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.

When travel, gatherings, and churches were curtailed and closed, many Christians began to ask for the first time, ‘Must I obey?’ Fortunately, this is not a new question.

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”.

There is “extreme persecution” in 10 countries in Africa and the Middle East, says Open Doors. Elsewhere, worrying trends are observed in key geopolitical actors such as India, Saudi Arabia and China.

In a nutshell, according to the cardinal, all human beings will be saved by Christ, with or without faith in Christ.

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.

Final statistics of 2022 confirm that most families have seen huge increases in products such as milk and cereals. A look at salaries and the access to housing shows massive inequalities between European Union countries.

When we forget the creation narrative in which God affirmed the goodness of the climax of his handiwork, the human body, we struggle to tell the world a better story.

A bomb exploded during a Sunday baptismal service. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State.

Unity, integrity, and long-term commitment is what Africa needs from evangelical Christians, says Goodwill Shana from Zimbabwe.

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

There is no reason for us to be ashamed of the greatest thing that exists: God himself.

He helped a pastor begin Christian-Muslim debates in mid-2021, and in one year over 100 Muslims put their faith in Christ.

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.

According to the government, Christians were 1.9% of the population in 2021.

The Bible offers us salvation, spiritual growth, maturity and equipping for all aspects of life and ministry.

John Newton, a former slave trader who became a pastor, presented his well-known hymn in 1773 to help his congregation understand 1 Chronicles 17:16-17.

The renowned Tamil artist born in London had not interest in her mother’s Christian faith. But after a vision in 2017, everything changed, she says.

Real ministry has frequently happened from a distance: 22 of the New Testament’s 27 books are letters written for the purpose of teaching from a distance.

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

Evangelicals call to pray for the situation in the country after protesters stormed the headquarters of Congress, the Supreme Court and the Presidential Palace.

“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.

62% believe “science can give answers to all the big problems of the 21st century” but 51% do not see a conflict with religion.