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?

God wants us all to be pioneers to the people around us who do not know the gospel; there are many ways of being a pioneer. Are you one?

TWR broadcasts 16 programs each week over shortwave radio to encourage believers in North Korea.

At a private gathering with religious leaders, the president encouraged them to promote French-style 'laicité' and spoke about hot issues like his plans on euthanasia and the State's dialogue with Muslims.

An NGO serving migrants says most came from Pakistan and were trying to reach Spain after 13 days of journey. The islands are going through a major crisis after receiving over 43,000 migrants in one year.

Europe debates whether to accept Trump’s challenge to raise military spending to 5%. But followers of Jesus are not recognised by their political orientation, but by their affiliation with the God of Peace.

North Korea heads the new Open Doors ranking. North African countries such as Morocco and Algeria appear on the list. “If we lose religious freedom, then all other freedoms fall”.

Letting the next generation step up.

The 23 February election could turn frustration into a historic rise of the far right. A journalist points to the importance of “acknowledge other opinions and not immediately condemn them”.

He compared himself to the biblical King David, without mentioning God or Jesus at any point in the ceremony, which was opposed in the streets by thousands.

The average age of marriage has risen to 28. “Society and churches prepare people for the wedding, but not for marriage”, says a pastor from Cluj-Napoca. Hypersexualisation and uncertainty about the future do not help either.

More than 400 influential Christian leaders and 30 church groups sent an urgent appeal the last week of December to the president and the prime minister of India.

Users of Facebook, Instagram should now be even more careful when using social media. Meta no longer wants to rely on fact-checkers in future. A perspective from Europe.

Hugo Pinto, writer and preacher in Portugal, reflects on the practicality of faith in all areas, including finance. “Money is like a knife in the kitchen”.

Pundits warn that in 2025 we are heading back to the law of the jungle, a world where might is right and money manipulates.

God has created us, and He loves us just the way we are. This is the most simple of truths, but one of the hardest to understand.

Meta removes fact-checkers and replaces them with so-called ‘community notes’. “We are going to restore freedom of speech”, he says.

The Church in our region is steadily declining, and the age distribution of its members gives little hope of growth. What do we need to change without losing the gospel?

The family decided to keep their faith secret for fear of Muslims of the area, since the father was a committee member in one of the mosques.

After two decades singing with indie bands, the artist in Mallorca makes his solo debut. “Music helps me connect with the cracks that other people have, their pain”, he says.

“This reveals a gap in the security of those who dedicate their lives to the spiritual and social service of their communities”, says the Evangelical Confederation of Colombia.

Sometimes the pursuit of being “interesting” and “relevant” undermines the exegetical integrity of our ministry. 

More than 450 authors and almost 30,000 contents published since the website was launched in January 2015. “The journey we have made reinforces the idea that approaching current affairs from a Christian perspective is not only relevant but necessary”.

As every year the European Evangelical Alliance encourages churches to join to pray. “Jude's letter has a very important message for our time ”.