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  Europe Society & Culture Church & Missions

  Survey shows Swiss evangelical churches have better public image in 2024 than 2016, yet 'not very well known'

  By Chris Eyte

  Evangelical churches in Switzerland have a better image with the general public and are seen as less moralizing now compared to eight years ago. This according to a survey conducted by the gfs-zürich research institute [sic], which involved market and social researchers contacting both German and French-speaking Swiss adults aged 18-and-above by telephone. 

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  Europe Church & Missions

  Gen Z and Gen Alpha open to the gospel, as Franklin Graham tours England and Scotland

  By Chris Eyte

  Hundreds of people responded to a gospel call by evangelist Franklin Graham, son of the late Billy Graham, at two ‘God Loves You Tour’ events held in the UK. Graham went to the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham on June 15 and then the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 22.

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  Europe Religious Freedom

  Opposition to Christian conference in Germany slammed

  By Chris Eyte

  A rights group slammed a Munich official’s opposition to a Christian faith conference in Germany as a “direct attack on religious freedom.”

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  US & Canada Europe Society & Culture Family & Children

  Paediatrician group calls for health bodies to 'follow science' not ideology in caring for children with gender dysphoria

  By Chris Eyte

  An American pediatrician group is calling on U.S. medical institutions to follow some of their European counter parts in considering science rather than ideology in the care for transgender children. In recent months, an increasing number of medical professionals have come forward lamenting how an important health care and mental health issue has been politicized and voices pointing to scientific facts or calling for more rigorous research have been effectively silenced.

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  Europe Opinion

  The ultra-secular shift in the understanding of laïcité in France harms religious freedom

  By Thibault van den Bossche

  Secularism is the way of life in most of Europe. But how it is defined and implemented is not uniform. Two primary models of secularism exist on the continent. On one side is the American model (widely followed across Europe), which aims to protect religions from the State. On the other side is the French concept of laïcité. Unlike the typical understanding of secularism as defined in English, the aim of laïcité is to protect the State from religions.

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  Europe Society & Culture Family & Children

  Christian debt support charity highlights need for increased support as poverty levels rise in the UK

  By Chris Eyte

  Millions of people including children are living in poverty in the U.K. today, according to official figures. Now a church-based charity struggling to cope with enough resources to support them has sounded the alarm in a rallying cry to Christians to step up helping those in need.