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Specific outreach challenges: Spiritually, Belgium is one of the most needy countries in Europe, with great spiritual apathy and faith largely banished from the public sphere. The areas of greatest need – the smaller towns and villages in the Flemish-speaking areas and the Francophone Ardennes region (Liège, Namur and Luxembourg). Brussels is a strategic city. […]

Specific outreach challenges: Spiritually, Belgium is one of the most needy countries in Europe, with great spiritual apathy and faith largely banished from the public sphere. The areas of greatest need – the smaller towns and villages in the Flemish-speaking areas and the Francophone Ardennes region (Liège, Namur and Luxembourg). Brussels is a strategic city. […]

Among the large expatriate community (predominantly from South and East Asia and the Middle East, but also the West and Africa), a considerable number of active Christians meet formally and informally. Pray that expat believers might have courage and wisdom to share their faith outside their cultural group as well as a sense of God’s […]

The unreached comprise virtually the whole nation. The growing cities – the educated elite, the middle class and the teeming slums. Algeria rapidly urbanized as people fled into the cities to escape the violence of civil war. Young people are frustrated and disillusioned. Many attempt to move to Europe (often illegally) in search of more […]

The unreached comprise virtually the whole nation. The growing cities – the educated elite, the middle class and the teeming slums. Algeria rapidly urbanized as people fled into the cities to escape the violence of civil war. Young people are frustrated and disillusioned. Many attempt to move to Europe (often illegally) in search of more […]

Unreached peoples. Over 400 peoples live within Europe’s countries; nearly 250 of them can be regarded as only partially evangelized at best and often are completely unevangelized. Of these, the majority are immigrant or refugee peoples for whom specialized outreach is needed, including: Muslim ethnic groups from the Middle East, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and […]

Great swathes of Central and Western Europe are truly post-Christian — where committed Christian remnants are small in number, low in confidence and marginalized. In these areas, the Church’s battle against secularization and social irrelevance has been lost. What little faith remains is confined to private belief. These regions are some of the most devoid […]

Immigration is a boon and a wake up call for the Church. The unevangelized are being brought to its doorstep, but more importantly, Christian migrants are swelling the ranks of the faithful. This is true for Catholic, Protestant and Independent Christian groups. The influx of Christian migrants from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean […]

The edges of Europe – North Africa, the Middle East and Turkey – are much more accessible through changes in travel, communication, trade and culture. These provide more opportunities for immigrants to gain access into Europe (where they ostensibly might encounter believers), and more so for active Christians to visit these places for tourism, study […]

Socio-cultural trends that open doors for Christian witness: Disillusionment with the emptiness of enforced secularism and hyper-modernity leads to a new interest in spirituality and the metaphysical. Presented rightly, Jesus is of great appeal to such seekers. Upheaval and uncertainty in economics and politics, civic disintegration, violence and crime likewise cause many to ask questions […]