Kim Tran is a graduate of Faculté Jean Calvin and currently serves as Managing Director of the seminary. Hear some of Kim's story and his role at the seminary in this interview with Huguenot Fellowship Trustee Ruth Ann Leduc.
Proposed Law on Separatism
May the Church be found Faithful
The proposed Law to Uphold Republican Principles crossed another threshold on April 12th as the French Senate voted to uphold the bill designed to stem radical Islam that has been at the root of numerous terrorist attacks in France. Yet these deliberations also represent a changing dynamic for the evangelicals in France, as the proposed law will present new restrictions and oversight within the evangelical church.
As Clement Diedrichs, General Director of the National Council of Evangelicals in France (CNEF) says, “…the country’s leadership no longer has any desire to protect space for any faith.”
A joint committee of parliamentary deputies and senators will meet in May to further evaluate the bill before it is voted on by the National Assembly in July for final implementation.
Throughout the months of deliberations, French Protestant leaders have been diligent in their discussions with the government in advocating for the religious freedoms that are so deeply engrained in French society with the separation of Church and State, while also calling the Protestant church to prayer and avoiding a mentality of victimization.
Diedrichs says, “But since they are no longer in a Christian society, French evangelicals have to be witnesses to the gospel like the first Christians were in their non-Christian society.“
May the Church in France be a faithful witness to Gospel truth, and may the Lord give wisdom to evangelical leaders in discussions with the government.
For further information, read this report in Christianity Today:
Paul and Alison Wells
Take a few minutes to learn about God's faithfulness and blessing in the early days as Faculté Jean Calvin was getting started. Huguenot Fellowship Trustee Ruth Ann Leduc sits down with Paul and Alison Wells who were part of the very beginnings of the seminary in 1972.
Carrefour Théologique 2021
We’re resending news of this April 12-17 event in order to include YouTube live-stream links to each presentation.
For those who comprehend spoken French, Faculté Jean Calvin’s upcoming conference Carrefour Théologique April 12-17 will focus on Generosity. See the program below featuring several professors from the Fac. (The times shown are for France. Subtract 6 hours for US Eastern Daylight Time, e.g., 19h30 is 13:30 or 1:30pm EDT.)
Please pray that this virtual conference will be a rich spiritual blessing for all who attend and participate!
Programme des conférences
Lundi 12 avril 2021 à 19h30
La générosité et le message des prophètes
Rodrigo De Sousa, professeur d’Hébreu et d’Ancien Testament à la FJC
Mardi 13 avril 2021à 19h30
Jésus et l’argent
Daniel Bergèse, pasteur, professeur associé à la FJC
Mercredi 14 avril 2021à 19h30
Devoir de charité et prêt à intérêt dans l’éthique économique de Calvin
Michel Johner, professeur d’éthique et d’histoire à la FJC
Jeudi 15 avril 2021 à 19h30
Présentation du Traité de l’amour du prochain de Martin Bucer
Jean-Philippe Bru, professeur de théologie pratique à la FJC
Vendredi 16 avril 2021 à 18h30
Paul, les corinthiens et la générosité
Pascal Denaut, pasteur https://www.unherautdansle.net/
Vendredi 16 avril 2021 à 20h
Une générosité sans discrimination ?
Daniel Hillion,directeur des études au SEL www.selfrance.org
Samedi 17 avril 2021à 19h30
La générosité doit-elle être sacrificielle ?
Yannick Imbert, doyen, professeur d’apologétique à la FJC
Jean-Raymond Stauffacher
Jean-Raymond Stauffacher, President of the Protestant Evangelical Reformed denomination in France (Union Nationale des Églises Protestantes Réformées Évangéliques de France, UNEPREF). and a graduate of Faculté Jean Calvin, talks with Ruth Ann Leduc, Huguenot Fellowship trustee, about the proposed law on separatism, currently being debated in the French legislature. Learn how this law could adversely affect God’s church in France.
Samuel Foucachon
Samuel Foucachon is a graduate of Faculté Jean Calvin and pastor of the Chapelle de Nesle - Evangelical Reformed Church in the Latin Quarter in Paris. Watch this 19-minute interview as Samy shares with Huguenot Fellowship Trustee Ruth Ann Leduc about the challenges of church-planting in Paris, as well as how the Lord is blessing this work. If you're looking for a place of worship in Paris, check out the Chapelle de Nesle http://www.chapelledenesle.fr/
William Edgar Chair Campaign Webinar
For those of you who missed the live webinar on March 27 or would like to view it again, please click here.
Thank you all who were able to join us for this special time of honoring Bill Edgar and raising awareness of the Huguenot Fellowship’s fundraising campaign in support of the William Edgar Chair of Apologetics at Faculté Jean Calvin.
And thank you so much to you who have already responded with your prayers and donations.
Campaign Booklet
Click on the following link to view an informative 12-page booklet about The Huguenot Fellowship’s new campaign for funding the William Edgar Chair of Apologetics at the Faculté Jean Calvin seminary in Aix-en-Provence, France. (The booklet may take a few seconds to load. You may need to zoom-in or zoon-out to read comfortably, depending on your browser.) Campaign Booklet
In addition, all are welcome to attend the live webinar about this initiative on Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 12 noon EDT. Please send an email to hello@huguenotfellowship.org to request a Zoom link to attend, if you’ve not already received one by email.