Islam only 3 to 6% of Europe’s religious makup
The European Union’s Muslim population is only 3% according to The World Christian Database. This is in a slight conflict with the recent Pew Research Forum study. It says that the European Union is 6% Muslim. What is fascinating about this is that the population of Agnostics and Atheists is 5 times the size of … Read more
A new Protestant church is being established in France every 10 days
Martin Robinson did an interview with the French church leader Rafael Anzenberger. It is short and in it he says something astounding: “a church every 10 days opening up in France.” I am really impressed with the way the French National Council of Evangelical Churches is looking into the future. Many of its current leadership … Read more
Muslims in Europe: Present and Future Populations
The most shocking statistic that comes out of the latest study on Muslim’s in Europe is that by the year 2030 in “Austria, Muslims are projected to reach 9.3% of the population…, up from 5.7% today; in Sweden, 9.9% (up from 4.9% today); in Belgium, 10.2% (up from 6% today); and in France, 10.3%” (Pew … Read more
Loving our Muslim Neighbors: Video
Victor Hashweh gave this amazing talk on loving our Muslim neighbors at the HOPE II conference. One of my favorite quotes from the talk was: “Muslims in Europe, God has created a hunger in their hearts for Christ. We have a golden opportunity to reach out to them.” and “In the last 20 years more … Read more
Great hope for Europe
There is great hope for Europe. God is moving there in amazing ways. Enjoy the video below:
Surprise result in European Opinion Poll
The world is truly getting smaller and national boundary lines are blurring in favor of intellectual and cultural similarities. An opinion poll was run by the European Social Journal , an internet journal that addresses “issues of critical interest to progressives across Europe and beyond.” The question: Who are the thinkers with the most influence … Read more
The Surprise Blessing of Immigrants
I was reading on Twitter when I came across someone saying that they “love the miracles God provides when we pray.” Amazing isn’t it? We deeply appreciate your prayers on our behalf and for the ministry. Leanne and I are developing leaders and new initiatives for ministry in Europe. In helping to develop new ministries … Read more
Real persecution: please pray for them
Francis Chan gives a heart felt plea for us to answer the request of the persecuted Christians in India: ‘Remember us, pray for us’ My heart was deeply touched by this video. Believers in Jesus are in great danger in many countries of the world. I have heard that there are even orphanages for the … Read more
State of Christianity (Evangelical)
This is a great video on the global statistics on Christianity (Evangelical) done by Intervarsity. Nicely done. It was presented at the Urbana conference. Here is where you can get more videos from the Urban2009 conference. I put evangelical in parenthesis since although they do not say specifically that they are talking about evangelicals the statistics … Read more
No “God-shaped hole”
I am doing a lot of reading on the spirituality and religion of the United Kingdom. This morning I came across a book published in 2006 called “Making Sense of Generation Y: The World View of 16-25 Year Olds” They interviewed 180 youth from all over the UK. One of their conclusions was, “We were … Read more
