Former leaders of the 3.4 million member Protestant denomination say the church has become “radical” in its ideology.
“When we entered the police station for the identification process, the attacker was treated like a VIP, not as a criminal,” says the brother-in-law of the pastor.
The World Evangelical Alliance admits there are “wide-ranging views” on the issue, but believes Netanyahu’s plans are “detrimental for Israelis and Palestinians alike”.
The government of the Central American country has not imposed restrictions and evangelical churches are split between those who closed their worship places and those who keep celebrating services.
Christian leaders denounce that Christian students are obliged to study Islamic religion and are often forced to convert to Islam.
Children of the refugee camps in Lebanon who do not have access to schooling, are the main focus of the Christian NGO Together For the Family.
Refugee Sunday will be on 21 June. In a new document about the refugee crisis, European evangelicals call “to pray, consider your country’s response and speak up”.
A tribal mob, incited by Hindu extremists, killed the 16-year-old, falsely accusing him and other targeted Christians of practicing black magic.
According to a CID Gallup survey, 44% of Salvadorans identify as evangelical, and 38% as Catholic. “In just one generation, the Catholic Church has lost 17% of its members”.
Repeated Al-Shabaab attacks in the northern regions have provoked the government's military response. “When Islamists attack, they attack everyone, without discriminating”.
The de-escalation is taking place in parallel to new massive demonstrations. “We want to grow in maturity and our love for the Lord at this time, so that we can withstand whatever changes that might come”, says a pastor.
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”.
More than 50 evangelical churches have been allowed to register. Johannes Reimer (Peace and Reconciliation Network) shares about the new unity and social action of Christians in the Central Asian country.
The release of imprisoned Christians was part of the regime’s efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus, not an indication of a change of policy.
“Floyd was a person of peace, that helped the gospel go forward”, said pastor Patrick Ngwolo, who had worked with Floyd.
Efraim Tendero will end his task in front of the World Evangelical Alliance in early 2021, after six years of service.
The book and app were launched and dedicated in a quiet ceremony in April. Almost all of the 300,000 Flame* people are Muslims.
The NGO ‘Alianza Solidaria’ works with churches in Venezuela to keep the soup kitchens that distribute food to vulnerable children and their families open.
Italy, Spain and Greece have received increasing numbers of migrants and refugees. But 6 in 10 trafficking victims in Europe are EU citizens.
Unable to return to her home in western Uganda due to Covid-19 travel restrictions, Rehema Kyomuhendo was in the eastern part of the country when she first heard about Christ.
Dozens of Quechua families receive food baskets as the coronavirus spreads in the country. Turmanyé has been working in the region for 20 years.
Meanwhile in California, thousands of churches plan to restart public services on Pentecost Sunday, regardless of what the governor of the state says.
The Catholic head backs an initiative for “believers of all religions to unite spiritually (…) to implore God to help humanity overcome the pandemic”. A new inter-religious platform with an ambitious project in Abu Dhabi is behind the initiative.
Animists in various villages harass Christians who refuse to renounce their faith.
“These closures are a clear hindrance to the free practice and exercise of religion”, the politicians say in a letter to the Algerian President.
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