Are we aware that employees and employers are not enemies, but work together to achieve the common good?
Hans Simon was the Lutheran pastor of the Zionskirche. He wore a turtleneck jumper and always had a pipe in his hand. The Stasi spied on his every move.
The venue in Besançon was chosen because it is well served. “It is not the place that makes the church, it is the people who make it”, says the pastor.
In eight years, the church attendance of men aged 15 to 29 more than doubled. Researchers see no parallels in women or in other Nordic countries.
It does not mean much to acknowledge that Satan is real and active if we then immediately deny that he could be at work in almost every layer of human authority and influence.
In the traditionally Catholic central European country, the Evangelical Alliance hopes to connect pastors and parliamentarians.
While the political actors involved welcome the agreement, evangelical organisations take a critical look at the details of the pact.
Today, secular Europeans have a very acute radar. They crave substance, not hype; what is real, not what is fake. They want God, not Christianity-lite. How can we meet this commendable need? By raising the bar spiritually.
Amendments to the law on the activities of religious organisations make it difficult to plant new churches and many could be forced to close.
In Plateau alone, where the latest massacre took place, at least 315 Christians have been killed and 80,000 displaced since April 2023. The Christian Association of Nigeria organised a demonstration.
The launching includes a free audio version and a Lego Christmas story video. Church of Scotland aims to “encourage families to read the Bible stories together”.
Armed groups attacked around 20 small villages in Plateau state in 2 days. Christian leaders urge authorities to take action to prevent future threats.
“It is a historical event, where about twelve churches of the city of Brașov, have come together and put aside our differences”, organisers said.
To a generation that is starving for human connection, the greatest gift the church can offer is relationship.
New data from a group focusing on church planting points to immigration as a key element in the growth of Spanish churches in the last decade.
The ceremony, which began with the hymn “Sublime Gracia” (Amazing Grace), made it clear that this ‘new home’ for the congregation was intended to be a house open to the whole community.
The president of the Italian Evangelical Alliance, Giacomo Ciccone, spoke about religious freedom in a lecture held at the Faculty of Law of the University of Padua.
In the United Kingdom, carol services organised by churches are a massive outreach opportunity.
The government of President Ortega has seized the properties of many non-profit groups. “The persecution of evangelicals is more silent than that of Catholics”, says human rights lawyer.
Research looks at how the young in France see secularism. People between 18 and 30 are more tolerant of religious symbols in public.
The National Council of Evangelicals in France approved a document to “bring vision and unity to the mission of the churches, without denying their diversity”.
The vicepresident of the Algerian Protestant Church has been convicted of holding an unauthorised religious worship and fined with around 665€.
I feel ashamed that immigrants to our beautiful country would be bullied into not even being able to attend church, writes the leader of the Evangelical Alliance Ireland.
Archbishop Justin Welby says Anglicans will “seek to move forward together”, but churches in England and in other parts of the world say the moves lead to a “fracture”.
We should do all we can to bring children and young people with additional needs into God’s presence and to rejoice with them when they make little steps of faith.
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