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3 weeks ago | cne.news | Evert van Vlastuin

As director of ACSI Europe (Association of Christian Schools International), Demeter often gets the question of whether Christian schools are necessary. As an answer, Demeter asks a counter-question: “What would you think if the pastor went home and an atheist came and preached for those Sundays? Does that make a difference?

1 month ago | cne.news | Evert van Vlastuin

Stay up to date with Christian news in Europe? Sign up for CNE's newsletter. Liviu Caprar is still carrying his roller suitcase, as he arrived by plane from Bucharest on Wednesday to visit the ECCEN conference in Apeldoorn (European Conference for Christian Education in the Netherlands). In the evening, he conducts the opening Bible study. The conference is held every two years, and this week, it has attracted 70 participants from 17 European countries, including Ukraine.

2 months ago | cne.news | Evert van Vlastuin

Stay up to date with Christian news in Europe? Sign up for CNE's newsletter. This means that this religious group must be equally paid as other churches and religious groups and has the right to perform marriages. This was decided by the Court of Appeal in Oslo last Friday. In 2021, the state decided to withdraw the registration of the Witnesses because of “psychological violence” against minors. This implied that the state would no longer pay the religious group.

2 months ago | cne.news | Evert van Vlastuin

I myself got to know her in 1997. At a large book dump, I picked up a re-issue from 1964 of the Dutch version of Christ Legends (‘Christuslegenden’). At that dump were dozens of copies of that book there. Among Dutch Christians, Lagerlöf must have been widely known. Not only after 1900, when this translation was published first, but also later in the 60s. There are still streets with her name in the Netherlands. Most of the short stories by Lagerlöf have something mysterious.

Jan 14, 2025 | cne.news | Evert van Vlastuin

This plan was finalised during a two-day meeting in Brussels on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The official registration of the foundation will follow in June 2025. The new alliance is a formal continuation of yearly meetings that were held in Brussels since 2013 under the name Brussels Considerations. Leaders of Christian schools and the school organisations have come together to share common goals and to pray for challenges.