Amid fear and polarisation, French evangelicals share “hope” as “churches continue to multiply”, says historian

Apr 22, 2022 by

by Joel Forster, Evangelical Focus:

France decides on Sunday 24 April who will lead the country for the next five years. According to the surveys, far-right leader Marine Le Pen is around 10% behind the incumbent President, Emmanuel Macron.

The first round confirmed that what used to be minoritarian positions on the extremes have taken the place of the traditional government parties. Marine Le Pen (Rassemblement National, far-right, 23%) and Jean-Luc Mélenchon (La France Insoumise, far-left, 22%) came second and third on 10 April. In contrast, the not long ago very powerful Socialist Party and The Republicans earned less than 5% of the vote each.

How is France different now than before the pandemic? And what role do evangelical Christians play in this changing scenario?

The French historian Sebastien Fath, researcher at the CNRS (National Center of Scientific Research), responded three questions for Evangelical Focus. Fath has specialised in the study of French evangelicalism and Postcolonial Christianity.

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