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Opinion
Evert's comment: It is a matter of Christian honesty to remind Israel of humanitarian law
Overwhelming – that was the support Israel received from political leaders. Almost all political leaders from the Western world defended Israel’s right to self-defence after the attacks on October 7th. After a few weeks, people feel free to say more. And then, things become sensitive. This is not the time…
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Eastern Europe
Churches Armenia help refugees after “ethnic cleansing” in Nagorno-Karabakh
Really sad and really heavy. That is how pastor Craig Simonian responds to the moment that Nagorno-Karabakh is emptied of Armenians. “No one is left there.” For centuries, the Armenians lived there, he says. They built their lives there and buried their relatives. “And in one week, it is over.”…
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Central Europe
Methodist welfare work in Hungary in danger because of “corrupt” Orban regime
Does the Hungarian government send the homeless people back to the streets of Budapest? Thousands will die if the government insists on stopping the Methodist funding. The church struggles with the “corrupt” Orban government about tax revenues for welfare work. In several press statements, the Hungarian Evangelical Fellowship (HEF, or:…
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Eastern Europe
Russian Baptist in German exile
Yuri Sipko had not got up that Friday morning with the plan to flee from Russia. But the clothes he put on were all he arrived in Germany with the next day. Three days later, police branded him as “wanted”. For his wife, the departure came all too quickly; she…
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European Union
European Christian party embraces Hungarian MEP of former racist Jobbik party
The European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) has accepted the Hungarian Jobbik representative in the European Parliament in the ranks of the MEPs speaking on behalf of the Christian movement. The ECPM released this news on Thursday afternoon. Márton Gyöngyösi is the only MEP for Jobbik Conservative. From Brussels and Strasbourg,…
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Opinion
Evert's comment: Believe it or not, but thirty years ago, a photographer took a picture of hope
Can you take a photo of “hope”? Well, photographers almost did, one September day in 1993 in the Rose Garden at the White House. We all hoped this would bring a change. And it did change us as Christians as well. At the time, I was studying journalism and working…
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European Union
Evert's comment: After the Green Deal, the EU should work for a Demography Deal too
She is a mother of seven, but EC President Ursula von der Leyen is not sure whether her three grandchildren will have “a spring, a summer, a fall and a winter like we had when we were children.” In the European Parliament debate about the State of the Union on…
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Northern Europe
Wrap-up of two days in court: Conviction would be devastating for church in Finland
A conviction of Räsänen for insulting homosexuals? It would be devastative for the Church of Finland. This said, Lutheran Bishop Juhana Pohjola in a press conference for foreign media on Friday evening, after two days in court in Helsinki. In 2004, he published a brochure containing a Christian view of…
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Northern Europe
Thursday's morning summary: Prosecutor attacks Räsänen sharper than before
Insulting, derogatory and humiliating. These are the characterisations of the Finnish prosecutor on Thursday morning in the appeal case against Päivi Räsänen. Prosecutors appealed after Päivi Räsänen was acquitted on all charges last year. The Christian MP has been charged with insulting homosexuals. Co-indicted is Lutheran bishop Juhana Pohjola, who…
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Northern Europe
Explainer: “Räsänen” is a textbook example of religious liberty versus equal treatment
The Court of Appeal in Helsinki is considering the Räsänen case on Thursday and Friday. What is it about? The prosecutors have filed three charges against the Finnish MP. – The **first** is about the post on Twitter and Facebook in 2019, which included a picture of a Bible text…
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