The authors of this statement are calling on Christians and churches to overcome the either–or mentality, and to embrace a view that promotes unity in diversity.

One of Europe’s most influential leaders explains her outlook on life in the autobiography ‘Freedom’.

Anti-Christian acts drop by 10% in a context in which antisemitic attacks continue to be on the rise, says a territorial intelligence report.

How does one make an effective Christian presence in the midst of a Europe that, more than asleep to the Gospel, seems comatose or almost dead?

Among evangelicals, 17% say they experienced some kind of religious discrimination. Daniela Baumann of the Swiss Evangelical Alliance analyses the latest official data.

The imitation instruction is not based on the burden of striving effort.  Instead, it is to be fueled by the joy of a loving relationship.  

One reader, who teaches at a seminary in Asia, told me that a student enrolled online had to drop out to care for his pregnant wife, who was living in a Thai refugee camp where the hospitals shut down due to the US aid cutoff.

Jack Hemmings, along with fellow veteran Stuart King, “wanted to use aviation for good”. They founded Mission Aviation Fellowship in 1945. The ministry still serves people in unreached places of the world.

In Örebro, churches open for counselling and prayer. A former student tells Evangelical Focus his prayers are that “Jesus will make his presence felt to those who are grieving”.

Self-declaration of age is not acceptable, says Ofcom. “Companies that fail to meet these new requirements can expect to face enforcement action”.

The latest Eurostat data show that those with children at home consider themselves more satisfied than average. Young people are more positive than older people.

The movie only anticipates some outcomes that are consonant with respect to the “catholic” (inclusive, all-embracing) direction that Jorge Bergoglio imprinted on the Roman Catholic Church.

The new Brussels representative of the European Evangelical Alliance shares her vision in an interview. “Evangelical Christians are called to balance religious freedom while maintaining authentic expressions of biblical faith”, she says.

The list is long of prophets and spiritual leaders who dared to speak the truth to rulers who crossed God-ordained thresholds – often at great cost. 

God has called you, so He will make sure you get up each time you fall, and set you above what people may say.

The social media influencer with 745,000 followers on Instagram speaks about her journey from a new age lifestyle to finding salvation in Jesus.

The takes effect on 1 February. Religious communities now need at least 500 adult members to be legal. Any activity on a public place must be notified and may be banned.

I hope we would agree that worship is more than song-singing.  Actually, worship is about revelation of God and response to God.

Western agencies must reskill to become effective intercultural facilitators, connecting people, skills, and resources behind Majority World strategies for mission.

Salwan Momika was at the centre of an international controversy in 2023 with Islamic countries calling for limits on free speech in Sweden. “Islamists often play according to other rules”, laments Olof Edsinger of the Evangelical Alliance.

Christians were tortured and accused of theft. The Sudanese Christian Youth Union asserted that the accusations were false.

“We cannot accept the promotion of a free abortion law, while the crisis of vulnerable children continues to be forgotten”, said members of the national parliament.

There is a loss of comfort: the town is not what it used to be. There is indignation with the politicians. But there are also the unresolved questions: Why am I alive and others are not? Why did I lose only my car while others lost their homes and businesses?

As the church in Germany and in the West in general struggles with secularisation and decline, Lausanne reminded me: the Church is alive and vibrant.

Evangelical Alliance unity services in places like Winterthur, Thun or Bülach focused on ‘living hope together’.