In the South African media space there is a lack of informative, smart and thoughtful writing, especially in and from a Christian context, writes Ryan Peter, editor of the newly launched Christian Blogger. Meanwhile, he says, there are plenty of bloggers who do fill this space and actively engage […]
Two Port Elizabeth Anglican priests have written a letter to the Archbishop of Cape Town, Dr Thabo Makgoba, protesting an invitation to an openly lesbian seminary professor from the US Episcopal Church to preach and minister at the College of Transfiguration in Grahamstown, a provincial training centre for Anglican clergy. […]
The Nelson Mandela Bay Consultation of Christian Churches played host today ( Thursday, November 28) to a consultation discussing “The theology of voting.” The consultation was held at St Stephens Anglican Church in New Brighton and was addressed by Professor Barney Pityana, who is the former vice challensor of UNISA. […]