Category Archives: mission

Poverty and social exclusion a risk for 23% of EU citizens in 2010

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

New research published today points to the ongoing cost to Europe’s ordinary citizens of the social and political upheavals across the continent. The Eurostat report also goes on to report the fact that in 2010, the number of under 18 … Continue reading →

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Malawian-German Baptist partnership for growth and planting

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

During the next five years, German Baptist Churches hope to be inspired by the example of the Baptist Union of Malawi. A partnership agreement was signed during the recent  Annual conference in Kassel. The German General-Secretary Regina Claas (from Elstal, Berlin) assured delegates … Continue reading →

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Baptist Church Planting in Croatia

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

There have been Baptist churches in Croatia since the 1890s. Over the last 20-30 years the Croatian Baptist Union has doubled in size and the number of congregations in still increasing. At present there are 1,900 church members attending a … Continue reading →

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UK missionaries in Europe: do they make sense?

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

Language skills remain an essential skill for effective cross-cultural mission. The British abroad take not just their own language but a very nuanced sense of meanings shrouded in their subtle use of the English language. For non-British speakers of English, … Continue reading →

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Urban Church Planting in Europe

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

‘City to City – Europe‘ describes itself as a growing network of church plants and pastors throughout Europe with an annual meeting. The next meeting of the network takes place in Berlin between the 25-27th October, 2011 at the ‘Gospel and … Continue reading →

Posted in church planting, cities, Eurooppa, Europa, europe, Germany, mission, missional church | 1 Comment

A recently published EU survey explores online language usage

Posted on May 12, 2011 by

Eurobarometer has published results which will be of interest to Christian individuals and organisations which make significant investments in online presence. The survey may also have broader application to all Christian Media organisations with an interest in Europe. Across all … Continue reading →

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Restoring hope in Europe

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

Branko Bjelajac writes for TWR Europe and has just published a brief review of Deborah Meroff’s book Europe: Restoring Hope. Participants attending HOPE II might be interested in knowing more about this important contribution and might appreciate a link to … Continue reading →

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HOPE II blog and twitter stream

Posted on May 6, 2011 by

We’ve just finished our interim Report on Missional Church Planting in Europe, ready for its first outing next week in Budapest – just under 90 pages with the details of 330 or so church planters in Europe drawn from the … Continue reading →

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Non-religious young people in Britain

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

Dr. Rebecca Catto (Lancaster University) has published her initial reflections on a small-sale survey of non-religious young people on the guardian online. ‘Beyond Grayling, Dawkins and Hitchens, a new kind of British atheism‘  reports on a one year project that … Continue reading →

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Megachurches in France

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

Sebastien Fath, French researcher and academic, presented a paper at last August’s Association for the Sociology of Religion in Atlanta, GA, in which he discusses four French megachurches (a church of over 2,000 members). These pentecostal or charismatic churches are … Continue reading →

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