France: evangelicals respond to attacks
The National Council of Evangelicals in France (CNEF) has responded to the government’s plans to strengthen state secularism in a December Bill by reiterating that evangelicals in France ‘respect the laws of the republic’, and seek a ‘transparent’ relationship with the national, regional and local authorities.
Evangelical Focus / The Week / en staff
The efforts to preserve French values was outlined by President Macron prior to the Islamist attacks on French citizens in the autumn, which included two beheadings. In early October he had planned to ‘combat Islamic separatism’ in light of ‘extreme hardening’ of some Islamic groups in France.
