How to Address Current News Events from a Christian Perspective - Evert Van Vlastuin, Joel Forster
The news cycle moves quickly, often marked by troubling events and shaped by bias intended to influence readers and viewers. This session explores how Christians can respond with wisdom and faithfulness. Drawing on the experience of two Christian journalists, it introduces biblical principles for discerning the news, engaging in thoughtful conversation, and living faithfully in response.
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Evert van Vlastuin seems to be without much fantasy, since he has only been active as a journalist during his professional life. He started as a freelancer as a student in 1990. He worked as a radio reporter for the Evangelische Omroep and foreign news reporter for Reformatorisch Dagblad. One of his passions is developing ways and ideas around the topic of “Christian journalism”, which resulted in the publication of his book Reporting from the Tree in 2025. Evert was chief editor of Christian Network Europe (CNE.news), a journalistic platform for the European continent, from 2021-2025. Since January 2026, he is back at the Dutch daily Reformatorisch Dagblad as head of the parliamentary editors. With his wife Mijnske, he is parenting six daughters. Apart from this, he serves as an elder in the church.
Joel Forster is a journalist in Spain and leads Evangelical Focus, a daily online news and opinion website for Europe, started in 2015. He has a degree in journalism (Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2008) and did his internship with the Catalan Public Television TV3. He worked as a staff worker for GBU España (IFES in Spain), serving both on the field and as a communication manager. Joel is a member of the editorial team of the Spanish daily news website Protestante Digital and co-authored the books “Esencia y Resistencia” and “Evangélicos en la nueva era de la comunicación”. For five years, he served on the board of the Spanish Evangelical Alliance. He now is
