For the first time ever, Billboard has named Elevation Worship as the Top Christian Artist of the year.

Pastor Ray has gone to be with the Lord peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family and loved ones”, his son and successor as senior pastor of Rhema Bible Church, Joshua McCauley, said in a statement released last night on behalf of the McCauley family.

Hundreds of Nelson Mandela Bay church leaders who have not been able to open their churches or earn an income to sustain themselves and their families during the prolonged Covid-19 lockdown will be affirmed and appreciated by fellow local church leaders on September 11 and 12.

On Monday a delegation of organisations calling for societal action against COVID-19 corruption met with ANC officials led by party and state president Cyril Ramaphosa.

Prominent United Kingdom-based Bible teacher, author and public speaker David Pawson died at 9am yesterday morning at the age of 90, Gateway News learned this morning.

On Wednesday, April 8, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) hosted a global online prayer meeting from Jerusalem, during which some 2 000 participants from over 70 countries took communion together.