Italy: biblical evangelism
Leonardo de Chirico
Date posted: 1 Oct 2013
The 2013 Giornate Teologiche was held at
IFED in Padova (Padua) on September 6-7.
There was a time when the word ‘evangelism’ was spoken by evangelicals alone and
its meaning was defined, i.e. the proclamation of the good news of Jesus Christ to a
lost world. These days are gone. Nowadays
Roman Catholics are talking about the ‘new’
evangelisation and its meaning has become
blurred. Moreover, evangelicals seem to put
less emphasis on the verbal communication
of the gospel, preferring ‘different’ methods
of evangelisation. This generation, therefore,
has the responsibility to clarify afresh what
evangelism is and how to do it.
Italy: prayer for Egypt
Leonardo de Chirico
Date posted: 1 Oct 2013
After the recent outbreak of violence against
the Christians
in Egypt
in August,
the
Italian Evangelical Alliance organised a
prayer
rally
in
front of
the Egyptian
Embassy in Rome.
On August 24, dozens of people representing several evangelical churches
in Rome
gathered to pray for peace in the country and
for protection for the Christian minority. Recent
reports
from Egypt were
read,
together with biblical passages assuring that
God is in control and cares for his people. A
letter to the Ambassador was signed by the
participants expressing concern for the dangerous situation in which the Christians find
themselves and the hope that action will be
taken to secure protection and religious freedom for all.