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Japan Joins IFFEC: Four Church Bodies Enter the Free Evangelical Family as One Federation

A Japanese federation of four church bodies was welcomed as a new member at IFFEC Worldwide 2026 in Kenya.

16 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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Europe's Free Evangelical Churches Planted 227 Congregations in a Decade. Net, They Have 64 Fewer.

A new comparative report on 24 federations finds that church planting is a normal part of church life across Europe's Free Evangelical family, that a reported plant is often not yet a congregation, and that the numbers a fellowship keeps about itself are less solid than they look.

11 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

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Liberia: From a Refugee Camp to a National Church Fellowship

Orphaned as a child and educated in exile, Moses Womleh now chairs Liberia's newly formed Free Evangelical fellowship. This week he travels to Kenya to meet the worldwide Free Evangelical family for the first time.

26 Sep 2026 · 3 min read

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Czech Republic: Congregation Supports Quiet, Long-Term Mission in the Sahara

The Church of Brethren congregation in Liberec, Czech Republic, works with the mission organisation Nehemia on a project called "Living Water for the Sahara," serving communities in the

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28 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

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Nepal: Churches Mobilize Aid After Floods and Landslides Hit Rasuwa District

Devastating floods and landslides have struck Nepal's Rasuwa District, near the Timure and Syabrubesi areas in the country's mountainous north, damaging roads, bridges and homes and

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28 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

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Czech Republic: Church of Brethren Leader Warns Against 'Hurry Sickness' at Start of School Year

David Novák, on the Council of the Church of Brethren (Církev bratrská) in the Czech Republic, opened the new school year with a pastoral letter warning that busyness has become

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27 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

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Kenya: Finnish Free Church Sends First Missionaries to Unreached Communities on the East Coast

Jani and Raisa Jalo flew out of Finland on 19 August bound for Malindi on Kenya's east coast, sent by Suomen Vapaakirkko, the Finnish Free Church, to work

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27 Aug 2026 · 2 min read

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United States: Covenant Churches in Spokane Open Relief Fund After Washington's Worst Wildfire

Covenant congregations in Spokane, Washington, have opened a neighbourhood relief fund and thrown open their spare rooms after the most destructive wildfire event in the state's history. The

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27 Aug 2026 · 2 min read

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Germany: Free Evangelical Congregations Report Renewed Growth

The Free Evangelical Congregations (FeG) in Germany are showing renewed growth, according to new statistics released by the denomination on 27 August 2026. As of 31 December 2025, the Federation

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26 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

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Africa: AEA Secretary General Leads Devotion at Daystar University Leadership Breakfast

Dr. Master Matlhaope, Secretary General of the Association of Evangelicals in Africa (AEA), was invited by Daystar University's leadership to speak at the university's Vice Chancellor&

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26 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

When the Programmes Stop: A Pastor Asks What Makes a Church a Church

When the Programmes Stop: A Pastor Asks What Makes a Church a Church

A British church leader has described in public what happened when his congregation stopped running almost everything it did. Writing in Premier Christianity, Derek Hughes recounts arriving as the leader

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26 Aug 2026 · 3 min read

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Switzerland: 'JC2033' Movement Builds Unity Projects Toward Resurrection Anniversary

Olivier Fleury and his team are promoting JC2033, an international movement preparing to mark roughly 2,000 years since the resurrection of Jesus Christ around the year 2033. Built on

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25 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

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Ukraine: WEA Secretary General Offers Prayer at National Prayer Breakfast

World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) Secretary General Rev. Botrus Mansour offered a prayer in Arabic at Ukraine's third National Prayer Breakfast, held on 23 August 2026 in Kyiv. The

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25 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Free Evangelical World — Week 35, 2026

Free Evangelical World — Week 35, 2026

Persecution, disaster response, and the quiet work of church formation frame this week's free evangelical news, spanning Nigeria and Colombia through Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland.

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24 Aug 2026 · 3 min read

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United States: Lilly Endowment Funding Powers Seven Alliance Ministry Programs

The Christian and Missionary Alliance in the United States has highlighted the role of Lilly Endowment Inc., the Indianapolis-based private foundation, in funding seven national ministry programs. In an

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23 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

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Canada: Evangelical Free Church Elects New Leaders at Biennial Conference

The Evangelical Free Church of Canada (EFCC) has published its post-conference report following its biennial gathering, held this June at Winnipeg Evangelical Free Church. Delegates from EFCC churches across

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22 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

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Germany: Free Evangelical Movement Mourns Historian and Organist Wolfgang Dietrich

Germany's Free Evangelical Congregations (FeG) are mourning Dr. Wolfgang Dietrich, a longtime organist and the movement's careful historian, whose research ensured that later generations would know

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21 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

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Sweden: Åredalen Pentecostal Congregation Becomes a Joint Church of Pingst and Equmeniakyrkan

A Pentecostal congregation in Åredalen, western Sweden, has entered a new chapter this autumn as a “cooperation congregation” jointly affiliated with both the Pingst (Pentecostal) movement and Equmeniakyrkan, the Uniting

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20 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

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Finland: Gospel Festival Brings Ugandan Band and 800 Visitors to Nummela Market Square

The annual Valofestarit gospel festival filled Nummela's market square with music and good cheer on Saturday 8 August, drawing more than 800 visitors for the fourth edition of

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20 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

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Nigeria: WEA Urges Remembrance of Christian Victims of Violence Ahead of UN Commemoration Day

The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) has called on Christians worldwide to remember the victims of religiously motivated violence in Nigeria as the United Nations marks its International Day Commemorating the

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20 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Is Worship Music Becoming a New Sacrament?

Is Worship Music Becoming a New Sacrament?

Has the worship song quietly become a kind of sacrament? That was the pointed question animating a two-day gathering of worship scholars at Belmont University in Nashville this summer,

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19 Aug 2026 · 2 min read