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Mass Baptisms Return to Britain’s Beaches and Lakes
A growing number of churches across the United Kingdom are taking baptism out of the building and into open water. In the summer of 2025, around 1,000 people from
Switzerland: Free Church Theologians Ask What Spirituality Looks Like After 65
About fifty people spent three days in September at the Evangelical Church of the Amandiers in Lavigny, in the Swiss canton of Vaud, exploring a question that churches rarely address
Sweden: After 32 Years, a Missionary's Daughter Returns to Congo — Carrying Her Father's Book
Kristina Lindström was ten years old in 1979 when her family left Sweden for what was then Zaire, where her father, Gösta Stenström, had taken a post as a doctor
Finland: 77 Young Free Church Volunteers Sent to Ten Mission Teams in Seven Countries
Seventy-seven young people from Finland's Free Church congregations gave up their summer holidays this year to join short-term mission teams organised by The Legacy Project, the
Czech Republic: Church of the Brethren Opens Church-Wide Debate on Ordaining Women
The Council of the Church of the Brethren (Církev bratrská), one of the Czech Republic's historic free evangelical churches, has opened a church-wide conversation on the ordination
Estonia: Free Churches Mark Creation Care Month With a Call to Repair, Reuse and Share
Estonia's free evangelical churches have marked September as Creation Care Month with a reflection arguing that care for the natural world and care for one's neighbour
Finland: Free Church Leader Says Antisemitism Is 'Racism and Sin'
The leader of the Finnish Free Church (Suomen Vapaakirkko), Tommi Koivunen, has stated in the church's newspaper that antisemitism is a flagrant form of racism and is "
Finland: A Free Church Congregation's Own 'Grandma's House' Cares for Its Elderly
The Free Church congregation in Kitee, in eastern Finland, has a feature few congregations can claim: its own "mummola", the Finnish word for a grandmother's home.
Sweden: Five Congregations Form Joint Equmeniakyrkan Association in Örebro
Five congregations of Equmeniakyrkan in the Swedish city of Örebro have voted to form a joint association. Around a hundred people gathered at Betelkyrkan on Saturday, where delegates from Equmeniakyrkan
Free Evangelical World — Week 40, 2026
This edition covers a fortnight, after no digest appeared for Week 39. Its lead story is historic: the free evangelical family gathers on African soil for the first time, as
Cuba: From an Empty Pantry to a Dining Hall Serving Fifty Elderly People a Week
In the western Cuban city of Cárdenas, about 150 kilometres from Havana, an Alliance pastor and his wife who once knelt in prayer before a completely empty pantry now run
Switzerland: Federal Fast Draws Two Contrasting Visions of Faith in Public Life
The Swiss Federal Fast (Jeûne fédéral) has prompted two markedly different readings of the day's meaning in the canton of Vaud. On one side, Vaudois Christians close to
Finland: Free Church Identity Revisited Through the Legacy of Sulo Santeri Salmensaari
What is the identity of the Finnish Free Church, and what kind of church does each of its members want to help build? Those questions framed a lecture by Tommi
Sweden: New Testament 2026 Published With Notable Translation Choices
The Swedish Bible Society (Svenska bibelsällskapet) has published a new translation of the New Testament, NT26, presenting the text at the Gothenburg Book Fair. Reporting ahead of the launch highlighted
Germany: FeG President Calls Congregations to Be 'Spaces of Trust' and Restates Zero Tolerance on Abuse
The president of the Bund Freier evangelischer Gemeinden (FeG), Henrik Otto, has used the closing instalment of a three-part series in the federation's magazine Christsein Heute to
Uganda: Training Pastors Before the Law Arrives
As Uganda debates who may lead a church, pastor and teacher Eria Ssekandi is trying to get pastors trained before any new rules take effect.
United States: Billy Graham's Granddaughter Nominated as US Ambassador for Religious Freedom
The United States has nominated Jane "Cissie" Graham Lynch, a granddaughter of evangelist Billy Graham, to serve as its ambassador for international religious freedom. The nomination, announced by
Burkina Faso: Young Woman Who Lost Her Village to Extremists Finds New Life Through the Church
A young woman in Burkina Faso whose village was destroyed in a religious-extremist attack has found healing, community and a new livelihood through a local Alliance church, according to