Missiologist Jim Memory analyses the main trends in church and society. He will be one of the speakers at this week’s Lausanne Europe 20/21 gathering.

A thousand church and mission leaders from some forty countries will meet next week to think and pray together and seek a way forward for mission in Europe. 

The five-time Paralympian has won six medals in Tokyo 2020: 3 golds, 2 silvers and a bronze. Jessica Long has now 29 medals in total. She publicly “thanks Jesus” for her victory.

Australian athlete wins silver medal in the women's high jump Olympic final. “I decided to pursue God over sport. Whatever comes from sport is a bonus”.

The 21-year-old US athlete wins the Tokyo 2020 400m hurdles final with an extraordinary mark. “Iron sharpens iron”, she said referring to her colleague Dalilah Muhammad, who won the silver medal.

The South African swimmer wins gold in the 200m breaststroke final, sets a new World Record, and praises God: “Soli Deo Gloria”.

The Brazilian Italo Ferreira went through an odyssey to qualify for Tokyo2020. “God has made my dream a reality”.

Three evangelical leaders in the country share their impressions about Tokyo 2020. ‘1 Million Hours of Prayer for Japan’ is one of the initiatives to bless the country during the Games.

We’re collecting stories about the football tournament from a Christian perspective. The faith of some Swiss players, David Alaba and Austria, Olivier Giroud, the origins of English football...

British football was shaped by a movement called ‘Muscular Christianity’ encouraging the game for its social and physical benefits and to win young men for the church.

On 17th June, the Christian apologist and author will be interviewed in an online event as part of the Lausanne Europe agenda to prepare the November gathering in Poland.

John Stott loved and commended to the global church the mission of bringing Christ to the world.

StopBettingAds.com encourages Christians to respond to a public consultation of the government, “explaining the damage that gambling related marketing has on communities across the UK”.

The annual meeting of the Spanish Evangelical Alliance addressed the challenges of freedom of conscience, the mission of the church, and its role in a society marked by the pandemic.

Since March, the searches for words like fear, peace, hope and faith in Bible apps increased. “People are seeking God as they wrestle with what they faced in 2020”, You Version founder says.

Evangelical Focus experienced its best year with a +24% increase in visits. Over 200 articles addressed the Covid-19 crisis from a European and Christian perspective.

In challenging circumstances, European evangelicals share a message of hope.

Three years prior to Cape Town 2010, the Lausanne Theology Working Group had been meeting. It had a core of about 12 members – men and women from every continent. Over the course of our meetings, some 60 people altogether took part in a series of international consultations

The online event looked back on the impact of the Cape Town Lausanne Movement global gathering, 10 years ago. ‘Impact groups’ shared about how they prepare for the 2021 European conference.

Lausanne Europe invites evangelical leaders to gather online and reflect on the relevance today of the 2010 Cape Town Commitment. Saturday 24 October, 19:00 CET.

The Spanish Bible Society launches a new version of the most widely read Bible in Spanish, “with an agile text but keeping the legacy of the original Bear Bible”.

Norwegian politicians took one more step in the direction of a society where babies are regarded a commodity to be ordered and traded, not as a child created in the image of God.

The October 2020 Gathering has been moved to November 2021. The “Impact Groups” of the LE2020 Conversation are still running.

Participation in the Impact Groups of Lausanne Europe 2020 is being opened up beyond the circle of delegates to the gathering.

“The challenge for us is to welcome people into our churches, give them time in their process of discovering what it means to be a Christian, while holding on to Biblical standards”, says professor of religious studies Evert Van de Poll.