South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
‘”It’s clear South African’s are worshipping from a different place.” Jeremy Riddle said these words at the press conference before the Bethel Music Worship Night began at the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria last night (Thursday September 15). It’s true, South Africans are worshippers. You could sense this in the atmosphere […]
Originally published in Christian Examiner Hillsong United has sold more than 17 million albums, packed arenas around the world, and seen their songs skyrocket in popularity within churches, but one of their biggest fans is not even a Christian. His name is Michael John Warren, a self-described agnostic who has […]
[notice]A PE band whose heart is to ‘bring Heaven to Earth” shares with Gateway News reporter Jessica Spronk about the process of stewarding what God has been giving them over a period of years and releasing their first album.[/notice] Gateway News recently met up with the band ‘Singing Our Stories’ of […]
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] God wants to hear psalms … and … hymns … and spiritual songs (Ephesians 5:19 and Colossians 3:16). We know what psalms and hymns are, and […]
Originally published in Christian Today Bryan and Katie Torwalt from the Jesus Culture ministry have just released their new album called Champion, and they hope it will receive the same level of success as their debut album Here On Earth, which contained the hit single Holy Spirit. “When we wrote […]
A mighty covering of prayer, fasting, worship, and prophetic declarations God is stirring up His people to respond to the local government elections on Thursday August 3 with prayer, and fasting and worship initiatives. Here is a roundup of national campaigns as well as initiatives in Johannesburg, Cape Town, George, […]
Tell us how Christians are responding in your area With less than three weeks to go to the hotly contested local government elections on August 3, Christians throughout South Africa are responding with various initiatives aimed at turning hearts to God during the run-up to and on polling day. Gateway […]
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] The intrinsic value of some of the older Hymns is recognised by some contemporary songwriters. They realise that the upcoming generation often considers them old fashioned. […]
Originally published in The Christian Examiner Evangelist Nick Hall looks back at the history of revival movements on US soil – from the First Great Awakening of the 1700s to the Jesus Movement of the 1970s – and he asks a simple question: Why not now? For the past three […]
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] So ~ has your Church discovered the joy and the maturing ministry of Contemporary Hymns? That was what we punted in the May Worship Column. This […]
