The police says he promoted conversion therapies. “I will keep sharing my testimony, I don’t want others to be robbed of the biblical side of the story”.

Evangelicals “will work to ensure the Bill doesn't have a negative impact on individual freedoms or practices of churches”. The new law will now include transgender people.

Theologically conservative groups see the proposals “illogical” and a “Trojan horse” that will lead to future changes in the doctrine of marriage. Politicians accuse the leadership of the Anglican Church of “homophobia”.

The initiative of the Senate also seeks to explicitly ban discrimination on the grounds of disability. LGBTQI groups say same-sex marriage and adoption laws need to be shielded.

It is the first measure of the 6-year-long internal debate on LGBTQI issues. The leading Anglican church says it seeks “a proper 21st century understanding of being human and of being sexual”.

A draft law aims to cancel the Prayer Day as a public holiday to increase the defence budget. “There is more at stake than a public holiday”, say religious leaders.

The Federation of Evangelical Religious Entities of Spain analyses the challenges and achievements of evangelical churches in 2022.

A survey shows that Roman Catholics decline the most and go to church the least. Over half of Protestants attend church at least once a month.

Around 60 professional and church groups commit to implement standards for staff, prevention programmes and crisis intervention teams.

The trends in other European countries do not follow the same pattern.

“Humanity lies in refusing to give in to demographic, lobbyist or economic pressures that call for facilitating early death", says the National Council of Evangelicals in France.

The official figure of the latest census shows that Cardiff is the only city with more than 5% of LGB+ people. Around 0.5% of the population identifies as transgender.

From 8 to 15 January, European evangelical churches are invited to pray and rejoice together.

In 2 reports submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Protestant Evangelical Committee for Human Dignity asks to abolish surrogacy and ban minors’ access to pornography.

Photo gallery of Revive Europe 2022.

Swedish Board of Health warns that “care has been characterised by a lack of knowledge about the results of treatment” and recommends “to be given in the context of research”.

Revive Europe gathers the new generation for repentance, forgiveness and awakening.

Official data show a slight upturn in abortions. 90% of them were “at the woman's request”.

A survey published by the Theos think tank also shows that 64% believe that “there are some things that science will never be able to explain”.

The programme, which included music and a preaching on Jesus’ centrality in Christmas, was aired on Christmas Eve.

The Evangelical Alliance UK says the new 'trans law' is “an assault on truth” which “puts women and children at risk”.

Medical experts, jurists, feminists, and faith groups oppose a law that allows teenagers aged 16 or more to change their legal gender without restrictions. Conversion therapies are to be punished with fines of up to 150,000 euros.

An interview with Albanian evangelical pastor and philosopher Akil Pano, who is defending in court his right to express Christian views on family and marriage. “People are scared, trying to be polite and politically correct”.

Watch a 12-minute-long in-depth report made by the Finnish National Television (with English subtitles).

The specific measures to prevent terrorist attacks in places of worship on Hanukkah and Christmas were not announced.