The summer of 2024 has been a unique time, and we thank God for all that he did through this period and also for the fruit he will produce.

At the age of 32, Paris will be the sixth edition in which the Christian swimmer participates. In total she has won 29 medals, 16 of them gold.

Paralympics are declaring to the world that social value and human dignity are not rooted in physical perfection. 

The joyful and courageous way in which the German Olympic gold medalist in the shot put has publicly expressed her faith is a lesson for all European Christians.

The greatest sporting competition in the world helps us to reflect on success and failure.

The Christian athlete is the first Dominican to win gold at an Olympic Games. “The power of God is great”, she said after the final.

It is the 6th time she broke her own world record of the 400-meter hurdles. “I have a platform and I want to use it to glorify Him”.

The Australian athlete repeats her triumph in Tokyo 2021.  She is very outspoken about her faith:. “My heart for sport is to see revival”.

Trans World Radio features daily one-hour live broadcasts with testimonies of Christian athletes to “convey a message of hope to Arabic-speaking audiences”.

“Jesus invites all of our contemporaries to his table and offers true reconciliation, identity and belonging”, says Erwan Cloarec, president of the CNEF, while acknowledging the “hurt feelings” of many believers.

Gabriel Medina, with the best Olympic shortboard mark (9.90), described what has become a viral image of Paris 2024 using the words of Philippians 4:13.

The South African swimmer wins the 100m breaststroke gold in Paris and shows gratitude to “God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit”.

The ‘Love France’ initiative provides resources to pray for France; the safety and success of the games; the Church and the different evangelistic events in the Olympics.

In Paris, evangelicals are saddened by a gratuitous derision that does not represent the tolerance and diversity of the Olympic Games. Others in Europe point to the Gospels as a reminder that contempt for Christianity has been going on for 2,000 years.

Throughout the centuries, Christianity and the Olympic Games have had an ambivalent relationship. For good reasons. But today  Christians have come to see major sports gatherings as God-given opportunities for evangelism.

“We believe the sports activities will provide unparalleled circumstances for evangelism across many cultures”, said Cécile Chan-Janiaud, TWR Director for Digital Media Ministry in Europe .

The French Bible Society launches “More precious than gold”, a special edition of the New Testament that features fifteen testimonies of Christian athletes.

The French prepare with “anticipation and anxiousness” for Paris 2024. An effort uniting churches and Christian ministries connects with society through sport events, social action, and gospel outreach.

This is third medal of the German athlete. Before the competition, she quoted Proverbs 3:5-6 on her social media.

It is the record of participation in the country. Christians also gathered in other 5 French cities to “bear witness publicly and in unity about our faith in Jesus Christ”.

Almost all political parties were represented in the peaceful march. The French National Council of Evangelical Christians condemns the one thousand antisemitic acts recorded in recent weeks.

Matthieu Sanders, a pastor in Paris, analyses the background of the riots in France. “Pray that the French church would be equipped for effective witness and peacemaking in an often tense national climate”.

Town halls, schools and public transports are attacked in the second night of riots. Over 150 have been detained as Macron calls to “reverence and calm”.

“The right to kill cannot become a supra-legislative rule, a constitutional right”, said organisers of the march for life.

Paul B. Anderson was one of the few Western Protestant leaders who made multiple enduring contributions to the flourishing of Orthodox Christianity.