Author: Darrell Jackson

It is not uncommon to hear over sweeping statements about Europe as being ‘a dark continent’ or even ‘the beast of the book of Revelation’. Too often, they reveal a lack of knowledge of Europe. In the following article, Darrell Jackson explains that we need to study Europe carefully in order to present the Gospel…

This year Europe commemorates the 30 years of a series of events that led to the end of the Cold War. On this occasion, the Schuman Centre publishes an article from a special edition of Vista Magazine in the occasion of the 25 years of the end of the Cold War five years ago (see…

An article from Vista Magazine (1st part here) When can a Western European be considered a Church-attending Christian?  Perhaps frustratingly for an evangelical mission or church leader, church- attending Christians are predominantly to be found in the traditionally Roman Catholic countries of WE (Western Europe). Moreover, on the Pew measure of religious commitment (measuring frequency…

An article from edition 31 of Vista magazine. A response to the Pew research center’s 2018 report, Being Christian in Western Europe Contemporary Christian beliefs and behaviours in Western Europe are rarely researched beyond the national level. To address this knowledge gap, Pew Research conducted 24,599 telephone interviews in 15 countries between April and August 2017.…

The relevance of Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age for mission in Europe An article from Darrell Jackson for Vista Magazine Hard news was obviously in short supply on Friday December 28th, 2018. Hence, The Times ran a feature about a YouGov survey of 1,660 people in the UK. The findings suggested that there are more people attending church (albeit less frequently),…