Fear of the coronavirus has also come to the Moria refugee camp in Lesbos (Greece), prompting several Christian organizations to take steps to protect the nearly 20,000 people crowded into the camp.

Both authors wrote the books at the end of March. “Christians are able to feel peace, even in an uncertain world”, says Lennox. Piper wants  to “provide a God centred place to stand in such fragile times”.

An evangelical doctor working in Spain with Covid-19 patients shares his experience. “I am not a hero, I know I can get the virus and die. But I am sure that whatever happens, the Lord is with me”.

Italian pastors across many denominations continue to praise the Lord’s faithfulness in historically unifying them in prayer.

The National Council of Evangelicals of France supports “the current restrictions for reasons of public health”. “In this crisis, we keep our hope in God intact, and seek to share it”.

More than 40 million people used Bible reading apps and websites, sharing around 15 million verses on Easter Sunday.

May this crisis make you ponder life and death, and what is truly valuable.

The proposal of two French doctors to use Africa to test coronavirus vaccines has sparked controversy. “It is not compatible with the biblical criteria of human dignity”, French evangelicals say.

In her first-ever Easter message, Queen Elizabeth II shared the Christian hope amid the coronavirus crisis.

Like many believers, Philip Roth feels bewildered at the relationship that the Bible establishes between plagues and God’s judgement. But can we apply this to epidemics nowadays?

We need to learn to look for where God is at work quietly and behind the scenes. What might God bring out of all of this?

“The Holy Week in Lockdown” is a devotional series following the Gospel of John from chapter 12 to 20. It has been developed by the World Evangelical Alliance.

Marcos Zapata, President of the Spanish Evangelical Alliance, explains what he learned as he was infected with Covid-19. “In the midst of this crisis, our churches can be light and bless our community”.

We should be able to transform the time of waiting into a time of hope and patience. Then we will discover that God can change our adversities into opportunities.

Suddenly we have all realised our common vulnerability. Never in human history has our common fate been shown to be so interlinked.

We are “condemned” to staying at home with our partner, our children or just ourselves.

As pastors, ministers, church leaders and preachers, we need to be very confident in God’s Word as we plunge into a global crisis.

The #andràtuttobene hashtag has been very popular in Italy these days. But can you say that from a secular point of view?

Churches are aware that the continent is one of the least prepared regions from a sanitary standpoint. Christians maintain an attitude of prayer and service while they work alongside the authorities.

Let us listen carefully, think deeply, change appropriately to the messages from the media and speak relevantly through the media into our society.

The cinema shows many examples of viruses that affect humans, producing devastating epidemics that remind us of our fragility and vulnerability.

The Evangelical Hospital of Barcelona has set up a special area for Covid-19 patients. They ask churches to pray for them “to continue being a light in the midst of this pandemic”.

A survey shows that women have more existential questions than men, while Protestants and Catholics are the ones who think more about the meaning of life.

Despair, distraction and compromise are three of them.

The confinement in our homes is forcing millions to stop abruptly, cancel all our plans, and take time to look in the mirror.