The Catholic head backs an initiative for “believers of all religions to unite spiritually (…) to implore God to help humanity overcome the pandemic”. A new inter-religious platform with an ambitious project in Abu Dhabi is behind the initiative.

Animists in various villages harass Christians who refuse to renounce their faith.

“These closures are a clear hindrance to the free practice and exercise of religion”, the politicians say in a letter to the Algerian President.

The task force, which has come to light more than six years after the Supreme Court forced its constitution, has already drawn criticism.

The German Evangelical Alliance had previously said that “the planned law is not coherent with its assumptions. We advocate for freedom of choice”.

Thomas Mann takes us to the strange beauty of a misty Venice and the devastation brought on by a cholera epidemic in 1911.

“Bringing people together, focusing on relationships. That could change the economy very much”, says the head of the Business Coalition of the WEA, Timo Plutschinski.

Homeless people “are much more deprived and vulnerable than before because of the epidemic”, a worker of Christian organisation Ágape +, says.

Christians in Sport (UK) are organising online Bible studies. Believers are called to “stay in the club and care for the teammates”.

The High Court of Koblenz tries two former officials of the Syrian government, accused of crimes against humanity. “The torture system has been used to crush civil society”.

There are differences in the expected dates but evangelical organisations are already offering specific recommendations to churches.

For missiological, theological, evangelistic, and strategic reasons, evangelicals must try to enter the Roman Catholic mindset and gently challenge it with the gospel.

As evangelicals in Europe, we need intentionally to integrate media engagement in our discipleship and mission strategies and practices.

“Religious communities have been very responsible and very problem-conscious”, the spokesman of the German government said. The Austrian Chancellor gave “a special thank you to the churches”. 

How and when churches expect to go back to face-to-face gatherings.

Officers were planning to frame him on trumped-up charges of making and selling liquor, because he upset them by complaining of police wrong-doing.

An evangelical doctor working in Spain with Covid-19 patients shares his experience. “I am not a hero, I know I can get the virus and die. But I am sure that whatever happens, the Lord is with me”.

It is the second time in less than a month that Cuban State Security operatives 'visit' Evangelical Focus contributor Yoé Suárez. Christian Solidarity Worldwide denounces the harassment of the journalist and his family.

Italian pastors across many denominations continue to praise the Lord’s faithfulness in historically unifying them in prayer.

The more we complain, the more we are showing others how little we depend on God.

As the second-century Christian apologist Athenagoras states, early Christians were accused of three crimes: cannibalism, incest, and atheism.

The 2020 World Press Freedom Index shows that “China censored their major coronavirus outbreaks extensively”. Norway is at the top and North Korea becomes the most dangerous country for journalists.

“That pastor was killed, but you did not learn a lesson”, the gunmen said before shooting the daughter of a pastor who was killed in the same house.

More than 40 million people used Bible reading apps and websites, sharing around 15 million verses on Easter Sunday.

Kay Carter, Director of communications at Tyndale House, analyses how Christian scholars can engage with society to communicate the message of the gospel.