The Top 10 shows our readers' interest in the trends of Christianity in countries like France, Finland and Iceland. The most viewed on our website? Faith stories of the Olympic Games athletes.
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The Eiffel Tower, in Paris, during the 2024 Olympic Games, one of the large global events of the year. / Photo: [link]A. Aymard[/link]
2024 is coming to an end, a year of major events such as the Euro football championship, the elections in Europe, and in the church context, the Lausanne Congress in Seoul.
But it is the Paris Olympics that Evangelical Focus readers have followed the most, placing two testimonies of faith (of a surfer and of a swimmer) as the most read of the year on our website.
The surprise appearance of a Bible verse at Real Madrid’s Champions League celebration and the controversies surrounding aggressive secularism in Switzerland have also had their place in the ‘top’, as well as the surprising evolution Christianity in northern countries such as Finland or Iceland.
Here are the most interesting Evangelical Focus stories of 2024, according to the interactions of our readership.
1. The surfer of the iconic Olympic photo: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”. Read here.
2. Swimmer Tatjana Smith thanks God after winning Olympic gold: “Because of you, for you”. Read here.
3. Evangelicals in Switzerland concerned about cult ‘aggressively’ proselytising among young Christians. Read here.
4. Over 20,000 march for Jesus in Paris. Read here.
5. Against the odds, researchers find an increase in religiosity among young Finnish men. Read here.
1. Sanija Ameti's post hurt me, but being a Christian means forgiving. By Andi Bachmann-Roth.
2. European Championship final: The trophy engraving and the Bible verse. By Johannes Blöcher-Weil.
3. Feeling mortal with Kris Kristofferson. By José de Segovia.
4. Iceland: the Vikings return to their pagan gods. By Johannes Reimer.
5. Seven European Christian ministry trends in 2024. By René Breuel.
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