Ahead of Sunday’s elections, the Protestant, Catholic and other churches ask to “vote for parties that stand up for our democracy”. Alice Weidel’s AfD party rises in the polls amid tough immigration debates.

We will not stop praying. We are determined and compelled by love to stand in the gap for the vulnerable and oppressed. Three years is enough. We pray for sustainable peace and justice.

“Chaplains are often the bearers of hope [...] it is about living the evidence of faith in the army”, they say.

In an interview, Frank Heinrich of the Evangelical Alliance in Germany, shares his impressions - and where he was annoyed by Donald Trump.

The federation of Spanish municipalities seeks to bring awareness-raising, training and dialogue with faith groups in local contexts to Europe. It is a two-year EU-funded project in collaboration with universities.

Among evangelicals, 17% say they experienced some kind of religious discrimination. Daniela Baumann of the Swiss Evangelical Alliance analyses the latest official data.

In Örebro, churches open for counselling and prayer. A former student tells Evangelical Focus his prayers are that “Jesus will make his presence felt to those who are grieving”.

The new Brussels representative of the European Evangelical Alliance shares her vision in an interview. “Evangelical Christians are called to balance religious freedom while maintaining authentic expressions of biblical faith”, she says.

Salwan Momika was at the centre of an international controversy in 2023 with Islamic countries calling for limits on free speech in Sweden. “Islamists often play according to other rules”, laments Olof Edsinger of the Evangelical Alliance.

Evangelical Alliance unity services in places like Winterthur, Thun or Bülach focused on ‘living hope together’.

Ahead of February's elections in Germany, Frank Heinrich of the Evangelical Alliance explains to Evangelical Focus why a Christian vision introduces nuance into the overall tension and uncertainty.

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”.

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 ”.

The Perspective Forum helped attendees “perceive each other and find common ground”.

In January, the state Duma will discuss a law that would end all religious activity in residential buildings. Orthodox Church, Catholic Church and Adventists also oppose an initiative that “creates ground for interfaith conflicts”.

The situation of the + 30 million gypsies across Europe is similar. They are the excluded ones, the ones kept at a distance.

The German-speaking evangelical alliances, the IIRF and the ISHR, launch yearbooks on religious freedom and persecution against Christians.

The World Evangelical Alliance signed a memorandum with Korean denominations that form the organising committee for the event to be held in Seoul in October 2025.

The Swedish, European and World Evangelical Alliances sent a joint report on asylum seekers, conscientious objection, and hate speech, among other issues.

Dublin hosted an event that drew twelve thousand people.“We are here to bless our city” , said the pastor of one of the organising churches.

Christians worldwide are called to join for International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church on November 10th.

The leader of the Spanish Evangelical Alliance is invited to speak on freedom of conscience, as ‘Reformismo21’ opens a channel to learn about what evangelicals think of a range of societal issues.

“Pray that what is really in the hearts of the individual candidates is revealed”, says Oliver Stozek, leader of the Austrian Evangelical Alliance.

Good discipleship includes knowing how to pray and reflect on politics and engage as good citizens.