Two devastating earthquakes with a magnitude exceeding 7 on the Richter scale struck the region near the Venezuelan capital Caracas on the evening of Wednesday, June 24, 2026. The affected areas report over 1,700 deaths, thousands of injured and tens of thousands missing. The Evangelical Church has announced a fundraiser, the proceeds of which will be sent to the affected area through its partner organization GAW.

We are publishing a transcript of the speech of Synodal Senior Pavel Pokorný from the memorial service to honor the memory of Milada Horáková.

We cordially invite you to a conference on the topic of mental health in the church community. It will take place on September 19, 2026 in Prague, Vinohrady.

The Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE), of which the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren is a part, has launched a process aimed at preventing and addressing sexualized violence in churches.

The moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Bishop of the Bavarian Lutheran Church Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, commented on current world issues in his opening remarks to the June meeting of the WCC Executive Committee.

The Presidium of the Ecumenical Council of Churches in the Czech Republic (ECC) expressed solidarity with the Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Societies in its statement of June 17, 2026. It calls, among other things, for increased pressure on the Russian Federation to end its aggression against Ukraine.

The Evangelical Faculty of Theology at Charles University has a new dean. Petr Gallus was inaugurated by Charles University Rector Jiří Zima on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in the Karolina Patriotic Hall.

This year's 4th session of the 36th Synod of the Czech Brethren took place from 21 to 23 May at the Svoboda Cultural Centre in Cheb, West Bohemia. The church has a code of ethics and a new chaplain position, and the synod concluded by commenting on Czech-German relations.

At its meeting, the Synod of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren adopted the following statement.