Category: Religion

Illegal churches operating in the inner city and suburbs, causing disturbance to neighbouring communities, are to be closed down this festive season. At the official opening of the City of Joburg festive season safety campaign, involving metro police and emergency services in Sandton, metro police chief David Tembe and Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba confirmed that […]

The night before John Chau returned for the last time to India’s remote North Sentinel Island, he struggled with a sense of fear that his death might be imminent. “I’m scared,” wrote the 26-year-old American from Washington State, who had travelled to the island on a clandestine mission to convert its inhabitants to Christianity. “Watching […]

An American missionary trying to meet and convert one of the most isolated hunter-and-gatherer tribes in the world offered them fish and other small gifts before the tribesmen killed him and buried his body on the beach, journals and emails show. John Allen Chau, 26, of Vancouver Washington, an Instagram adventurer who also led missionary […]

Officials in Poland say that a 110-year-old woman believed to be the world’s oldest nun and a rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust, has died. Father Pawel Rytel-Andrianik, spokesman for Poland’s Roman Catholic Church, on Thursday confirmed the death of Sister Cecylia Roszak last week at a Dominican convent in Krakow. He described her as […]

Christian music artists gathered at the White House last week for a historic worship session. Tauren Wells, Jenn Johnson, We Are Messengers and Danny Gokey were among the Christian singers to take part in the ‘Faith Briefing’ meeting. The Faith Briefing was hosted by the White House to update the Christian leaders on some of […]

Leaders of civil rights movement #NotInMyName on Tuesday received a R100,000 cheque from the leader of the Incredible Happenings Ministries, Prophet Paseka “Mboro” Motsoeneng, for the organisation’s work in fighting women’s abuse and femicide.     “In Ekurhuleni, I am supporting all the victims of rape and abuse. Now I have found bigger, credible partners […]

Astrophysicist Hugh Ross of the Christian apologetics group Reasons to Believe has recently tackled the question of who or what created God. At a lecture given last week at Regent University titled “Does Science Prove God’s Glory?” Ross talked about the evidence for the Christian God as seen in recent scientific evidence. “God has given […]

Michelle Williams, one third of Destiny’s Child, has just debuted her new reality show with fiance Pastor Chad Johnson on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network. ‘Chad Loves Michelle’ spans eight episodes, with each one covering a different pre-marriage counselling session taken by the couple before they tie the knot. In an interview with Fox 5 Atlanta, […]

A large number of Hollywood A-list personalities converted to Scientology, but is it a religion or a cult? Opinions may be divided on the subject matter but actress Leah Remini, who was raised as a member of the Church of Scientology since childhood, is clear-cut about how she feels about the organisation. Quitting it in […]

There are a number of explanations about the genesis of jihadi ideas in Kenya. One is that it could be linked to the emergence of the large and diverse Salafi community. The Salafi are also popularly known as the Wahhabi because of their association with the teachings of 18th century conservative Saudi scholar Muhammad Abd-al-Wahhab. […]