(Evangelical Focus) — Lazarus Chakwera, former head of the Malawi Assemblies of God, one of the largest Christian denominations in the country, won the election with 58% of the votes, according to the Malawi Electoral Commission on Saturday night. He beat the incumbent president Peter Mutharika, who came second with 1.7 million votes. Voter turnout […]

(Evangelical Focus) — The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States, distributed a new guide on “LGBTQIA+” issues, arguing that the Bible supports the inclusion of all people in all spheres of the church. The ELCA was founded in 1988 when three historic Lutheran bodies merged. It has […]

(Evangelical Focus) — France has been one of the countries most hit by the Covid-19, and this includes evangelical churches. A survey of the National Council of Evangelicals in France (CNEF, the French Evangelical Alliance) revealed that 31% of the French evangelical churches had been affected by the coronavirus. The president of the CNEF and […]

(Evangelical Focus) — There are around 23 million evangelical Christians in Europe, according to the newest estimates. Most of these people are active members of local churches which have been closed for between 2 and 3 months due to the coronavirus lockdown. Since May, some governments allowed religious groups to gather again, while in other […]

 (Evangelical Focus) — The approval of the Hong Kong National Security Law by the Chinese government on May 28 has generated a new wave of protests, with security forces firing tear gas at protesters and 360 people arrested, according to the local Hong Kong Free Press, one hundred of whom are minors. … “Christians […]

(Evangelical Focus) — Following the measures signed with the government in the “Protocol with the Protestant, Evangelical and Anglican churches,” the Italian evangelical churches were able to reopen their places of worship after May 18. The first Sunday of reopening was May 24, but several churches decided to wait another week to organize themselves better, […]

(Evangelical Focus) — How do you deal with a pandemic like that of Covid-19 without guaranteed access to water, with constant cuts in electricity supply and food shortages? This is the challenge in some areas of Venezuela, such as the most marginalized neighborhoods in the city of Maracaibo. There, for more than a year, different […]

(Evangelical Focus) — Acting Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) John Barsa sent a letter to United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres, calling on him to stop treating abortion as “essential” humanitarian relief during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the letter, Barsa urges “you, your staff, and the UN’s funds, programs, and […]

(Evangelical Focus) — Fear of the coronavirus has also come to the Moria refugee camp in Lesbos (Greece), prompting several Christian organizations to take steps to protect the nearly 20,000 people crowded into the camp. According to a report published by Human Rights Watch on April 20, the refugee camps on the Greek islands, especially […]

(Evangelical Focus) — Christians in France are asking President Emmanuel Macron to ban the marketing campaigns of big pornography websites. Taking advantage of the confinement and the rise of internet consumption, many platforms are giving free access to their websites, attracting many new consumers, including children. The letter, signed by seven French organizations, asks the […]