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South Africa
Faith-Based Medicine for Fractured Nations
Where conflict has torn a country apart, religion can play an important role in bringing it back together.
December 31, 2012
Justin Zoradi Believes Education Can Eradicate Poverty
The founder of These Numbers Have Faces focuses on outreach by degrees.
October 15, 2012
Planting Gardens in Prison: Why We Labor for Shalom Now
Even though we know we can't usher in God's kingdom, we're still called to establish order, beauty, and abundance in this life.
October 9, 2012
Idolatry, the Gospel, and the Imitation of God
Why evangelicals have taken such an interest in idols.
March 24, 2011
Living the Love
Part II of the Cape Town Commitment spells out what the Lausanne Movement's theological manifesto means for the practice of ministry and mission.
January 28, 2011
Teeming Diversity
The Third Lausanne Congress demonstrated that global evangelicalism has been transformed.
December 1, 2010
This Time For Africa
Continent-wide runup to Capetown 2010 draws more than 58,000 to Christ.
October 18, 2010
The Most Diverse Gathering Ever
Lausanne III is pulling a cross-section of 4,000 world leaders to keep the gospel front and center.
September 29, 2010
Graceful Justice
Gideon Strauss was shaped by growing up in apartheid-era South Africa.
June 22, 2010
What to Do about Unbiblical Unions
African churches seek a better response to polygamy than in years past as western churches address new same-sex marriages.
June 25, 2009
Early Returns Are Mixed
Global evangelicals don't necessarily vote like American evangelicals.
July 1, 2008
Siege from Within: Day and Night in Johannesburg
South Africa is not an easy place to minister, despite the apparent normalcy.
June 6, 2008
Banking on Breast Milk 
One ministry's unusual approach to saving AIDS orphans in Africa.
December 14, 2006
"Shall the Fundamentalists Win?"
An excerpt from Philip Jenkins' new book, The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South.
December 5, 2006
'Kidnapped' Pastor Discovered
Plus: Blunting Gibson's Passion, heresy vs. schism, and other stories from online sources around the world.
February 1, 2004
South Africa: Dying Alone
Baptist women seek out and care for ashamed, abandoned AIDS patients
July 9, 2001
Leon Sullivan Dies at 78
Baptist minister led U.S. efforts to hold corporations responsible for investing in South African apartheid
April 1, 2001
Mandela De Klerk and Tutu Join to Fight AIDS
South Africa's men of peace call for end of silence and stigmatization.
December 1, 2000
Suffering From Post-Apartheid Fatigue
Churches told they are not doing enough to reconcile South Africa.
August 18, 2000
Insisting He's Innocent Anti-Apartheid Activist Begins Jail Term
Allan Boesak sentenced for theft and fraud from anti-apartheid foundation funds.
May 16, 2000
Let Africans Honor Ancestors with Blood Libations in Mass Says Bishop
'Is there a way to integrate this custom with their Christian belief as a step towards meaningful inculturation?'
April 1, 2000
Help Us Develop Our Souls Mandela Tells World Religious Leaders
Former South Africa president awarded by Parliament of the World's Religions
December 6, 1999
Leading Catholic Theologian Outlines His Vision of Next Pope
Church needs a reforming pope, especially regarding sexual ethics, says Hans Kung
December 6, 1999
How much truth can We take?
South Africa's Christian experiment for finding healing from its violent past.
February 9, 1998
Behind South Africa's Miracle
Freedom could not have been won without the faithful efforts of the church.
August 15, 1994
South Africa Churches Want City to Open Up Land for Worship
Church pastors in Cape Town are requesting the City review a moratorium on churches being erected on City-owned land which was put in place two years ago, resulting in hundreds of congregations now worshipping in private homes. (allAfrica.com)
'Jesus had HIV' sermon sparks South African fury
However, as Pastor Skosana told those gathered in the modest Luhlaza High School hall for his weekly services, in many parts of the Bible Jesus put himself in the position of the destitute, the sick and the marginalised. (BBC)
Beijing Blocks Travelers To Lausanne Congress
At least 11 Chinese Christians planning to attend a global evangelical gathering in South Africa have been barred from leaving the country, and many others have come under pressure. Many fear Beijing is cracking down on Christians who worship outside the official church. (Morning Edition, NPR)
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