As Friedrich Merz’s government takes its first steps, the Evangelical Alliance calls on Christians to “resolutely oppose exclusionary thinking” that vilifies certain groups in the country.

“Every person has something to give”, says evangelical parliamentarian Marc Jost, who helped secure approval for the initiative in the Swiss parliament.

A report from the European Freedom Network Bridge 2025 Conference  held in Austria.

In the region worst hit by the earthquakes two years ago, Christians continue to help people rebuild their lives and overcome trauma in the aftermath of the disaster.

Evangelicals submit a report to the UN Human Rights Council, denouncing “cases of abuse of religious freedom, political rights and racism” in Bulgaria.

We interviewed Shahar Isaac (Peter) and Vanessa Benavente (Mary, mother of Jesus) on the day of the European premiere of Last Supper, the fifth season of The Chosen.

In its address to the UN Human Rights Council, the World Evangelical Alliance proposes better training on religious freedom for state officials and politicians.

The European Freedom Network Bridge 2025 conference happens in Horn, Austria. “An opportunity to learn and collaborate, to see the end of trafficking in Europe”, say the organisers.

In Spain, abolitionist NGO Amar Dragoste has studied the drastic increase of young women trafficked from Colombia and points to the rise of recruitment on platforms such as OnlyFans.

At first glance, it seems that both those who see the Bible as final authority, and those who see it as a valuable myth, have much to share. Yet, upon closer observation, the foundations for their beliefs are worlds apart. 

Ahead of Sunday’s elections, the Protestant, Catholic and other churches ask to “vote for parties that stand up for our democracy”. Alice Weidel’s AfD party rises in the polls amid tough immigration debates.

Schuman warned that democracy cut off from the Christian values of peace, solidarity, freedom of conscience and rule of law would degenerate into tyranny. Autocratic rulers espousing Christian language are cloaking this degeneration.

Jack Hemmings, along with fellow veteran Stuart King, “wanted to use aviation for good”. They founded Mission Aviation Fellowship in 1945. The ministry still serves people in unreached places of the world.

The new Brussels representative of the European Evangelical Alliance shares her vision in an interview. “Evangelical Christians are called to balance religious freedom while maintaining authentic expressions of biblical faith”, she says.

We must call on Europe to make a critical assessment of the results of its policy of renouncing the biblical worldview. We must offer hope for revitalisation.

The evangelical pastor had been sentenced to seven years in prison after participating in the mass demonstrations for democracy in July 2021.

We attended the Open Doors press conference in Madrid to get the stories and context of the most widely cited report on persecution of Christians globally.

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?

Photos showing important, but not so well known, stories from around the world throughout the year, by World Vision.

The uncertainty over the Salafist past of the new leadership is also a concern in the aftermath of the fall of the Assad regime.

The roots of human rights actually go back much further than the Enlightenment, to minority Christian traditions including Mennonites and Baptists.

The German-speaking evangelical alliances, the IIRF and the ISHR, launch yearbooks on religious freedom and persecution against Christians.

If we seek ultimate glory in the human being, we will travel all the paths of Ecclesiastes' frustration.

Christians say that “the Cuban state refuses to open spaces for the exercise of fundamental rights”, and denounce the application of heavy fines to religious leaders.

The Swedish, European and World Evangelical Alliances sent a joint report on asylum seekers, conscientious objection, and hate speech, among other issues.