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  • European evangelicals' portrayal on public TV causes concern

    Capture d’écran 2025-10-02 à 12.19.22.pngA lengthy report on evangelicals recently sparked debate in France: "Evangéliques, un succès pas si angélique" ("Evangelicals, A Success Not So Angelic"), broadcast on public television (France 2, program Envoyé Spécial).

    Approached from the angle of abuse and manipulation, it could have fostered an interesting debate, but it is undermined by a highly questionable methodology and bias (including confusion between priest and pastor, mass and worship service, etc.).

    As a result, the documentary provoked disapproval and misunderstanding, particularly from the two main French umbrella organizations, the Protestant Federation of France (link) and the National Council of Evangelicals of France (link), both of which issued public statements.

    It should be noted that a few days earlier, another report, this time on a Spanish public channel, also addressed the evangelical issue from an anxiety-inducing perspective (link).

    This led Evangelical Focus media to highlight that “It is difficult to understand how information about the evangelical reality in Spain can be reported without a single opinion from at least one of its representatives” (link).

    Is all this fair game after all, or is being a religious minority in Europe still a challenge today ?

    Nevertheless, no doubt these two controversial public TV reports provide additional material to a contemporary history of pluralism and minority protestant networks in secular Europe (link).

  • Evangelicalism in Spain (2023) : new data

    GBygXooW8AAJOl--1.jpg"The number of evangelicals in Spain, as well as the amount of churches planted, continues to increase, according to figures for 2023 published by the ministry Evangelism in Depth (EVAF), which studies the statistical evolution of evangelicalism since 1996."

    Over 1,000 Spanish municipalities include at least on evangelical church.

    To read further, click here (link)

  • Protestantism in Spain: tribute to Frances Luttikhuizen

    spain,protestantism,evangelicals,pentecostals,barcelona,frances luttikhuizen,book,obituary,josé moreno berrocal,evangelical focusAs Protestantism (mainly Evangelical/Pentecostal) is growing in Spain, let's not forget Frances Luttikhuizen, an English Philology lecturer, writer, and researcher of Protestantism, who passed away in Barcelona this last summer 2022.

    Her main fields of interest included the history of translation, linguistic awareness, Cervantes' works, and the Spanish Reformation.

    Among Luttikhuizen’s most important works is the book España y la Reforma Protestante (Spain and the Protestant Reformation, 2018, 468p (link), of which Spanish theologian José Moreno Berrocal has said it is “a work that represents a before and after in the studies of the Reformation in Spain (...).

    There is a wealth of data and ideas that will make this book a constant and obligatory reference work”. 

    Some reviews of this book are available, mostly in Spanish, including in this History of Philosophy publication (link)

    Thank you Evangelical Focus for this obituary (link)