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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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India / Nigeria: WEA Tells UN Rights Council of Ongoing Violence Against Christian Communities

The World Evangelical Alliance has submitted a written statement to the United Nations Human Rights Council during its 62nd session, drawing urgent attention to sustained violence against Christian communities in

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22 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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Global: 180 Years On, the World Evangelical Alliance Reflects on Its 1846 London Founding

Two hundred years before Karl Marx published The Communist Manifesto, something remarkable happened in London. In 1846, church leaders from Protestant churches across Europe and North America gathered — crossing denominational

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22 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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Sweden: Science Deepens Rather Than Diminishes the Mystery of Creation, Swedish Writer Argues

The more humanity discovers about the universe, the clearer it becomes how little we understand — and that is cause for wonder rather than doubt, writes Maria Küchen in a reflection

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19 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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Sweden: Free Church Leader Says Stress Is the Greatest Threat to Love in Contemporary Culture

Lisa Fredlund, a leadership developer with the Evangelical Free Church in Sweden (Evangeliska Frikyrkan) and pastor at Mötesplatsen Örebro, has called on churches to resist the accelerating pace of modern

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19 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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Sweden: Regional Youth Camp Strengthens Discipleship Among Southern Equmeniakyrkan Congregations

Twenty young people and a handful of leaders from Skåne and Blekinge in southern Sweden spent a week at Olsängsgården camp in Blekinge, concluding the regional KonfaS confirmation programme and

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19 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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Sweden: New Equmeniakyrkan Chair Calls Church to Regain Confidence in Its Mission

Dick Simonsson, the newly elected chair of Equmeniakyrkan's church board, has called on Sweden's largest free church denomination to regain its self-confidence and turn outward

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18 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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Singapore: WEA and World's Largest Islamic Organisation Hold Landmark Face-to-Face Summit

In a significant development for global interfaith relations, World Evangelical Alliance Secretary General Rev. Adv. Botrus Mansour met face-to-face with Yahya Cholil Staquf, Chairman of the Central Executive

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18 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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Philippines: WEA Manila Conference Urges Asia's Churches to Put Discipleship First

The Asia Evangelical Alliance (AEA) convened the Asia Conference on Church and Mission under the provocative theme "Disciple or Die 3.0" in Manila, Philippines, from 9 to

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18 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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Sweden: First Missionaries Graduate from Equmeniakyrkan's New Training Programme

Tilda Jönsson and Frida Wallberg have become the first two students to graduate from Equmeniakyrkan's newly established missionary training programme at the Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm (EHS), marking a

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18 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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Finland: Students Launch Jesus Clubs in Schools Across the Country

Hundreds of students across Finland are establishing "Jeesus-välkkä" (Jesus break) clubs in their schools, a grassroots movement sparked by The Send Finland event held in Helsinki in

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18 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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Finland: Free Church Summer Festival Draws Over 6,000 to Teopolis Campus

The Finnish Free Church's (Suomen Vapaakirkko) annual summer festival drew more than 6,000 visitors to the Teopolis campus in Tampere from 2–7 June 2026, marking the

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17 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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Sweden: 1,300 Gather for Equmeniakyrkan's First Vision Conference

Roughly 1,300 adults and children gathered in Örebro for Equmeniakyrkan’s first-ever Vision Conference, a denominational gathering that placed small-group conversation rather than lecture-style programming at

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16 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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Jordan: Christian School Leader Warns of Digital Age Challenges for Graduates

In a commencement address delivered to graduates of Alliance Academy Jordan (AAJ) in Amman, the school’s director general Salam Madanat issued a sobering assessment of the cultural landscape awaiting

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16 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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Sweden: Missionary-Pastor Calls Church to Resist Rising Nationalism

A Swedish missionary and pastor who has spent his life moving between Sweden and Ecuador has issued a sharp warning to churches in the global North: rising nationalism within Christianity

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16 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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Global: WEA Joins Vatican Summit on Measuring Children's Spiritual Flourishing

A global coalition of Christian organisations, researchers, and church leaders gathered at the Vatican from 3 to 5 June 2026 to develop a shared framework for measuring children’s spiritual

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16 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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ECC Marks 50 Years of Women's Ordination at Gather 2026 Annual Meeting

The Evangelical Covenant Church's annual Gather meeting in Scottsdale will celebrate five decades since the denomination first ordained women as pastors.

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14 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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Rev. Dr. Paul E. Larsen, Seventh President of the Evangelical Covenant Church, Dies at 92

The Evangelical Covenant Church marks the passing of one of its most distinguished presidents, who led the denomination through a formative decade.

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12 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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IFFEC Gathers in Africa for the First Time: Worldwide Assembly Heads to Kenya

The International Federation of Free Evangelical Churches will hold its 2026 Worldwide gathering in Kenya — a landmark first for the organisation.

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10 Jun 2026 · 1 min read