The danger comes when Christianity becomes identified with a political project whose primary purpose is to preserve a particular cultural order.
What explains the fact that two out of every three practising Christians in the UK now identify as evangelical? Danny Webster, one of the authors of the report ‘Understanding UK Evangelicals’, answers our questions.
David Smith, the government’s Special Envoy for Religious Freedom, visited Ukraine in July. In the country's occupied territories, people only can worship freely in Russian Orthodox Churches, he says.
Evangelicalism cannot be ignored. If you meet three people who practice their Christian faith, go to church, read the Bible and pray, then two of them are likely to be evangelicals.
A major survey shows that there are 5.5 million committed evangelicals, 8 per cent of the population. Around 40 per cent of them are under the age 35, the Evangelical Alliance United Kingdom reports.
The Evangelical Alliance UK has published a 36-page guide containing definitions of popular New Age concepts, testimonies of conversions to Christianity and ideas for engaging with spiritual seekers.
My trip to Kyiv last week has sharpened my understanding of how increasingly central Ukraine is to Europe’s future.
“Everything has been destroyed”, said the Ukraine for Christ ministy. A nearby elderly care home was also struck, leaving 29 residents dead.
The Ukrainian Prayer Breakfast was a reminder that spiritual leadership remains essential in times of crisis.
Botrus Mansour of the WEA and Jan Wessels of the EEA met with Christian leaders. They joined the National Prayer Breakfast and the celebrations of the 35th anniversary of Ukraine's independence.
How the Bible anniversary in Ukraine is helping rediscover spiritual inspiration for renewal.
Ukraine is not simply fighting for survival; it is also preserving the civic habits that make survival meaningful.
The Evangelical Alliance sends a letter to Andy Burnham. The new prime minister recently said he does not regularly attend mass, but still professes the Catholic faith.
“As Christians, we are called to work towards cultures where abuse is never ignored or concealed”, says the Evangelical Alliance Northern Ireland, following the court conviction of former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson.
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.
The joint initiative of southern English evangelical churches goes on, with more than 130 people being baptised during two consecutive Sunday services.
The Labour government’s proposals include up to five years of prison. The Evangelical Alliance UK denounces that the definition of abusive practices is “entirely subjective”. Christian Concern speaks of “a ban on conversations”.
Europe would not simply sanction a private individual who supports Putin in the war, but the most important figure of the Russian Orthodox Church itself. Is that what we want?
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.
Starmer is the sixth outgoing prime minister in only ten years. "We ask for your wisdom at this time and for godly guidance for our nation”, prays the Evangelical Alliance.
The Prime Minister’s announcement has drawn criticism from teenagers who conduct most of their social lives via social media. We asked the policy adviser at the Evangelical Alliance UK about the role churches should play in offering places of community and friendship.
Great nations are marked by justice, not mere strength. They respect truth rather than propaganda. They cultivate responsibility alongside freedom. They produce citizens who understand that rights and duties belong together.
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”.
New Life Church's Sunday School classrooms wrecked, mobile dental clinic for refugees hit, humanitarian aid vehicles affected. After the attack on 2 June, pastor Anatoly Kalushny is appealing for support to rebuild the site.
No one was killed, and on Sunday, members of the church began clearing the rubble from the building. “Even a large fire cannot burn down what is built on the solid rock of faith,” say the church leaders in the town near Kharkiv, east of Ukraine.
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