In her State of the (European) Union, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, unfolded an ambitious ‘post-COVID-19’ plan for Europe and beyond.
Several representative entities endorse a document adapted from the original signed by international scientists, which calls Christians to act with spiritual wisdom in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.
A group of concerned pastors from 50 churches published an “Open letter to the Belarusian people”. They address political leaders, warn them of any misuse of power, and point towards the ultimate responsibility of all Belarusians before God.
The State of Theology survey released by LifeWay Research and Ligonier Ministries “reveals that many evangelicals express erroneous views that mirror the broader U.S. population”.
“The state shall not establish an official religion. No citizen shall be discriminated based on their religion”, the new agreement between the government and the rebels says.
According to a fugitive from Turkish justice detained in Argentina, members of President Erdogan's party contacted him to kill the pastor.
“Evangelicals are sadly drifting away from God's absolute standard in Scripture”, says the chief academic officer of Ligonier Ministries, one of the authors of the survey.
“Scientists are vilified and their findings ignored, while conspiracy theories go viral. Sadly, Christians seem just as susceptible to these trends”, says a statement signed by researchers and church leaders.
Self-protection is probably the main reason why Evangelicals appeared unable to see the fatality of a regime which was responsible for millions of deaths all over Europe, amongst them 6 million Jews.
The agreement suspends Israeli annexation plans in the West Bank and normalises the diplomatic relations between the two countries.
The main evangelical churches release a joint statement calling Christians “to unite in prayer for our country [...] our hope is the Lord Jesus Christ”.
Spain, the UK, Italy, Turkey, France and Germany are the European countries with more cases, which are spreading among younger people.
A research of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation forecasts world population to shrink after mid-century. “The solution are open migration policies and social measures to support families”.
The US Commission for International Religious Freedom asks for the release of pastor Jesus Quinones, and the right of Cuban parents to “raise their children pursuant to their own faith”.
The Roman Catholic Church, traditionally in charge ot these kind of ceremonies, organised its own funeral.
The search for a vaccine against coronavirus involves historical moral debates. What do Christian scientists say about it?
Government buildings and the Post Office supported the Pride. AEE: “We want diversity, plurality and respect in Spain. But, above all, absence of impositions and demagogic discourses about disobeying the law”.
In the Dominican Republic, 200 evangelical leaders call “the business and the political sectors to put down corruption and focus on the reintegration of ethics”.
Former leaders of the 3.4 million member Protestant denomination say the church has become “radical” in its ideology.
It’s one thing to know what to protest against. It’s another to know what vision for society, for our nation, for the world, to champion.
Scientists from Imperial College London and Berkeley University warn that “the risk of a second wave happening if all precautions are abandoned is very real”.
The World Evangelical Alliance laments “the recent killing of a black unarmed man, a symptom of the racial injustice that continues to exist”. Furthermore, the body representing 42,000 US churches also calls “for justice for victims and their families”.
Trump and his misuse of the Bible are a distraction in the challenging task of inviting people to approach the Word of God without prejudices.
To hope there is some sweeping solution to at this point is a pipe dream. We should weep, be speechless and empathic, for once.
“Floyd was a person of peace, that helped the gospel go forward”, said pastor Patrick Ngwolo, who had worked with Floyd.
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