After a first drone damaged the Emmanuil church at night, a second explosion killed a father and his 5-year-old daughter, leaving the mother hospitalised. The family was involved in Christian ministry and had fled eastern Ukraine.
Church planting and revitalisation, media, theology, charitable work, and ministry to younger generations were some of the topics addressed by participants from countries such as Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Ukraine.
The consequences of neglecting our responsibility to each other and our shared home are no longer distant, they are here now, and the church cannot wait any longer to act.
The cultural institution in western Spain is awarded by evangelical Christians for its outstanding contribution to the proper recognition of the Spanish Reformers, especially Casiodoro de Reina from Extremadura.
Christians who go to church and read the Bible at least once a week give 11% of their income to charity, compared to 2% of the rest of population. “A commitment to a Christian faith doesn’t preclude supporting causes that are not explicitly driven by faith”, the survey finds.
Jan Wessels, co-general secretary of the European Evangelical Alliance, speaks to Evangelical Focus. Amid tensions, “our role is to keep the evangelical family together, keep people talking to each other and praying together”, he says.
We have at least three ‘mystery’ senses that we might not know so much about, including vestibular proprioception, and interoception.
Three years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, TWR is sharing the hope of Jesus in the region and calls to pray.
We will not stop praying. We are determined and compelled by love to stand in the gap for the vulnerable and oppressed. Three years is enough. We pray for sustainable peace and justice.
The development of the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel opens the debate on what steps could be taken to find a solution to a conflict that is always on the verge of exploding.
The United States should act in accordance with the beliefs it claims to hold, says Ruslan Kukharchuck. Other evangelicals in Europe are wondering if US Christian ministries will also cool down their relationship with churches on this side of the Atlantic.
A Ukrainian evangelical leader calls on Europeans to “take primary responsibility” in the resolution of the conflict.
Several Christian entrepreneurs in Spain have recently been recognised for their exemplary work.
Evangelical Alliance unity services in places like Winterthur, Thun or Bülach focused on ‘living hope together’.
Two and a half years after the Russian invasion, Germany was hosting more than one million people. Together with Ukraine and the Czech Republic, they have taken in 60% of all refugees in the union.
A Christian must be willing to sacrifice his or her life for Christ and His Kingdom, but not for the whims of the ruler of the day and his delusions of a ‘holy nation’ with its supposed ‘historic mission’.
Few remember how distrusting, fearful and uncertain the post-war years of the late 1940s were, with lives, bodies, families, cities and nations having been broken, disrupted and destroyed. How do you rebuild out of such brokenness?
Europe debates whether to accept Trump’s challenge to raise military spending to 5%. But followers of Jesus are not recognised by their political orientation, but by their affiliation with the God of Peace.
Many Middle Eastern countries recognize the existing, historic Christian communities but deny non-Christian citizens the right to espouse the Christian faith – and they actively persecute those who do.
The new government has pledged to preserve religious freedom and minority rights, but Jesus followers are taking a wait-and-see approach.
The granddaughter of a Protestant teacher, shot by Franco’s army when she was 8 months pregnant, received the award at the Democratic memory day event.
Europe’s identity as ‘Christendom’, a unity with much diversity, distinct from her pagan Eurasian roots, led to self-perception as a ‘continent’.
“The church is still figuring out the best way to help the people living under this new reality”, says a pastor in the Syrian city. Over 700 people have been killed so far in this latest attack.
In the midst of war, it is humbling to be reminded that the Creator of the universe is personally interested in each of us, and that His love for us is beyond our understanding.
“Jesus gave us wisdom and understanding, so all the glory to Him”, said the Dominican singer when he received the award for best album.
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