Latvia: freedom and soft hearts
09 Dec 2016
Every week, Greater Europe Mission (GEMISSION) lifts a country in prayer. This week, we join in prayer for Latvia, with thick forests, cool beaches and a history of being bullied. Political power and cultural influence have…
Ukraine: a family’s tragic story
09 Dec 2016
The Ukraine humanitarian crisis is accompanied by an increase in persecuting evangelical Christians. Hundreds of Protestant pastors have suffered abduction, torture, arson, property confiscation, death threats, physical violence, expatriation, and even murder at the hands of…
EU facing a crisis? French candidates for 2017
02 Dec 2016
Far right Front National leader Marine Le Pen is a strong candidate for the French presidency, according to a recent poll. Her main opponent will be François Fillon, a former prime minister, who has won the…
EU facing a crisis? Italy’s Five Star Movement
02 Dec 2016
After thirteen years of a struggling economy and unemployment at 40% among the young, 107,000 youth have left to seek work abroad. The average family income is less than it was in 2007. On 5 December…
EU facing a crisis? German call of the watchmen
02 Dec 2016
We see success in the arrests of key people in Germany’s Islamist terrorist arena, and the banning of the Salafist organisation calling itself ‘the true religion’. Plans for distributing the Qu’ran by this organisation under the…
Islam in Europe
25 Nov 2016
The arrival of hundreds of thousands of mostly Muslim refugees in Europe have drawn renewed attention to the continent’s Muslim population. In many European countries, including France, Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, concerns…