French evangelical group under fire

Iain Taylor  |  World
Date posted:  1 Oct 2023
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French evangelical group under fire

A still from a video report run by news broadcaster BFMTV

Evangelical group Torrents de Vie has attracted the hostility of the media and the government in France after a journalist covertly recorded images and conversations at one of the organisation’s summer camps.

Torrents de Vie means ‘Streams Of Life’. Part of a larger international inter-denominational Christian ministry, it is active in ten French cities offering seminars, pastoral counselling and conferences. Its website says it ‘offers spiritual support, combining teaching, listening and prayer, to Christians of all denominations seeking help for their personal difficulties. Our values are based on Biblical love and grace’.

In July a reporter from news broadcaster BFMTV attended one of its camps with a hidden camera, recording conversations between people seeking spiritual help with issues related to identity and sexual orientation.

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