This year’s edition of the ELF will be online from May 22-28. Over 100 speakers will teach in workshops, seminars, networks and plenary sessions.

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

I would like to offer some thoughts on the issue with the hope of stimulating further reflection by the church.

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.

The National Council of Evangelicals of France supports “the current restrictions for reasons of public health”. “In this crisis, we keep our hope in God intact, and seek to share it”.

Discipleship would have us know and learn with our minds, hearts and souls.

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

Think and pray about the gaps that this unique season will create in our churches, as well as the new people that could be added.

The sanction includes the expulsion of the religious leaders and foreign personnel, banning the possibility of re-entering the country.

With internet and video saturation at an all-time high, Christians need more than a transmission of a message. A new platform offers training to churches in Europe.

Evangelical leaders in Colombia and Peru presented projects to their governments, to support coronavirus victims. Cuban evangelicals are actively working with those affected by the pandemia.

Our point of reference has to remain the Lord and not coronavirus. It’s necessary to affirm God’s control over the whole situation and the need to repent before Him.

God knows what is coming; He always has, and we never have. Maybe this can stir a greater humility in us all, even when restrictions ease.

The cases of using coronavirus as a pretext for arresting evangelical leaders have grown amid the Himalayan lockdown.

Mabuhay! Making that familiar and traditional Filipino greeting during a global lockdown carries more meaning and hope. It means, “Live!”

For all who trust in Christ, there is real and eternal hope. In the storm, at some point, He will reveal his true glory to us.

Millions face a ‘double crisis’ as the Covid-19 epidemic grows. “Migrant workers are walking hundreds of kilometres desperated to reach their home villages”, says an evangelical pastor. “Thousands of Christian doctors, nurses and paramedics are serving in the frontline”.

A megachurch in Colombia offers its temples for medical and spiritual help. Argentinian evangelical leaders pray for “renewed strength and encouragement”.

While all cultures and religions may display aspects of servant-leadership, Jesus Christ is the ultimate embodiment of a servant-leader.

The Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) publishes its annual report of violence against Christians. “Most of the incidents are related to physical violence, threats, harassment and the disruption of church services”.

Three bilingual evangelical churches in Cuenca, Ecuador, gather dozens of indigenous families. “We do not preach religion, we preach Jesus Christ”, a pastor says.

The Bible offers not only encouragement for personal faith in a time of crisis, but also wisdom and insight to guide the Christian in a position of public leadership or influence.

The Chinese Christian Church in Spain closely follows the religious freedom changes happening in its home country. “The government wants all evangelical churches to be subject to the organisation of the Three Autonomies”.