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Philippine Free Church Pursues Vision of 200 New Congregations by 2026
The Evangelical Free Church of the Philippines has set an ambitious target: 200 new church plants between 2022 and 2026, with training programmes and mapping initiatives already under way.
Around the Family: Free Evangelical Churches in Scandinavia
Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark each have substantial free evangelical movements — rooted in nineteenth-century revival, shaped by the pietist and holiness streams, and active in global mission far beyond their size.
What Is a Believers' Church? The Ecclesiology at the Heart of the Free Tradition
The free evangelical tradition is built on a specific understanding of what the church is and who belongs to it — the gathered community of those who have personally confessed Christ.
Germany's Free Church Association Marks a Century: VEF Celebrates 100 Years
The Vereinigung Evangelischer Freikirchen, Germany's association of evangelical free churches, celebrated its centennial on 29 April 2026.
Around the Family: Free Evangelical Churches in North America
North America is home to some of the IFFEC family's largest and most resourced members — the Evangelical Covenant Church, the Evangelical Free Church of America, and the Evangelical Free Church of Canada.
Three Streams, One River: The Historical Roots of the Free Evangelical Tradition
The free evangelical tradition is not a fourth Reformation. It is the convergence of three nineteenth-century renewal streams: revivalist, holiness, and Alliance — and understanding them illuminates what the movement is and why it holds together.
IFFEC Global Youth Gathering 2025: 'Next Gen! Lead with Your Life' in Paris
Young leaders from the IFFEC family gathered in Paris in October 2025 for the Global Youth Gathering, under a call to the next generation to lead through their lives.
IFFEC Executive Committee: 'A Call for Peace, Dignity, and Reconciliation'
In June 2025, the IFFEC Executive Committee issued a public statement addressing global conflicts — calling on political leaders, and calling free evangelical churches to be places of reconciliation.
Covenant Kids Congo: Sponsorship, Schools, and the Long Work of Formation
The Evangelical Covenant Church's Covenant Kids Congo ministry links North American sponsors to children in the DR Congo through a model that integrates education, church, and community development.
Around the Family: Free Evangelical Churches in Germany
Germany is home to one of the most established free evangelical movements in the world — the FeG, with over 500 congregations, a national university, and a century of witness outside the state-church system.
FeG Bundestag 2025: New Churches, and a Process for Addressing Past Harm
Germany's free evangelical federation held its 2025 federal assembly in September, addressing both growth in church planting and the serious matter of establishing accountability for historic cases of abuse.
The One Principle That Makes Free Churches Work: Primary and Secondary Doctrine
Free evangelical churches agree on the gospel and grant freedom on everything else. The primary/secondary distinction is not theological laziness — it is a carefully designed architecture for cooperation.
Welcome to the Evangelical Free Connexion
A word from WWES about why this publication exists and who it is for — and an invitation to the scattered free evangelical family to find a shared information home.
Suomen Vapaakirkko Welcomes New Leader as Tommi Koivunen Takes Office
Finland's Evangelical Free Church entered a new season in late 2024 as Tommi Koivunen succeeded the retiring Hannu Vuorinen, bringing decades of youth ministry experience to the national leadership role.
'Pastors, You Are the Immune System': Scott Barber on Pastoral Health in a Movement
An EFCA leader's April 2026 essay on pastoral vitality argues that the health of the whole movement flows from the health of its pastors — a conviction that shapes how free churches approach pastoral care and formation.
IFFEC Convenes Church Planting Leaders in Budapest
Key European church planting leaders met in Budapest in March 2026 for an IFFEC-facilitated gathering to pray, plan, and strengthen trans-national cooperation.
ECC President Swanson-Draheim Nominated for Second Term
The Evangelical Covenant Church's board has nominated Tammy Swanson-Draheim to continue leading the denomination into a second presidential term.
Evangelical Covenant Church Names New Director of Church Planting
Rev. Pat Stark joins the ECC's Serve Locally team to lead church planting efforts across the denomination as it pursues continued multiplication.