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WHAT WE ARE BEING TOLD FROM INSIDE RWANDA Rwanda offers a clear and sobering lesson for South Africa. Over the past several years, more than 10,000 churches in Rwanda have been officially closed . These closures did not come through an outright ban on Christianity, nor through a declaration that faith itself was unlawful. We have received direct confirmation from reliable sources within Rwanda , including pastors and church leaders affected by these regulations, that many churches genuinely...

Why South African Churches Must Pay Attention—Now As pastors and church leaders gather for the first Sunday of the year, a sobering reality confronts the Christian community in South Africa: powerful forces intent on regulating, controlling, and fundamentally reshaping the life of the Church have made it clear that they do not intend to slow down. These intentions were publicly articulated by the Chairperson of the CRL Rights Commission, Ms Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva , who indicated that “it...

Whenever the idea of regulating the Church is raised, it is presented as a noble effort to “protect the public,” “ensure accountability,” or “deal with abuses.” But slogans and good intentions mean nothing without hard facts. Any serious discussion about regulating the Church must begin with an uncomfortable but unavoidable truth: the greatest beneficiaries of church regulation would be the state and the regulatory apparatus created to enforce it . Not congregants. Not communities. Not...