The Missions Working Group of the Spanish Evangelical Alliance launches an initiative for the collaboration of churches and organisations that send missionaries from Spain.
Evangelical groups seek to show the roots of equality between women and men in the Bible. Abuse in society and a lack of voice in churches are still visible obstacles, says the World Evangelical Alliance.
Watch the speech of Finnish Christian politician Päivi Räsänen at the General Assembly of the Spanish Evangelical Alliance, 19 February 2022. "We are especially called to stand firm in those parts of the Scriptures that contradict the spirit of the time".
Päivi Räsänen was the main speaker at the 2022 General Assembly of the Spanish Evangelical Alliance: “Everyone should be free to express their deeply held beliefs about important issues without fear of censorship or criminal sanction”.
The speakers at the evangelical gathering stressed that criticism and offense should not be equated to hate speech, and that freedom of expression should prevail in case of doubt.
Spanish evangelicals denounce that “fundamental freedoms are at risk”, due to “authoritarian” legislative initiatives and “demand for all the right to think differently and to freely express it”.
The initiative responds to a concern over several attacks on freedom of expression. It will be called the "Forum of Elah".
The Asturian Bible wins the Regional Council of Culture prize for “the philological apparatus developed, the immense work for over 30 years, and its complexity”.
The government party drives the conversation about abolition. Evangelicals hope such a law will move forward, but demand a deeper social change.
On 14th November the centenary was celebrated in the Igreja do Mirante, the oldest evangelical church in Porto.
The meeting of the Spanish evangelical youth leaders brought together over 100 participants to strengthen ties and reflect on the challenges of youth ministry.
“Surrogacy should not be authorised or legalised”, says the evangelical entity, which denounces that “it attacks women and children human rights”.
Madrid hosted the presentation of the first complete Bible in the language spoken by around 200,000 people in Spain, translated from the original languages.
Christians and churches worldwide will join for the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Christians on November 7 and 14.
There has been a growing awareness of the need for a journal that could serve Spanish-speaking regions, such as Latin America, Spain, and Equatorial Guinea.
The LGBT lobby in Castellón (Spain) asks the administration to “take actions” against the evangelical church and its social projects. The Spanish Evangelical Alliance condemns the “coercion” of freedom of speech.
“Society is not fully aware of the danger of gambling”, warns the Spanish Evangelical Psychologists Group. The average profile is a 25 year-old-male online player.
As Christians we cannot ignore the violence against women that is exploding in Afghanistan with the Taliban.
“Governments have put a lot of money into developing these vaccines. It's a dilemma with legal, economic, political and ethical aspects. The key would be for pharmaceutical companies to allocate part of their profits to more universal and equitable access to vaccines”.
“Youth ministry has to work on areas such as excellence in life, a correct stewardship of time and resources, and a constant dependence on God that generates confidence in economic entrepreneurship”, says Marcos Zapata.
The Infancy Working Group of the Spanish Evangelical Alliance launches a Protocol for Child Protection. “We still have a long way to go”, says Javier Martín.
The Spanish Evangelical Alliance writes to the Finnish ambassador, saying the court process against Päivi Räsänen is “a worrying step back that goes in the opposite direction of the Europe we all want to build together”.
After more than three decades of work, the Bible in this language spoken by around 200,000 people in the north of Spain is a reality. “We want it to be the reference text in both the ecclesiastical and civil spheres”.
An event held in Madrid shows the successes of the Nordic model, which punishes the client, to curb trafficking and prostitution.
The government wants to present a freedom of conscience bill this year, but social actors (including evangelicals) are not convinced about changing the religious freedom law.
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