Countries such as Argentina or Korea have grown exponentially in the number of believers over the last decades, why not Spain?

I came from the future because in Seoul at L4, I had the opportunity to connect with issues of relevance for the coming years of the Global Church.

While AI does not pose an existential threat to humanity, we must be aware of the concerning ways it is shaping our understandings of God, ourselves, and the world around us.

Analysts note “a shift in morality that is affecting the way many Europeans interpret the ‘good news’ of the Gospel”. The State of the Great Commission report is the reference document for the 5,000 evangelical leaders at the Lausanne 4 Congress in Seoul.

In ten days, 10,000 evangelical leaders representing all continents will participate in the 4th Lausanne Congress in Seoul, around the theme: “Let the Church declare and display Christ together”.

We are living through the waning and final phase of Pope Francis, and the topic of the future is not just an abstract exercise.

What amazing growth has happened both in YWAM and the majority world church in these past fifty-plus years! 

Advertising accounts for only 20% of our annual budget. We are looking for kingdom-minded partners who want to see ‘Evangelical Focus’ thrive.

The EU passes a groundbreaking “Artificial Intelligence Act”. It bans ‘social scoring’, emotional recognition at the workplace, and “deceptive techniques that distort behaviour”.

The New Life Spiritual church meets the practical and spiritual needs of around 15 families, who have become part of its congregation.

Charlie Catlett, an experienced computer scientist who explains Artificial Intelligence to non-experts, speaks to Evangelical Focus. “Chatbots are non-persons, and you shouldn’t be having a personal relationship with a non-person”.

Christians who trust in the lordship of Jesus Christ do not have a strong political influence. But what we do have, and probably underestimate, is a hope for the future of Europe.

The concept of “polycentric mission” threads a key document for the L4 Seoul congress in September with 10,000 delegates from across the world.

The work of Pedro Tarquis and Pablo Martínez as founders of Spanish news website Protestante Digital was awarded in Madrid.

Christians & European Elections (2). Evangelical voices in six countries agree on seeking more collaboration and foresight to maintain peace. Most rule out pacifist approaches.

Evangelical churches in Romania and Croatia remain connected to those who emigrate. Christians are encouraged to have a missional mindset and to hold on to their Christian values as they start a new life in Western Europe.

Although researchers have repeatedly established that marriage is associated with numerous positive outcomes for both adults and children, few dare to champion marriage publically out of fear of sounding judgemental.

Reinhardt Schink of the Evangelical Alliance says “forms of church can be adapted” but warns against decisions that strengthen individualism and “weaken the community of believers”.

Youth attending a worship place regularly are expected to have an average fertility rate of 2.1, much higher than the average for any European country.

“This scepticism should encourage churches to evaluate Artificial Intelligence carefully and responsibly”, conclude the authors of a survey in the US.

A survey in France shows that 76% of evangelicals know of Bible passages related to environmental care. Jean-François Mouhot (A Rocha) sees “a generational change in the churches”.

In France, evangelical Christians are more engaged than others in ecological matters. But some are also suspicious about ideological trends, a survey has found. We asked Jean-François Mouhot, director of A Rocha, about creation care, theology and churches.

Many of Trans World Radio’s national partners met in Central Europe to consider the benefits of using Artificial Intelligence in Christian media ministry.

I am concerned that the Western church is choosing the way of fear, isolation, defensiveness. Or worse, the way of anger.

Around 1980 the center of gravity of the church had moved out of the West into the Majority World. With this shift, some of the relative strengths and weaknesses of Western Christianity have become increasingly clear.