Ukraine is not simply fighting for survival; it is also preserving the civic habits that make survival meaningful.
The large fire continues unabated and has destroyed at least 80,000 hectares. Over 92,000 people have been evacuated or confined. A Christian camps centre in the area has also been affected.
Reflections on the human desire for a single ruler in light of Psalm 72.
Increasingly, the ‘normal’ Christian experience is no longer that of the comfortable Western church but of believers who worship under pressure.
How we are seen from the outside? What real impact does our communication have? Are we influencing the public conversation? Or are we speaking almost exclusively to ourselves?
At this Christian social centre in Mozambique, boys and girls, both with and without disabilities, play, learn and grow together.
The EEA winsomely describes evangelicals’ commitment to holistic mission, their history of positive social contributions, and their motivation to value every human being as made in God’s image.
The National Council of Evangelicals in France laments the “turning point” which, they fear, will serve to push the most vulnerable towards death. The controversial law has been passed by a narrow margin following three years of debate.
Christians should not speak about others in avoidably offensive ways, using derogatory language or an unloving tone. Our aim must be to speak the truth in love.
He began exploring Minecraft after officiating at the funeral of a parishioner who had been an active player. Members of the man's online gaming community showed up to say goodbye. Shortly afterward, he created an account himself.
The Bible should not be welcomed because it supports socialism, conservatism or liberalism. It should be welcomed because it speaks to questions that no political ideology can answer on its own.
Fifty years ago, on July 9, 1976, I landed in Frankfurt am Main with my family. A Lufthansa plane had flown us from Moscow to Germany. “To freedom”—as people said. My parents had been waiting for an exit permit since 1956. Now the time had finally come.
I hope that the Jeffrey Donaldson revelations will cause us to reflect deeply on the culture that we have allowed to develop, which is insufficiently loving and insufficiently committed to truth.
At least 12 people have died in the devastating wildfire in Andalusia, Spain. An evangelical pastor, speaking from the scene in Turre: “There are many difficulties in putting out the fire due to the terrain, the wind and also the heat”.
We recognise the legitimate duty of governments to manage migration responsibly, secure external borders, and combat human trafficking. At the same time, several elements of this Regulation trouble us. Detention will now last longer and can apply to families with children.
The fact that liberal-democratic countries such as Switzerland and Germany react so strongly to expressions of faith shows just how far secularisation has progressed. That is why I urge Ruben Vargas, Felix Nmecha and others to continue leavening the dough with a faith lived out genuinely.
The number of births has fallen sharply after the pandemic, although the situation is even worse in Mediterranean countries. Adoptions are also at an all-time low.
The European Evangelical Alliance publishes a seven-page document emphasising the identity of “Good News people” in a context of growing media exposure. “The term ‘Evangelical’ is wrongly linked to political movements and narratives that do not reflect the reality of Evangelical communities in Europe”.
The current proposals undermine the role of parents and carers while also ignoring freedom of religion and belief, offering no protection for church leaders and others.
Is it possible to attend the same annual conference for over a decade and still feel that it is crucial to your work?
The World Evangelical Alliance addressed the Austrian government at the Human Rights Council, requesting that no obstacles prevent the registration of faith minorities.
Football became so deeply rooted in British working-class communities because there were chapels, Sunday schools, parish rooms and young men looking for somewhere to belong, long before there were professional clubs, stadiums and television contracts.
The European Union is proposing sanctions against the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church for inciting the war against Ukraine. Tatiana Kopaleishvili of the European Evangelical Alliance sees sufficient grounds to respond to the theological justification of an unjust war.
Afrim Karoshi, an Albanian evangelical, analyses the demand for a ‘new Albania’ that thousands of people are voicing on the streets, in a conflict that goes beyond discontent with a major foreign investment in the Zvërnec region.
International participants are invited to attend three weeks of interactive discussions, taking place in July, on Christian values in cities, countries and at European level, organised by the Schuman Centre for European Studies.
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