Youth

Finland: Northern Gospel Youth Event Draws 2,000 in Tornio

The Maata Näkyvissä Northern Dimension gospel music event drew around 2,000 visitors when it was held at the Hannulanmäki ice hall in Tornio on 15 August 2026. The turnout

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18 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Mission

Colombia: Evangelicals Mobilise Coordinated Relief Effort After August Earthquake

Evangelical churches across Colombia have launched a coordinated relief effort after an earthquake struck the country on 10 August 2026. The Evangelical Confederation of Colombia (CEDECOL) has activated a structured

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18 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Switzerland

Switzerland: Eleven Neuchâtel Churches Jointly Screen Season Four of 'The Chosen'

Eleven partner churches in the Neuchâtel region — including the Roman Catholic Church, the Evangelical Reformed Church, the evangelical La Rochette congregation (FREE) and the Salvation Army — have organized a joint

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17 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Education

Czech Republic: Evangelical Theological Seminary Opens Intermediate Online Biblical Hebrew Course

The Evangelical Theological Seminary (ETS) in the Czech Republic is opening an intermediate-level online course in Biblical Hebrew this September, for students who have mastered the basics and want

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15 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Mission

Kenya: Czech Missionary Couple Relocates to Continue Two-Decade Lake Victoria Ministry

Lída and Jirka Matušková, a Czech missionary couple, have relocated permanently to Kenya to continue the two-decade-old work of ShineBean in the Bondo area near Lake Victoria. The

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14 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Youth

Finland: Pori Free Church Youth Team Brings Street Evangelism and Children's Outreach to Bulgaria

Twelve young people from Pori Free Church in western Finland spent ten days in Bulgaria in June 2026, serving alongside long-term Finnish Free Church missionaries Hanna and Markus Rokosa

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11 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Mission

Nepal: From Leprosy Outcast to Church Planter — Nepali Leader Shares Journey at Finnish Summer Festival

Shankar Pantha, a Nepali church planter who was driven from his village as a child after contracting leprosy, shared his remarkable testimony as an invited guest of SVK Mission at

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11 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Mission

Finland: Free Church and Pentecostal Mission Agencies Deepen Cooperation Across Three Continents

Two of Finland's largest Protestant mission agencies — SVK Mission, the global outreach arm of the Evangelical Free Church of Finland, and Fida International, the mission organisation of the

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11 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Mission

Kenya: German Volunteer Team Builds Partnerships Through Construction Projects in Nairobi

In February 2026, a German volunteer team spanning ages from the mid-20s to late 70s travelled to Nairobi, Kenya, for a construction and renovation mission trip. Working alongside a

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9 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Mission

Spain: Retired German Couple Embraces 'Silverliner' Mission in Southern Spain

When retirement approached, Dr. Anne Hoffmann Leygue and her husband Arturo asked whether God might have another place for them in his mission. Nearly two years later, the couple are

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9 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Mission

Philippines: Second-Generation Missionary Couple Prepares for Service, 28 Years After Parents' Departure

Jan Fiebrantz grew up as a missionary kid in Vietnam. Now, together with his wife Sarah, he is preparing for missionary service in the Philippines — following in footsteps his father

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9 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Mission

Japan: German Missionaries Mark 29 Years of Church Planting and Leadership Development in Inazawa

Dorothea and Jörg Eymann arrived in Japan in 1997 knowing almost no Japanese. Twenty-nine years later, the couple has planted a church, weathered a severe burnout, and launched a

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9 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Mission

Global: YWAM Deploys Relief Ship to Fiji, Expands Ministry in Malawi and France

Youth With A Mission (YWAM) has reported a series of international ministry developments in its August 2026 news roundup, including the redeployment of its medical and relief vessel YWAM Koha

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7 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Mission

Global: WEA Secretary General Outlines Six Principles for 2033 Great Commission Movement

The Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), Rev. Adv. Botrus Mansour, has published a major vision article outlining six biblical principles that should guide the global Church'

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7 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Youth

Sweden: Equmenia Sets Participation Record with 1,700 Scouts at Jamboree26

More than 1,700 scouts from the Equmenia youth movement took part in Jamboree26 at Norra Åsum in Kristianstad, Sweden, last week — more than doubling the roughly 700 who attended

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6 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Persecution

Syria: Pastor Nihad Hassan Released After Two-Week Detention in Aleppo

Pastor Nihad Hassan of the Kurdish Evangelical Church in Beirut was released from detention in Aleppo, Syria on August 3, following his arrest on July 19. The World Evangelical Alliance

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6 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Mission

Tanzania: German OB/GYN Marks 18 Years of Medical Mission at Matyazo Hospital

Dr. Ute Trautwein, a German obstetrician-gynaecologist, has now served for eighteen years at Matyazo Hospital in western Tanzania, combining frontline medical care with a deliberate strategy of training young

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5 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

Mission

Global: Lausanne Congress Panel Warns 62% of Young People Leave Church Before Adulthood

A panel discussion at the Fourth Lausanne World Congress has issued a sobering challenge to the global church: 62 percent of young people leave the church before reaching adulthood. The

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5 Aug 2026 · 1 min read