In Switzerland, 6 per cent of the population are Muslim. Parliamentarians who fear the Islamisation want more control by local councils over mosques and their funding. But such laws would affect evangelical free churches as well. 

On 25 September, numerous schools will hold compulsory lessons in which the usual curriculum will be replaced by content about the Pope. The Minister for Education has authorised the move, on condition that no spiritual practices are imposed.

The law approved by the Spanish Government seeks to redress the injustice suffered by pastors and their families who were prevented from making social security contributions during the Franco regime and the early years of democracy.

The committee overseeing the case says the doctor acted “with due care” and had the parents’ support, despite the opposing views of other doctors who were also consulted.

The case of a father who was barred by the Spanish courts from taking his young son to church or teaching him about the faith, due to the mother’s opposition, has been referred to the European Court of Human Rights.

A low fertility rate and the secularisation of the island are the causes. Six out of ten children are registered as Catholic at birth, in a context where ‘cultural Catholicism’ persists.

The IFED annual theological conference in Padua fostered debate on AI and the responsibility and ethics that a biblical worldview demands.

What explains the fact that two out of every three practising Christians in the UK now identify as evangelical? Danny Webster, one of the authors of the report ‘Understanding UK Evangelicals’, answers our questions.

David Smith, the government’s Special Envoy for Religious Freedom, visited Ukraine in July. In the country's occupied territories, people only can worship freely in Russian Orthodox Churches, he says.

For two days in Sète, the leadership teams of the National Council of Evangelicals in France and the French Protestant Federation discussed past tensions and future collaboration.

A major survey shows that there are 5.5 million committed evangelicals, 8 per cent of the population. Around 40 per cent of them are under the age 35, the Evangelical Alliance United Kingdom reports.

The 74 per cent increase in baptisms over the last four years is the clearest sign of a shift in trend across its more than 500 churches, explains the Federation of Free Evangelical Churches in Germany.

Members of the European Parliament and expert organisations such as the European Evangelical Alliance call on Mairead McGuiness in Brussels to contact governments that fail to protect this human right: both within and outside Europe.

The Protestant and Catholic Churches have acknowledged in a joint statement that the elections in Saxony-Anhalt “have made our worst fears a reality”. Jews lament a rise in antisemitism.

We talk to Luis Fajardo, director of the Spanish Bible Society, which is celebrating its 190th anniversary with the Month of the Bible events.

Robert Guanco was hit by a wooden sign at the UK's largest Christian music festival, six others were injured. Several Christian leaders sent prayers and condolences to his church and family.

A survey shows that those aged 70 and over are the most sceptical: only 20 per cent agree with this biblical doctrine.

“Everything has been destroyed”, said the Ukraine for Christ ministy. A nearby elderly care home was also struck, leaving 29 residents dead.

The Hope for Europe 2026 gathering of the EEA, will take place from 5–9 October. Participants will explore “how more people across Europe can find hope in Jesus”.

Whilst the radical left in Saxony-Anhalt claims that free evangelicals are just as harmful as jihadists, the radical right-wing AfD, currently leading in the polls, is fueling conflict with Protestants and Catholics.

The Portuguese Evangelical Alliance responds to a case of illegal immigration linked to an unregistered church and the alleged connections of conservative political movements with evangelicalism.

Botrus Mansour of the WEA and Jan Wessels of the EEA met with Christian leaders. They joined the National Prayer Breakfast and the celebrations of the 35th anniversary of Ukraine's independence.

Sergiy Melyanets and Natallia Vasilevich, who live outside the country, have been added to Russia's Federal Wanted List at the request of Belarus.

Faith-based healthcare institutions may refuse to allow assisted dying on their premises, “when such a procedure is clearly contrary to the institution's statutory mission or purpose”.

The Home Office invests 77 million pounds to better protect religious sites.