South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
In the previous two Worship Columns, we have surveyed the changes in our worship services in the course of a lifetime. Some changes are neutral, other are harmful. This month we celebrate the positive changes that have been taking place. Let’s identify some contemporary changes that are positively healthy, for […]
By Alani Coetsee Have you ever wondered whether we are deserving of the fullness of God’s love? Whether we have earned it? Or even whether we are good enough to receive such a gift? In his latest single, Crazy Love, singer-songwriter Charl Folscher addresses this question — and concludes that despite deserving the […]
Revelation Enterprises (R.E.), Doxa Deo’s Global Worship and Arts Movement is set to release their debut Afrikaans Album, titled Tot In Ewigheid (Forever) in October. With 12 original songs penned by nine of R.E.’s songwriters and recorded by 10 anointed, young and vibrant worship leaders, this album promises to be […]
By NueLight You know him as the man who changed the lives of thousands of youngsters with his youth camps; you know him for his Psalms 1&2, In Verwondering and In die Hemel is die Heer. You know him from Loftus vir Jesus and you know him as the husband […]
In an era where the world is facing various challenges due to the ongoing pandemic, there is always a need for a message of hope, something to keep people hopeful, encouraged and ready to continue moving forward. Crown Gospel Award-winning artist, Lebohang Kgapola is releasing a new single aimed at […]
East London worship musician/ songwriter Jean du Rand has released a song, Garden which he says is the first of a series of singles that “have been birthed out of a place of journeying with Yahweh into a place of intimacy, where all structures of performance and strife fade away […]
South African songwriter Stefan Green who has co-written songs such as Grateful and I Can’t Believe with Elevation Worship, Steve Furtick and Chris Brown is releasing his first solo single ‘Battlefield‘ on Friday. A worship leader at Hillsong South Africa, Stefan went to school in Cape Town and college in […]
TWR Africa is partnering with a brand-new Christian satellite network to expand the reach of a popular music and commentary radio programme across most of the African continent. Worship Connection, produced by the African branch of global media ministry TWR (also known as Trans World Radio), will air five days […]
I have a sneaking suspicion that many people, especially pastors and preachers, could write relevant songs to support their sermons, but they don’t realise it. Yet this is not such a difficult challenge as one might imagine. As I opened my Bible for my devotional reading the other day, God’s […]
In the Q&A interview below Gateway News finds out more about the life, faith and dreams of KwaZulu-Natal Gospel musician Esihle Siwela and about his new single Ingeyakho Please can you tell us more about your spiritual background and relationship with God — where does it all stem from? Singing […]