A year ago, journalist Tanya Pinchuk worked for a Christian radio station in Ukraine. Now from Ireland she continues to tell the story of those who have not yet returned home.

Evangelical churches in Russia have been praying for peace and ministering to those in need right now for 6 months in Ukrainian cities. By Pavel Kolesnikov.

There are opportunities for churches as they welcome Ukrainians into their midst, many of whom come from evangelical backgrounds.

The Church in Ukraine needs to respond to the emotional and spiritual needs of its people as the ongoing extension of the mission of God. An aticle by Kristy Williams, Ruslan Maliuta and Yuriy Kulakevych.

In Europe, we have become used to the arrival of asylum seekers and refugees, most notably when some 2 million people fleeing the conflicts in Syria and Afghanistan. Yet the Ukraine migration crisis has been different.

“Jesus transmitted and transmits the greatest message of hope for all humanity, the meaning of our existence and our liberation”.

The heart of the Ukranian Christian church missionary enterprise is to cross borders instead of erecting them and we in the rest of Europe must support them.

The presence of borders invites us into a multi-tribal fellowship in which we can share whatever God has given us.

We need to learn to appreciate the richness of the language communities in our churches and neighbourhoods, and to build bridges over those borders.

Shibboleth describes the cultural markers which separate “Us” from “Them”. How do the missionally-minded navigate this landscape of shibboleths?

The challenge for the peoples of Europe today is to find the balance between protecting borders and open borders.

Different voices open our hearts and help us overcome little biases that might be lodged in our experience and church traditions.

The muted voices of the church in Europe were heard more prominently in Lausanne Europe 20/21 than at any other European evangelical gathering, but we still have work to do.

Clashes with the State and punishments of Cuban evangelicals have increased in recent years, but without a high number of imprisoned pastors. Until 11 July 2021 came.

We believe that reporting on all kind of current affairs from a Christian perspective is not only useful, but necessary.

According to the Reporters Without Borders, 46 journalists were killed, 488 have been detained, 65 held hostage and 2 missing in 2021.

A recently launched news platform for Europe has been live since October. We speak to its editor-in-chief, the Dutch journalist Evert van Vlastuin.

Vista co-editor Jo Appleton, interviews Harvey Kwiyani, CEO of Global Connections, the UK Network for World Mission who recently joined the Vista editorial team.

We find ourselves on a mission frontier, on the periphery of world Christianity. That should cause European Christians to be humble but also hopeful.

The vitality of migrant faith does not represent the de-Christianisation of Europe but the de-Europeanisation of European Christianity.

“Our audience grew in the months of the pandemic”, says the team behind the evangelical programme aired every Sunday on the Spanish public television. The Portuguese project seeks to better reach children.

The answer to the question ‘are you religious’ or ‘do you belong to a religion’ depends on what the respondents understand by being ‘religious.’

An interview with investigative journalist Julie Roys was one of the items of the Italian Evangelical Alliance annual event.

According to the European Values Survey, migrants are more likely to belong to either a Muslim community or to be evangelical / Pentecostal than are the non-migrants.

There is increasing cultural diversity that works against the traditional beliefs. The critical factor is the extent to which religious involvement is transmitted to the younger generation.