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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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Japanese delegates standing beside an IFFEC speaker at the membership agreement slide

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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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Pastors and church leaders from Liberia posing together on the steps of a concrete building

Image: Suomen Vapaakirkko / Suomen Viikkolehti

Finland: Kihniö Free Church Summer Camp Draws 70 Children for 'Strength Detectives' Programme

Nearly 70 children aged 7 to 13 gathered at Raskinranta in Kihniö, Finland, from 2 to 5 July for a summer camp organised by Kihniö Free Church (Vapaaseurakunta) under the

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24 Jul 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Suomen Vapaakirkko / Suomen Viikkolehti

Finland: Free Church Mourns Long-Time Spain Missionary Merja Koski, 92

Merja (Lea Mirjami) Koski, who served as a Finnish Free Church missionary in Spain for more than three decades, died on 12 May 2026 at the age of 92. Her

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23 Jul 2026 · 2 min read

Sweden: Evangelical Free Church Appoints Linnea Åberg as New Mission Director

Sweden: Evangelical Free Church Appoints Linnea Åberg as New Mission Director

The Evangelical Free Church of Sweden (Evangeliska Frikyrkan, EFK) has appointed Linnea Åberg as its new mission director, marking a leadership transition for the denomination's global mission strategy.

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23 Jul 2026 · 1 min read

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Czech Republic: Prague Seminary Course Turns Theology Students into Recording Artists

A year-long course at Prague's Evangelical Theological Seminary (ETS) is demonstrating that theological formation and artistic production can go hand in hand. The "Music in the

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22 Jul 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Suomen Vapaakirkko / Suomen Viikkolehti

Finland: Free Church Pastor Explores the Role of Spirit-Empowered Preaching

A Finnish Free Church pastor has published a substantial reflection in the denomination's weekly newspaper on why preaching remains central to free church worship — and why it can

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22 Jul 2026 · 1 min read

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USA: Alliance Life Explores How Neighbourhood Presence Is Reshaping Global Mission

The summer issue of Alliance Life magazine features a reflective piece on how local, neighbourhood-based presence is increasingly understood as essential to the Christian and Missionary Alliance's

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22 Jul 2026 · 1 min read

Free Evangelical World — Week 30, 2026

Free Evangelical World — Week 30, 2026

This week in the free evangelical world, we cover stories from Finland, Italy, Mexico, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, USA. Our lead story: switzerland: wea urges un to address forced religious

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20 Jul 2026 · 3 min read

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USA: North Park Seminary Receives $8 Million Grant to Launch “One Covenant Community”

North Park Theological Seminary, the seminary of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) in Chicago, has received an $8 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to launch One Covenant Community, a

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17 Jul 2026 · 2 min read

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Global: WEA Secretary General Strengthens Advocacy Engagement at United Nations

Rev. Botrus Mansour, Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), concluded a visit to New York this week aimed at deepening the organisation's engagement with the United

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16 Jul 2026 · 1 min read

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Italy: Global Christian Forum leaders meet in Rome, open new link for the persecuted church

The International Committee of the Global Christian Forum (GCF) has met in Rome for three days of deliberations and reflective prayer, the World Evangelical Alliance reports. The committee spent a

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15 Jul 2026 · 1 min read

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France: EFCA Worker Builds a Gospel Ministry in the Paris Art World

An international worker with the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) has described how a small art gallery in central Paris has become the base for an unusual form of

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13 Jul 2026 · 2 min read

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Mexico: Alliance Church Inaugurates New Building in Guadalajara's 'Circle of Silence'

After years of meeting in tents and temporary structures, the Alliance church in Guadalajara, Mexico, celebrated the inauguration of its first permanent building on 11 July 2026. The two-story

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12 Jul 2026 · 2 min read

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Czech Republic / Slovakia: CB Council Advances Cross-Border Cooperation and Appoints Leaders

The Council of Církev bratrská (CB) — the Church of the Brethren in the Czech Republic — held two meetings in June 2026, addressing a wide-ranging agenda that included energy infrastructure

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11 Jul 2026 · 2 min read

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South Africa: Faith Leaders' Mission Exposes Depth of Migration Crisis

A joint delegation of African evangelical bodies has released a sobering report documenting widespread displacement, fear, and institutional failure surrounding South Africa's escalating migration crisis. Following a four-

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11 Jul 2026 · 1 min read

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Canada: WEA Secretary Calls Baptists to 'Sit at the Table of Christ'

Speaking at the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) conference in Toronto, Canada, World Evangelical Alliance Secretary General Rev. Adv. Botrus Mansour called Baptist leaders from 65 nations to a deeper vision

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11 Jul 2026 · 1 min read

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Germany: 'Cars & Spirit' Takes Evangelistic Outreach into National Automobile Museum

A creative evangelistic initiative in Germany is using the setting of the National Automobile Museum — The Loh Collection — as a venue for weekly Christian outreach. Under the name "Cars

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10 Jul 2026 · 1 min read

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USA/Malawi: New York Dairy Farmers Trade 65 Cows for the Mission Field

Chuck and Diane Phippen left behind a 250-acre organic, grass-fed dairy farm, ten children, sixteen grandchildren, and sixty-five cows when they boarded a plane in 2023 to

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10 Jul 2026 · 1 min read

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Sweden: Hönö Conference Draws 5,000 Daily as Multi-Generational Gathering Thrives

Around 5,000 people are gathering daily on the island of Hönö off Sweden's west coast for the annual Hönö Conference, one of the largest free church gatherings

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10 Jul 2026 · 1 min read