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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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Free Evangelical World — Week 44, 2026

Free Evangelical World — Week 44, 2026

Violence at a funeral in Jordan and two global assemblies frame Week 44 of 2026: the World Evangelical Alliance condemned a shooting that killed seven mourners, while reports from 24

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26 Oct 2026 · 10 min read

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Latin America: Evangelical Alliance Assembly in Costa Rica Sets a Three-Year Roadmap

More than 100 leaders representing national evangelical alliances from more than 20 countries gathered in San José, Costa Rica, for the 13th General Assembly of the Latin Evangelical Alliance (Alianza

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26 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Suomen Vapaakirkko / Suomen Viikkolehti

Finland: How the Free Church's Teaching on Baptism Took Shape

Suomen Viikkolehti has published an account of how the Finnish Free Church's teaching on baptism took shape, following a seminar at which questions about baptism were raised. The

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26 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Czech Television headquarters, Kavčí hory, Prague

Czech Republic: Church of the Brethren Council Urges Parliament to Protect Public Broadcasters

The Council of the Church of the Brethren (Církev bratrská) has published a statement urging members of the Czech Parliament not to endanger the independence of the country's

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26 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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Jordan: Seven Killed in Shooting at a Church Funeral as WEA Calls for Peace

Masked men opened fire on a church funeral in the village of Hmoud in Jordan's Karak Governorate, south of Amman, killing seven people and wounding 28 others. The

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26 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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DR Congo: Swedish Free Church Trains 32 Health Workers in Family Planning

The Swedish free church federation Equmeniakyrkan has funded a week-long family-planning course in Semendua, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Mai-Ndombe province, bringing together 32

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25 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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Finland: A Free Church Family Teaches Its Four Children at Home

For the Gädda family in Finland, the school day begins at the kitchen table. Mats and Jenny Gädda have taken responsibility for the education of their four children — Ester, 12,

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24 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

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Sweden: Free Churches Ask for Simpler Money-Laundering Rules

Equmeniakyrkan, one of Sweden's largest free church denominations, has submitted a formal response to the Swedish government's memorandum on the European Union's new anti-

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24 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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Estonia: Seminary Takes Theological Training Out of the Lecture Hall and Into Congregations

The seminary of the Estonian Evangelical Christian-Baptist Union (EKB) has spent October running short courses in local congregations rather than on its own campus. Two courses took place on

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23 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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Switzerland: A Decade On, the One' Gathering Still Bets on Unity

One', the inter-church gathering that replaced the annual assembly of French-speaking Switzerland's Free Evangelical Churches (FREE), is marking a decade, and its organisers say the

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23 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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Czech Republic: Interdenominational Teams Plan Mission Trips to Turkey in 2027 and 2028

The mission department of the Czech Baptist Union (BJB), working with Turkish congregations, is preparing a new series of week-long interdenominational mission trips to Turkey in autumn 2027 and

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23 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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Sweden: Most New Equmeniakyrkan Pastors Want Rural Parishes, Recruiter Says

Equmeniakyrkan has begun the process of placing the next group of candidates for its supervised guidance year, and the choices they have registered challenge a common assumption about rural ministry.

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22 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

What the Faroe Islands Can Teach Us About Secularism

What the Faroe Islands Can Teach Us About Secularism

On the Faroe Islands, a small archipelago of some 55,000 people in the North Atlantic, the light of the gospel shines more brightly than almost anywhere else in the

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21 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

AI Makes Sermon Prep Effortless. That’s the Problem.

AI Makes Sermon Prep Effortless. That’s the Problem.

An increasing number of pastors are turning to artificial intelligence for help in preparing their sermons, and Mike Bullmore is worried about what that is doing to them. Writing for

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21 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

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World: What 24 Free Church Federations Told IFFEC's Assembly in Nairobi

Pastor shortages, a return to church planting, signs of renewal among the young and a shared prayer for unity: the common themes in 24 federations' reports to the IFFEC General Assembly.

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21 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

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Finland: ‘Valtakunta’ Youth Gathering Puts Holiness and Repentance at the Centre

Valtakunta — Finnish for “Kingdom” — brought young people aged 15 and over together for three days at the Valkea conference centre in Seinäjoki, with the main sessions held in the nearby

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21 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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Sweden: Equmenia Youth Movement Narrows Renaming Question to ‘Equmenia ung’

Equmenia, the Swedish free-church children's and youth organisation, has narrowed the question of a possible new name to a single option: “Equmenia ung” — Equmenia Young. Delegates will

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21 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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Sweden: Equmeniakyrkan Reaches Out to Ordained Ministers Who Work Outside the Church

Hundreds of ordained ministers in Equmeniakyrkan, Sweden's largest free church denomination, now earn their living outside paid congregational service at a time when congregations are short of pastors

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20 Oct 2026 · 2 min read