Looking from the inside, ‘we Europeans’ are much more aware of the mosaic of ethnic origins, languages, national and regional histories, political traditions, cultures, and lifestyles. Many of us are strongly attached to our particular identity, feeling ‘European’ only in a secondary or an accessory way.
Read MoreAccording to Evert, Northern Europe is mostly protestant, industrious, enterprising and economically developed, used to plurality of religious expressions, and largely secular. Using this description as a starting point, I would like to suggest three main challenges for mission in the Nordic context.
Read MoreOne in three Europeans belongs to a Slavic people group, by far Europe’s largest such grouping. Whilst these people share a common identity on one level, they are also sharply divided in terms of socio-cultural and religious identity.
Read MoreI have lived in France for the past 14 years involved in a ministry of grass-roots ecumenical cooperation in a Roman Catholic parish. The following elements strike me as being significant with regard to future mission.
Read MoreIt took only few years before the countries from the Communist block dismantled the one party systems and introduced political pluralism as a precondition to transition into democracies.
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