Over 2,400 people have died in the first one hundred days of the outbreak. Evangelical NGOs work on the ground, assisting victims and running prevention campaigns.
Pastors in the Swiss Alps dream together of greater revival, following a tradition of united prayer and mutual respect.
While people expect the church to offer easily digestible products that can keep pace with the entertainment market, each individual remains the center of their own life, and the church is a convenient afterthought.
After quite a few conversations on the subject, my impression is that within the evangelical world, Artificial Intelligence is being used far more widely than is openly acknowledged, and that almost no one explains how they do it.
Over the course of these 40 years, UNEV has established an educational model that integrates faith, innovation and social commitment.
More than 900 people have been injured and hundreds of buildings have collapsed, whilst rescue teams search for survivors. The 7.4-magnitude earthquake, with its epicentre in the north-west, has triggered a national emergency.
Javier Santolaria, pastor of Casa de Alabanza, describes a city that remains overwhelmed a week later. Evangelical churches distribute aid, food and Christian literature to the thousands of migrants still living on the streets.
Elisabeth Ross worked with refugees. “Her life was all about mission. She served and cared for people all over the world”, says the pastor of her home church.
The German Evangelical Alliance celebrates its 140th anniversary at the annual conference, from 5 to 9 August.
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.
The Iranian authorities have ordered the eviction of 20 Armenian and Assyrian families living in the compound of Iran’s oldest Protestant church, founded in 1876.
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?
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