Statement

Sweden: Broad Consensus on Existential Health Emerges at Almedalen Panel

Beneath Sweden’s polarised public debate over existential health — dismissed by some as woolly thinking while others point to rising mental illness — a broad consensus is taking shape among researchers,

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Connexion

26 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Church Planting

Sweden: 'Spaghetti Church' Revives a Dying Congregation's Connection to Families

A small Equmeniakyrkan congregation in rural southern Sweden has found an unexpected path to renewal through spaghetti dinners, crafts, and devotions. Örserums missionsförsamling, which once ran active scout and youth

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26 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Youth

Sweden: Study Finds Swedish Youth Experience Less Meaning Than International Peers

Swedish teenagers and young adults score significantly lower on measures of meaning and purpose than both older Swedes and their peers in other countries, according to findings from the Global

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26 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Education

Finland: Free Church Voices Call for Christian Early Childhood Education to Reach Rural Villages

Finland now has more than thirty Christian daycare centres, most of them established since the early 2000s. But according to a new vision published in the Finnish free church weekly

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Connexion

25 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Mission

Finland: From Foreign Legion and Addiction to Forty Years of Faith — A Free Church Testimony

In 1987, in a Christian rehabilitation home in the small Finnish town of Parkano, a world-weary man knelt beside his bed and asked God to forgive his sins. That

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25 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Mission

Finland–Pakistan: Free Church Leader Witnesses 37 Baptisms Amid Brick-Kiln Communities

In the brick-making communities of Pakistan's Lahore region, where entire families are trapped in cycles of debt bondage passed down through generations, a Finnish free church leader

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25 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Leadership

Sweden: Equmeniakyrkan Hosts Almedalen Dialogue on Movement Leadership and Collective Identity

At Sweden's Almedalen political week, Equmeniakyrkan together with study associations Sensus and Bilda hosted a seminar exploring a question that resonates far beyond Swedish civil society: do today&

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25 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Ecumenism

Mauritius: WEA Leader Calls for Gospel-Driven Peacebuilding at Religions for Peace Council

At the Religions for Peace 2026 International Council Meeting in Mauritius, the Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), Rev. Botrus Mansour, called on faith communities gathered from across

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25 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Theology

Finland: Free Church Writer Explores the Sabbath as Gift of Rest, Not Burden of Rules

Finnish free church writer Juha Mikkonen has published a theological reflection on the Sabbath in Suomen Viikkolehti, the weekly newspaper of the Evangelical Free Church of Finland, tracing the biblical

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24 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Theology

Global: WEA Director Reflects on the Father's Blessing as a Gift Shared Through Christ

As Father's Day was marked across North America, Europe, and parts of Asia on June 21, a senior World Evangelical Alliance leader has published a reflection arguing that

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24 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Theology

USA: ECC Feature Traces the Priesthood of All Believers from Pentecost to the Present

A new feature article from the Evangelical Covenant Church traces the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers from the Day of Pentecost to its implications for how congregations understand

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24 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Statement

Sweden: Gospel Concerns All of Life, Says Equmeniakyrkan Leader at Almedalen

Equmeniakyrkan is participating in Sweden's Almedalen Week for the fifteenth consecutive year, with church leader Karin Wiborn arguing that Christian faith cannot be separated from public life and

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24 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Mission

Sweden: Prison Pastor Tells Almedalen Churches Must Join the Fight Against Youth Crime

A prison chaplain serving in the Stockholm area has issued an urgent call for Swedish churches to become directly involved in addressing the recruitment of teenagers into organised criminal networks,

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24 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Theology

Sweden: Apologetics Requires Living Congregations, Not Just Arguments, Says Swedish Theologian

Christian apologetics — the rational defence of the faith — needs more than clever arguments to be effective, according to Swedish theologian Emmanuel Bäckryd. Writing in Sändaren, the independent Christian newspaper serving

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23 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Mission

Finland: Missionary Dick Brogden Calls Christians to Serve in Regions Without Any Church Presence

Missionary Dick Brogden has issued what he describes as a "dangerous call" — an invitation to Christians to consider serving in regions of the world where the gospel has

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23 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Leadership

USA: Evangelical Covenant Church Marks 50 Years of Women's Ordination

In 1976, the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) made the decision to ordain women to pastoral ministry. Fifty years on, the denomination is celebrating that milestone — not merely as an institutional

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23 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Youth

Finland: As 40,000 Students Fill Jyvaskyla, a Free Church Worker Sees a Mission Field in the Lecture Hall

In Jyvaskyla — a city where roughly one in three residents is a higher education student — a free church student worker is calling congregations to recognise university campuses as one of

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22 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Statement

South Korea: Evangelicals Urge Assembly to Reconsider Bill Expanding State Powers Over Religious Bodies

The World Evangelical Alliance has urged South Korea's National Assembly to reconsider a proposed Civil Code Amendment Bill that would grant administrative authorities broad powers over religious organisations,

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22 Jun 2026 · 1 min read