Articles by Evangelical Focus
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Penzberg, in southern Germany, is the first municipality in the country to display information on the mosque and its prayer times on official signs at the entrance to the town. -
Free evangelical church in Leipzig closes its café after suffering 26 attacks by radicals
‘Stay’, a café opened in 2024 by an evangelical church in the city of Leipzig (population of 630,000), will close at the end of June. The reason is the ongoing attacks and acts of sabotage by extremist groups, explained René Wagne, the pastor of Zeal Church. -
Spain’s Parliament approves initiative to strengthen the defence of persecuted Christians
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Congress of Deputies (Spain’s national parliament in Madrid) has approved an initiative presented by the conservative Popular Party that seeks to strengthen Spain’s response to religious persecution. The proposal focuses on protecting Christian communities and promoting more forceful international action against massacres motivated by faith. -
Evangelical places of worship on rise in Spain: 4,763 evangelical churches in 2025
Despite the lack of statistics on religious beliefs in the country, evangelical growth can be seen in Spain through the progressive increase in places of worship. -
The Spanish Evangelical Alliance opposes the inclusion of abortion as a constitutional right
The Spanish Evangelical Alliance (AEE) has made its position public in the debate sparked by the proposal to include abortion as a fundamental right in the Spanish Constitution. In a statement released on 13 October, the evangelical body said the political initiative of the government led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was “demagogic” and “ a contradiction in terms”, reiterating the Christian conviction that “human life exists from the moment of conception”. -
‘This is amazing’: 6 countries torn apart by war see 'breakthrough' in Christian cooperation
Evangelicals from two generations and diverse church backgrounds see the fruit of collaboration, says Croatian Jasmin Avdagić. A festival brought together 1,300 people from countries of the former Yugoslavia region. -
Spanish Evangelical Alliance calls for ethical restoration in public life in the face of corruption scandals
In a lengthy statement, the Spanish Evangelical Alliance (AEE) reflects on political corruption from a biblical perspective, calls for greater integrity in institutions and urges citizens not to give in to skepticism. -
Seventeen evangelical churches in Barcelona face threat of closure
At least 17 evangelical churches in Barcelona face the threat of closure because of the urban development plans of the local government. Some have already been notified by the local authorities of the need to relocate in the face of imminent closure. Others were informed at a meeting recently held by the Consell Evangèlic de Catalunya (Evangelical Council of Catalonia, CEC), which has expressed its concern about a decision that “could leave thousands of believers without a place of worship”.
