Finland's Free Church (Suomen Vapaakirkko) will bring its evangelists together for a national network gathering on Monday, October 19, at the Teopolis campus in Tampere. The event is intended for the evangelists who serve in local Free Churches across the country, many of whom carry out their calling largely on their own. Registration is open until September 30.
The meeting is part of the Free Church's evangelist network, which exists to help these workers come together, share life, and draw encouragement from their common calling. Manuel Rautalahti, a member of SVK's mission service team, explains that local congregations recognise and commission their own evangelists, and that the gathering is open to every evangelist recognised by a local Free Church.
The programme includes a Bible study for evangelists led by Markus Nikkanen, fresh reports from the field, and time set aside to seek the Lord together. Rautalahti notes that evangelists carry an important task "in a spiritually interesting time" — not only reaching new people beyond the church walls but also encouraging congregation members, in the apostle Paul's words, to be equipped for the work of ministry.
(Originally published in Finnish. Summary translated by CC / Connexion.)
Source: Suomen Vapaakirkko / Suomen Viikkolehti — svl.fi
