While serving as Colombia's ambassador to France, Viviane Morales stood out for her commitment to humanitarian causes, such as providing assistance to Venezuelan migrants.

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 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”.

World Vision, REMAR, Alianza Solidaria, Diaconía and several denominations have launched coordinated responses following the earthquakes on 24 June.

Sixteen people, aged between 14 and 80, were baptised in June by the ‘La Trinidad’ evangelical church in the coastal town near Alicante. They have been bearing witness to their faith for over a century.

The joint initiative of southern English evangelical churches goes on, with more than 130 people being baptised during two consecutive Sunday services.

At least 589 people have died and around have been 3,000 injured, say official reports on Friday. Affected areas include La Guaira, where a church collapsed. Thousands are trying to find relatives, pastors call to pray as Christian organisations start sending aid. 

MissieNederland releases a report about “how Christian young people experience their faith, and the challenges this presents for churches and organisations”.

FEREDE says it has received in recent weeks “an avalanche of media enquiries” and recognises that the creation of “a public narrative that reflects the diversity of Spanish Protestantism” does not depend solely on its own efforts.

To identify the entire evangelical community with certain political movements or with media images from the United States is not only unfair, but deeply misguided.

Trump’s ‘Great America’ is that of an immature child who holds gladiator fights in which victory is achieved by beating and humiliating the opponent. Why are evangelicals ceding their influence to this kind of leadership?

Evangelical representatives from France, Austria and Italy took part in an OSCE meeting held in Rome. Julia Doxat-Purser, from the European Evangelical Alliance, expressed concern about how evangelicals are portrayed in a ‘toxic atmosphere’ that increasingly fuels hatred towards ‘the other’.

Three big events in Spain, Catholic, evangelical, and Pentecostal, and their sometimes unintended consequences.

The encyclical has little sense of the tragedy of sin, sees the gospel as a process in which nature is made more perfect and justifies the Church's role as a mediator between man and God.

This year, a joint delegated meeting of the German- and the French-speaking branches gathered 120 people in Murten. The Alliance seeks a middle ground between fundamentalism and liberalism.

Both the left and the right applauded Leo XIV's speech, in an unprecedented event in recent Spanish history.

The new president of the entity representing evangelicals in Austria is a member of the Federation of Evangelical Churches (BEG). The assembly also approved a Code of Ethics. 

Since becoming Leo XIV, Pope Prevost hinted at his desire to build on Leo XIII’s legacy by updating the Social Doctrine of the Church on the pressing concern of today: how to deal with Artificial Intelligence (AI) without succumbing the human person to it.

The pastor of ‘Zeal Church’ explains the “very difficult” decision but underlines that nothing will halt “the mission of bringing God’s love to this region”. Critical media coverage only shows that free churches are once again “noticed, heard and seen” in society, says René Wagner.

Pastor Anatoly Kaluzhny recounts the destruction he found when he arrived at his church after receiving an early morning warning of a Russian attack. “I also saw God’s mercy: our worship centre and sanctuary, though significantly damaged, remained standing”.

In an exclusive interview, Franklin Graham talks about his visit to Madrid (Spain), his relationship with Donald Trump, and how the work of Samaritan’s Purse is welcomed by countries despite reservations about it being driven by the Christian faith.

The Italian Evangelical Alliance called on Christians to give a biblical witness “in times of cultural crisis”. Theological training and church planting projects were presented.

Timóteo Cavaco ended his term as president. Evangelical education in schools, reports about the evangelical realities, and initiatives such as the Portuguese Evangelical Forum are among the AEP’s initiatives.

“Nothing like this has been done in Belarus in modern history”, said Franklin Graham, who also meet with the president of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko.

Evangelicals do not seem to be on Pope Leo’s radar, aside from a few indirect critical remarks between the lines of his speeches in Cameroon and Angola.