Radical politics, AI and the debate on human identity are the issues for which churches are least prepared, finds the new Global Voices survey conducted by the Lausanne Movement worldwide.

Around 120 pastors, church planters, leaders, and partners from all over Europe, US, Brazil, and Chile, gathered in Barcelona for 4 days of reflection, networking and fellowship.

Fourteen experienced leaders discussed collaborative work in the context of growing diaspora churches and the younger generations. The growth of Islam and new models for sending missionaries were among the challenges addressed.

There was no triumphalism, yet no despair either—only a clear sense that leaders must be held to the highest biblical standards and repent where they have failed.

University students from 42 countries took part in the European Student Festival, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the first conference. A report from Jelgava (Latvia).

Rural women in particular, many of whom have little opportunity for formal education, gain not just spiritual truth but vital life skills from these broadcasts. The potential to improve their lives – and the lives of their families – is enormous. 

In 2024 we took some time to listen to God, the challenges and the opportunities to see God’s Kingdom advanced further in the younger generations, involving over 100 key leaders across Europe and their teams. 

Russian police in Eastern Ukraine raided a Baptist church in Sverdlovsk during Sunday service. They filmed those in attendance and photographed books.

Doing ministry amidst cultural and spiritual challenges in Turkmenistan.

Tapolca, built on a fascinating cave system, is definitely worth a visit. The small town welcomes every visitor. And our Lord certainly rejoices over those of his disciples who bring the gospel to Tapolca.

Will Graham, grandson of the well-known 20th-century evangelist, reflects on the challenges of technology and shares his experiences in evangelism.

TWR launches an app for Persian Farsi-speaking people. “We want to reach migrants in Europe with the gospel. We are focused mainly at first on Afghans and Iranians”.

The multicultural context of Britain means that we cannot develop the theology of nationhood in isolation from migrant communities and identities.

Evangelicals from two generations and diverse church backgrounds see the fruit of collaboration, says Croatian Jasmin Avdagić. A festival brought together 1,300 people from countries of the former Yugoslavia region.

Mission among indigenous Portuguese in a land of cultural Christianity.

Samuel Alonso, a pastor in a small town in Extremadura (western Spain), publishes Notebook of a Rural Planter, a book in which he addresses the challenges of missionary work in rural contexts.

It is necessary to carry out the mission in a sensitive and strategic way, taking into account the context of the housing crisis.

According to the North Caucasian Evangelical Alliance, at the beginning of 2024, substantial groups of locals in almost every ethnic group in the Russian part of the Caucasus professed faith in Jesus.

The federation of French mission organizations launches a national questionarie to “gain a broad overview of what evangelicals in France think about missions”.

The origin story of the church in Europe is a story of the “translation” of the Christian gospel into Europe’s indigenous cultures.

If the Christian Church understands how to welcome the stranger and contextualise the message to the newcomer, it will bear the message of hope and salvation through Jesus Christ.

Only about three people convert each year in an average evangelical church. Máximo Álvarez has researched evangelism for decades and addresses the receptivity to the Gospel of Spaniards. 

Reflecting on the past 15 years having worked with post-atheist Germans in deprived and so-called ‘white’ working class areas, we have identified several obstacles, which we believe hinder us reaching those Europeans who haven’t been ‘Christianised’.

In Kristiansand (Norway), dozens of pioneers met for the 2025 M4 conference. The gathering included community learning, creative inputs and a call to preach the gospel boldly.

We met in Barcelona with a simple but ambitious goal: to see that all evangelical churches in Spain have an extensive cross-cultural missionary culture.