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French Evangelicals celebrate 10 years of CNEF
Do you know the CNEF ? In French, it is Conseil National des Evangéliques de France (National Council of French Evangelicals).Created 10 years ago after merging previous French Evangelical networks, this body represents at least 60% of the One Million French Evangelicals. It just celebrated its 10th Anniversary last tuesday.
From all France, more than 500 connected and registered. The French Interior Minister, Mr Gerald Darmanin, whished a "happy birthday" to all, through a taped video message.
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THe French weekly Réforme has got a new director
Founded in 1945, Réforme is the main French protestant weekly.Notoriously very close to the French Presbyterian identity, rooted in the Huguenot past, Réforme has regularly struggled to widen its horizon.
Widen, enlarge, why ?
Why ? Because a weekly without new readers has no much future.
Réforme's main concern is the medium age of its readers: close to the retirement age-limit.
How to attract the new generations, which are impacted by Evangelicalism, but also Ecumenism and Secularism?
Nathalie Leenhardt, the former Réforme's director, did a great job maintaining Réforme's quality offer over the last years, which have been so challenging.
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France and Covid19: fair treatment obtained for religions
The new suitable gauge for worship services (read blognote of last week) was unveiled yesterday (wednesday 2th of Dec, 2020) by the French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin. Based upon simple common sense, the new measures take into account the size of religious worship places. This gauge was settled after consultation with the various French religious representatives, in order to put settle things in a fair and right way.
