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.

The Bible offers not only encouragement for personal faith in a time of crisis, but also wisdom and insight to guide the Christian in a position of public leadership or influence.

The Italian Evangelical Alliance issued an appeal to all evangelical churches, ministries, and believers to join together on March 22nd to pray in unity, asking God to be revealed in this very moment.

If you have ever been at a sporting event at the beginning of a comeback, you will know the power of hope to transform a situation and spread rapidly through a group of people.