News, January 2006

News from the Churches

Christmas Events spread the word For the first time ever, an Evangelical church service was broadcast on national TV. Several performances of Handel's Messiah also drew large crowds across northern Spain, the last in Oviedo's (Roman Catholic) Cathedral.

The TV service went out on 23rd December and is now available for download from Protestante Digital.

Madrid celebrates First Regional Protestant Congress The event took place from 25th to 27th November, aiming to unite all the region's protestants, most of whom would consider themselves evangelical. At the inauguration several local, regional and national political figures were present, in addition to members of most of the churches. An initial report is now available from Protestante Digital

Sources El Mundo, TVE, EP, ProtestanteDigital, Ferede