Our Lord in the Attic
This issue of A Public Witness explores how a hidden 17th-century church in Amsterdam can teach us lessons about the need for religious freedom and a pluralistic public square.
For Iranian Converts Claiming Religious Persecution, European Courts Require Proof of Faith
Judges across Europe are having a tough time deciding whether asylum-seekers claiming religious persecution are ‘genuine’ Christians.
Flooded with Sightseers, Europe’s Iconic Churches Struggle to Accommodate Both Worship & Tourism
With tourism reaching or surpassing pre-pandemic records in Barcelona and across southern Europe, iconic sacred sites are struggling to accommodate the faithful who come to pray and the millions of visitors who often pay to view the art and architecture.
A Restored Medieval Depiction of the Crusades Shows How England Embraced Islamic Culture
An 800-year-old puzzle about a set of 13th-century floor tiles has added to historians’ thinking about the relationship of Europeans and Arabs at the time of the Crusades. It is telling visual evidence that Christian Europe was more porous than historians have believed.
In Europe, Church Taxes Are Voluntary. People Pay Them Anyway.
Long after churches ceased to exercise any kind of monopoly in Europe, millions of believers continued to affirm their membership in a church of one denomination or another, and the state cooperated by collecting the taxes associated with membership.
Disputes Loom as Émigré Church Leader Switches Loyalty to Moscow
PARIS (RNS) — The network of émigré Russian Orthodox parishes in Western Europe appears to be headed for years of complex canonical and legal disputes after their archbishop announced that he would rejoin the Moscow Patriarchate and urged his followers to accompany him.
Ireland Bars Christian Fundamentalist Pastor from Entering Country
An anti-gay US Christian fundamentalist pastor who has been accused of Holocaust denial has become the first person to be barred from entering Ireland under a 20-year-old immigration law.
Mo. Baptists Lead Summit in Ukraine
Future Leadership Foundation, a non-profit headquartered in Jefferson City, Mo., that works to develop Christian leaders across the globe, hosted a June gathering for Baptist leaders
Passion, vision spur Eastern Europe worship summit
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Hannibal-LaGrange students minister in Europe
By Brandy Campbell Hannibal-LaGrange College Twenty-eight Hannibal-LaGrange College students and sponsors ministered to English-speaking youth at the foot of the Swiss Alps this summer. On July 3, HLG students traveled to Grindelwald, Switzerland, to help with EuroVenture 2004, a camp