Global Network of Bulgarian Evangelical Churches outside of Bulgaria (2019 Report)

Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in the European  Union (2019) Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in Germany Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in Spain Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in England Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in France Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in Belgium Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in Italy Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in Cyprus Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in Crete Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in America (2019 Report) Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in Chicago (2019 Report) Bulgarian Evangelical Churches in Texas (2019 Report) Bulgarian Evangelical Churches - West Coast (2019 Report) Atlanta (active since 1996) Los Angeles (occasional/outreach of the Foursquare Church - Mission Hills, CA) Las Vegas (outreach of the Foursquare Church - http://lasvegaschurch.tv) San Francisco (occasional/inactive since 2012, Berkeley University/Concord, CA) Bulgarian ...

Pope and GRAND Imam Declaration on ONE WORLD RELIGION

APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (3-5 FEBRUARY 2019) A DOCUMENT ON HUMAN FRATERNITY FOR WORLD PEACE AND LIVING TOGETHER [Multimedia]   INTRODUCTION Faith leads a believer to see in the other a brother or sister to be supported and loved. Through faith in God, who has created the universe, creatures and all human beings (equal on account of his mercy), believers are called to express this human fraternity by safeguarding creation and the entire universe and supporting all persons, especially the poorest and those most in need. This transcendental value served as the starting point for several meetings characterized by a friendly and ...

New Revision of Religion Bill Voted in Bulgaria

The new Religion Bill (aka Denominations Acts) was voted in on the last working day of 2018 by the Bulgarian Parliament. At the beginning of the parliamentarian season, on January 31, 2019 Parliament considered several new corrections to the just voted-in bill as follows. Those new corrections were all voted in on Friday and allowed for: Between $15-40 million in stipends for the Eastern Orthodox in the form of salaries Some $400,000 will be provided to the Muslim confession Additional $5 million were allocated for the so called "Religion" Directorate – a government agency that will oversee all religious activities, ...

Presenting the CLEAR Approach to Bible Translation

NEW LAW on RELIGION in FRANCE

France adheres to a strict form of secularism, known as laïcité, which is designed to keep religion out of public life. This principle was entrenched by law in 1905, after fierce anti-clerical struggles with the Roman Catholic church. For the first quarter of 2019, the government will focus on three reforms: unemployment benefits, reforming the state and the revision of the 1905 law separating religion and government affairs. The reform of France's unemployment benefits which is central to Macron's social program, was officially launched in November but there is still a lot of work to be done. The changes that Macron wants to ...

SPS meets in Washington

2019 WILLIAM SEYMOUR COLLEGE February 28-March 2, 2019 College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center

The abandoned children of Eastern Europe

Bulgaria used family-style care centers to remove children with disabilities from state institutions. UNICEF says the Bulgarian orphanage population dropped from about 7,500 in 2010, to fewer than 1,200 children today. Across the Black Sea, Georgia has had even more success. It reduced the number of state-run orphanages from 50 to two. The number of orphans dropped also, from 5,000 in 2005 to about 75 now, UNICEF says. However, Romania has made the largest improvement. The European Union has provided millions of dollars in aid to support Romanian child-welfare reforms. Private aid agencies like Hope and Homes for Children have helped place children with ...