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Greek Evangelicals Among Majority Opposing ‘Marriage’ Status and Adoption Rights for Same-Sex Couples
Greece legalised same-sex partnerships in 2015 but now the Mediterranean country will give gay couples a marriage status which will allow them to adopt children. It is the decision of prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (centre-right), whose plans are expected to succeed

Belonging is Key – The Lisbon Project
The Lisbon Project, founded and run by Gabriela Faria, supports migrants and refugees arriving in Portugal. It provides comprehensive support to overcome all the barriers people face which make integration impossible: from language lessons to legal aid to help to

Emotional Intelligence Care for Ukrainian Families
Nearly two years on from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, millions of Ukrainians continue to live with the trauma of war, grief and family separation within and outside Ukraine. Thousands of host families, churches and NGOs are still offering care.

Children’s Network WEA Participated in, Co-Facilitated Workshop at Global Children’s Forum in Ethiopia
Dr. Rebecca Goropevsek participated in the recent Global Children’s Forum event held from November 7-12 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The theme of this year’s GCF was “Families on Mission”, which emphasizes the centrality of the family for evangelism and discipleship

Thousands March for Children in Costa Rica
In capital city San José, evangelicals and Roman Catholics denounced the trafficking of children and other forms of exploitation in Latin America. Both the evangelical and the Roman Catholic communities in Costa Rica (a Central American country of 5 million people) supported

Costa Rican Evangelicals Reject UN Request to Decriminalise Abortion in the Country
The Costa Rican Evangelical Alliance Federation (FAEC) strongly rejects the request of the United Nations (UN) to decriminalise abortion in Costa Rica. The entity, which seeks to represent the 25% of the country’s population who identifies as evangelical Christian, considers that “these globalist tendencies

Learning to “Be” with the Roma
Nina introduced herself by telling me a bit of her story, which is also about her family, because “this is something of the Balkans, you are so immersed in your family and surroundings, that when someone asks for your story,

‘Abortion Is Not a Right’, Say Spanish Evangelicals After Constitutional Court Sentence
The Spanish Constitutional Court recently approved by majority (7 to 4) the sentence that entirely rejects the appeal of unconstitutionality presented by the People’s Party against the 2010 Organic Law on Sexual and Reproductive Health and the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy, better

8 Year Old Tessa Asks Deep Theological Questions After Reading Gospel of John Several Times
“Would Tessa be willing to try to read and record the whole gospel of John?” that was a question Outi, a leader of Yippee Children´s Choir Ministry in Finland asked. During the first Covid lockdowns, they had just made a

Hope Groups Providing Light in the Darkness
Launched a year ago in response to the despair of those fleeing the war with Russia, World Without Orphans (WWO) HOPE Groups provide evidence-based parenting tips and trauma-informed care to small groups of Ukrainian women and men for ten weeks,

In Bolivia, Evangelicals Offer Government Plan to Prevent Violence Against Children
Coinciding with Children’s Day in Bolivia, the National Association of Evangelicals of Bolivia (ANDEB) has led, together with other organisations and institutions, a march for children called “United for Children”. In addition, the organisation has published a manifesto addressed to the

First Christian Radio for Children in German-Speaking Countries
The Christian children’s radio station “Purzelradio” will start airing on April 16th. The idea for ‘Purzelradio’ came about during the Corona crisis, since children need a lot of encouragement. So far, there has been no Christian children’s radio in German-speaking