Following the recent violation of Poland's airspace by a dozen Russian drones, the Polish Evangelical Alliance shared several prayer requests.

We Christians should stand up for truth, compassion, righteousness and justice for all. We must persist in prayer for a just peace, for Ukrainians and for Russians.

The Anglican movement rejects the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury. “We have not left the Anglican Communion; we are the Anglican Communion”, they say.

If injustices are not addressed, the conflict not only simmers, but will threaten to boil over again, maybe in years or in a generation, but with greater force and consequences.

After 1945, many church leaders expressed deep repentance for their silence and complicity, recognising they had confused nationalism with Christianity. The long, painful process of Vergangenheitsbewältigung began within the German churches.

Christians can be moles in an ethical manner. Sometimes we need undercover helpers, like the spies and Rahab in Jericho or Hushai before Absalom.

Abraham Kuyper’s letter in 1898: “When government intrudes upon the pulpit or dictates family life, it overreaches. When religious groups or ideological movements seize the state to impose their own views, they too violate the balance of spheres”.

A cry for peacemakers in a time of violence from the Peace & Reconciliation Network USA.

The 31-year-old influencer was shot while participating in a debate at a university. Evangelical leaders have reacted with grief and outrage, but also hope.

The highest court for disputes against the state rejected a request from a pornographic distributor to remove age verification measures.

A man was arrested after setting fire to a church in southern Spain. “Churches should be safe places to practice faith freely and with dignity”.

“In a free and pluralistic society, citizens should be able to seek spiritual support in accordance with their beliefs, as long as there is no coercion or harm”, evangelicals say in a letter to government.

Emergency services continue to work in Keer County (Texas, USA). Police have confirmed more than 100 deaths due to the river bursting its banks in just 45 minutes. “An unimaginable tragedy”, say those at Camp Mystic.

A new Pew Research study focusing on the decade 2010-2020 shows how birth rates are key to the growth of Islam, while Christianity shifts its centre of gravity from the US and Europe to Africa.

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim worked for the Israeli embassy, were Christians and planned to get engaged next week in Jerusalem.

Prevost, still under 70, is a “young” pope with the possibility of a long pontificate. The conclave didn’t choose a bridge, it chose direction.

The European Evangelical Alliance also emphasises in a statement that “true spiritual unity is found only in the biblical Gospel”.

The Alliance of Christians in Cuba reports 996 repressive acts against religious leaders in 2024, in a country where 89% of families live in extreme poverty.

Headlines the world over last Friday announced the new pope, Leo XIV. Headlines 75 years ago on May 10, 1950, announced a new audacious plan for peace: ‘France takes the nations by surprise’, ‘Schuman bomb’.

There is now a widespread perception that a man who exhibits such open disdain for others, and who has already caused enormous damage to the international community, is doing so thanks to crucial support from evangelical Christians.

Tariffs are nothing new and can have various effects. Expert Moisés Contreras shares Christian principles for trade that go beyond political interests and would serve everyone.

In Europe and also the Unites States, the strongest political activism isn’t found among evangelical Christians, but among progressive and liberal theological denominations.

I recommend the Seoul Statement to a wide readership, It presents in a concise way an approach to mission that has the potential to bring together theologians and practitioners. 

The focus of the L4 Seoul Statement is not on dividing issues like the exact limitation of biblical inerrancy but rather about how we read the Scriptures.

The 4th century began with a period of tolerance towards Christianity, but was soon overshadowed by intense repression. However, it ended with a Christianized Empire. How did this process unfold? A historical summary on the 1,700th anniversary.