The Italian Supreme Court overturned two previous rulings that said ‘Breccia di Roma’ was exempt from paying taxes as if it were a for-profit company. The pastors will appeal in Europe against the “discriminatory and ideological” decision.

What can evangelical voices offer to supplement or correct what ordinary Ukrainians think about their national identity? What special contribution can they make?

The Supreme Court still operates within a pattern of thought whereby places of worship must have “objective characteristics”, perhaps thinking of Roman Catholic churches with altars, statues, chapels. The final ruling is unfair and discriminatory.

The church member faces up to 10 years in jail for giving “knowingly false information” about the Russian armed forces. The Russian-imposed authorities say their aim is to “halt the work of religious sects”.

The US International Commission on Religious Freedom warns in its annual report that several governments have engaged in the repression of religious minorities.

The European meeting was held in Madrid, with the presence of local authorities and a variety of plenary sessions and round tables on current issues.

Members underlined “God’s faithfulness” as they looked back to history. International speakers reflected on mission in Europe and the impact on Italian Christians of the Lausanne 1974 Congress.

In just 2 moths, police raided 4 worship services and issued 7 fines for leading and participating in “illegal missionary activity”.

A drunk man shouted anti-Christian slogans as he tried to enter the building. The police arrested him after he smashed a window.

Three Muslim students in Belgium appealed to Europe after not being allowed to wear headscarves at school. The ban had been introduced to “protect” pupils from “proselytization”.

The state seeks to better protect minors in social media contexts. The Evangelical Council says it promotes efforts to make all churches safe and free from any type of abuse.

The lives and health of the 11 pastors and ministry leaders imprisoned on questionable legal grounds must be safeguarded, the body says.

The world’s most populated country is in the midst of a key general election. “People are afraid that there will be no more elections afterwards”, says an evangelical.

Dozens of other Christians were wounded and received treatment in hospitals, sources in the area said.

The polls in the most popullated country in the world show another victory for the Hindutva nationalism of Narendra Modi. “Religious freedom is important and under threat”, say evangelicals.

Evangelicals in the area suffer persecution since 2016, with physical attacks, property destruction, looting, jail, and a ban of the use of water wells and schooling their children.

In the last decade, the Italian Evangelical Alliance has represented the demands of the evangelical world internally (prayer), externally (religious freedom), and in the international arena (relations with Catholicism).

A Sikh warrior group warned them against worship and conversions.

The Christian politician has won in two lower courts the right to express her Christian beliefs on homosexuality, but the public prosecutor hopes to win in Finland’s top court.

Over 13,000 dead and nine million displaced in a forgotten conflict. “It doesn't get the same attention as other wars in the world”, says a Christian in the region.

United Nations experts say Christian and Hindu girls remain particularly vulnerable to forced religious conversion, abduction, trafficking, child marriage, domestic servitude and sexual violence.

The World, European and Portuguese Evangelical Alliances  submit a report on the religious situation in Portugal for the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Christian Solidarity Worldwide launches a report on Cuban government “hardline tactics”, amid recent protests on the island due to the food and public services crisis.

School handbooks now explain that all hate crimes should be reported to the police. The police are to set up reporting centres throughout Scotland where you can go and ‘clipe’ (a Scots word for snitch or tell-tale) on anyone.

“Extremism is the promotion of an ideology based on violence, hatred or intolerance”, says the new legal definition of the government. Evangelical organisations see a risk in “subjective” decisions about what beliefs can or cannot be expressed.