CRL report on regulation of religion delayed
In last week’s Gateway News, we reported on the recent meeting with religious and traditional leaders to discuss the outcome of the CRL Rights Commission’s investigation into the ‘commercialisation’ of...
View ArticleChurch in Port Elizabeth to apologise for apartheid-era forced removals
Nelson Mandela Bay churches Healing and Reconciliation Task Team members, Trevor Jennings, third from left and Pastor Neville Goldman, fourth from the left, with members of the South End Museum Board...
View ArticleGod’s children summoned to a Sacred Assembly — MMC coordinators’ perspective
Screenshot from Angus Buchan promo video for the Sacred Assembly. (SEE VIDEO AT BOTTOM OF PAGE) Alf James talks to Mighty Men Conference coordinators around South Africa about a Sacred Assembly called...
View ArticleDouble dose of God’s love dispensed at Johannesburg hospital
An outreach team from LRC Church in Edenvale Johannesburg, who prayed with nearly every patient at the local hospital last weekend. The group leader and youth pastor at the church, Duan van Schalkwyk...
View ArticleGod’s Karoo Women Conference to restore lives
“The purpose of the second God’s Karoo Women Conference from November 5 to 6 2016 is for women to be ‘refilled’ with God. For some it might be to get back into a right relationship with Him, for...
View ArticlePrayer networks joining for summit in Bloemfontein from November 17 to 19
On Wednesday October 19 leaders from various national and local prayer networks gathered in Pretoria in the midst of social unrest, a struggling economy, a severe national drought, and other serious...
View ArticleTurning prayers into acts of revival
Evangelist Johnny Louw and his wife Jomene. As Christians, we must turn our prayers into acts of revival, according to evangelist Johnny Louw. He presented the message to an inter-denominational...
View ArticleAngus Buchan invites 100 000: “Come pray together in Soweto”
Lees in Afrikaans Time is running out to book your free seat for the reconciliation gathering on November 19 in Soweto’s FNB stadium. Free tickets are available from Computicket. The evangelist, Angus...
View ArticleAngus Buchan nooi 100 000: “Kom bid saam in Soweto”
Read in English Die tyd raak min om jou gratis sitplek te bespreek vir November 19 se versoenings-byeenkoms in Soweto se FNB-stadion. Gratis kaartjies is vanaf Oktober 21 by Computicket verkrygbaar....
View ArticleBillboard tells it like it is
In a country that seems to be stumbling from one political crisis to another educational emergency via an additional economic crunch that are all man-made, the message that “South Africa does not need...
View ArticleA picture from Stellenbosch that speaks life
Categories: South Africa, Uncategorized, Western-CapeTags: #FeesMustFall, peace, prayerOn Wednesday (October 26 2016), a day when a student march to parliament ended in violent mayhem after some of the...
View ArticleRainbow nation shows up at campus prayer service
Exuberant worship at the prayer service last Sunday in the NMMU Goldfield Auditorium. Conflict exposes need for discipleship and unity among Christian students Hundreds of students, parents and...
View ArticleFreedom of religion and speech facing one of greatest threats yet!
Two proposed pieces of legislation which potentially pose a major threat to freedom of religion and speech in South Africa were published in the last week –the CRL Report on Regulation of Religion,...
View ArticleState to oppose right to assisted suicide in ‘groundbreaking’ case
The right of a terminally ill patient to request assisted suicide will be challenged by the Department of Health in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) tomorrow (Friday November 4) in a case arising out...
View ArticleChurch leaders call for ‘corruption TRC’
Bishop Malusi Mpulwana. Originally published by Sowetan Live The South African Council of Churches (SACC) has called for a process similar to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to deal with...
View ArticlePerfect timing for Sacred Assembly
The FNB Stadium, where the Sacred Assembly will be held, filled to capacity for the Soweto Derby, October 27 2015. (PHOTO: Stadium Management) ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit’, says the...
View ArticleBaptists call on CRL Rights Commission to withdraw proposal to regulate religion
Mark Penrith, Chairman of Baptist Union of Southern Africa. While it is disturbed by apparent abuses within religious communities, the cure proposed by the CRL Rights Commission — to regulate religious...
View ArticleBishop criticises Malema over racist hate speech
The Bishop of Johannesburg, Dr Steve Moreo, left, has criticised the racist hate speech by the Economic Freedom Fighters’ Julius Malema,right). (PHOTO: ACNS) Originally published in Anglican Communion...
View ArticleJudgment reserved in assisted suicide appeal
One of a group of about 40 pro-life protesters who picketed outside the SCA in Bloemfontein during last Friday’s appeal. The group was organised by Dr Faan Oosthuizen. The Supreme Court of Appeal’s...
View ArticleNG Kerk sê oor gays — 2015 besluit van die baan
Oorspronklik in Maroela Media gepubliseer Die besluit van die NG Kerk se buitengewone algemene sinode waar die gay kwessie weer onder die loep gekom het, is bekendgemaak. Die algemene sinode het...
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