(Evangelical Focus) — Almost two weeks after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated homes, businesses and churches on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the death toll has risen to more than 2000. “On October 11, we will hold joint prayers in Balaroa, Petobo and Jono Oge areas of Palu city to end the evacuation […]

(Evangelical Focus) — The bodies of 34 children attending a Bible camp in a remote northern region of the island of Sulawesi (Indonesia) have been found, the Red Cross confirmed. A mudslide engulfed the Christian church, rescuers said. “A total of 34 bodies were found by the team,” Indonesia Red Cross spokeswoman Aulia Arriani told […]

(Evangelical Focus) — A 18-year-old Christian girl from Karachi, Pakistan almost died when her Muslim friend tried to kill her because she refused to marry him and convert to Islam. Binish Paul, a high school student, was being stalked by a Muslim man who was her friend, and when she said no to his petition, […]

 VALENCIA (Evangelical Focus) — A woman was injured as dozens of passengers tried to escape a subway train in Valencia, Spain when they confused a group of Christian preachers with Islamic terrorists. The group of nine German evangelists, members of the Christian group “Werde-Licht” (in German: “Become a light”) visited the city of Valencia […]

(Evangelical Focus) — Hundreds of Argentinian doctors recently took the streets to protest against the abortion bill that passed the lower house in June and will be debated on Aug. 8. During the protests, many doctors held signs with the message, “I’m a doctor, not a murderer.” Some said they would rather go to jail […]

(Evangelical Focus) — According to the latest statistics, between 16% and 18% of Chile’s population is evangelical, or about 3 million people. So far, there has occasionally been evangelical representation in the country’s politics. Only in recent years a common evangelical project has been created, which has led to the formation of a group of […]

(Evangelical Focus) — The deep socio-political crisis in Nicaragua has led to the death of almost 200 people since mid-April. An evangelical pastor, his wife and four other family members (two children) were murdered by a pro-government paramilitary group. They threw Molotov cocktails against the house and burnt it down. Pastor Óscar Velásquez Pavón and […]

(Evangelical Focus) — The National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC, in Spanish) has fined Revelation TV 6,000 Euro. The media group has its headquarters in the UK, defines itself as a Christian ministry, and broadcasts in Spain through satellite since 2012. According to the CNMC, the fine comes after an individual complained to the […]

(Evangelical Focus) — Most self-identified Christians in Western Europe do not practice their profession. This is one of the main conclusions of the newest Pew Research report on religion entitled “Being Christian in Western Europe.” According to the research conducted in 15 European countries, about 18% of the population are church-attending Christians. 46% describe themselves […]

(Evangelical Focus) — Ten pastors and wives of an evangelical church died in the tragic plane crash near La Habana (Cuba) on Friday 18 May. The Boeing 737 plane of the company Aerolíneas Damojh crashed minutes after taking off from the San José airport, in La Habana. The destination of the flight was Holguin, a […]