Movement News

Evangelical Free Church of Canada Gathers in Winnipeg for 2026 Conference

The EFCC's national conference meets in Winnipeg with themes of renewal and identity, alongside the AGM addressing the denomination's 2027 budget.

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Connexion

8 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

From WWES

Coming: A Free Course on the Free Church Movement

WWES is developing a free online course on the Free Church Movement — its history, theology, and global expression — designed to serve church leaders worldwide who want a deeper formation in this tradition.

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Connexion

7 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Mission & Church Planting

Church Planters in Manila Rebuild After Fires — and Keep Planting

A fire in Manila in June 2025 destroyed homes and a community ministry hub used by a church planting partner — but also became an occasion for deepened community witness.

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Connexion

3 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Theology & Identity

Every Member a Minister: The Free-Church Vision of the Whole Body

In the free evangelical tradition, ministry is not the preserve of the ordained. The universal priesthood of believers means that every member is called, gifted, and accountable for the work of the church.

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Connexion

1 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Around the Family

Around the Family: The Free Evangelical Tradition in Africa — An Emerging Story

Africa is home to millions of Christians in the free evangelical tradition — though many don't yet know the family name. From Congo to Cameroon, from Kenya to Liberia, the story is only beginning to be told.

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Connexion

29 May 2026 · 2 min read

Theology & Identity

Who Governs the Local Church? Free-Church Polity and Why It Matters

In the free evangelical tradition, the local congregation is the primary ecclesial reality. This is not democratic populism — it is a theological conviction about where authority in the church resides.

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Connexion

27 May 2026 · 2 min read

Movement News

3,350 Young People Gather for FeG Germany's BUJU 2026 Conference

The Bund Freier Evangelischer Gemeinden drew more than three thousand young people to Erfurt for BUJU 2026, its flagship youth gathering under the theme 'Love Collides'.

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Connexion

26 May 2026 · 1 min read

From WWES

WWES and the African Free Church Family: A Vision for Connection

Over thirteen years, Worldwide Evangelical Seminary has trained church leaders across Africa who have gone on to plant churches and initiate national movements. WWES is now working to connect these movements to the global free evangelical family.

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Connexion

25 May 2026 · 2 min read

Around the Family

Around the Family: Covenant Churches in Latin America

Across eight countries, the Confraternidad de Iglesias del Pacto Evangélico de Iberoamérica (CIPE) links covenant evangelical churches in a light, federation-style structure that embodies the free-church tradition in a Latin American idiom.

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Connexion

22 May 2026 · 2 min read

Mission & Church Planting

A Century of Free-Church Faith in Central Africa: The CECU at 100

The Communauté Évangélique de l'Uélé in the DR Congo — planted by EFCA missionaries over a century ago — now counts more than a thousand congregations and hundreds of thousands of members.

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Connexion

19 May 2026 · 1 min read

Voices

'Long-Lost Spiritual Cousins': Connecting African Free Churches to Their Global Family

A May 2026 whitepaper by WWES founder Rev. Teemu J. Lehtonen argues that churches planted by WWES graduates across Africa share the free evangelical family's DNA — and maps the path toward formal connection.

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Connexion

18 May 2026 · 1 min read

Around the Family

Around the Family: Free Evangelical Churches in Asia

From India to the Philippines, from South Korea to Singapore, the free evangelical tradition has taken distinctive root across Asia — in many cases producing churches more vigorous than their Western parents.

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Connexion

15 May 2026 · 2 min read

Theology & Identity

What Is IFFEC? A Guide to the Global Free Evangelical Federation

The International Federation of Free Evangelical Churches links 31 national bodies across four continents. For new readers, here is a guide to who they are and what holds them together.

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Connexion

14 May 2026 · 2 min read

Mission & Church Planting

ReachGlobal Builds Across Five African Nations as Free-Church Partnerships Deepen

The Evangelical Free Church of America's global mission arm maintains active teams in Cameroon, the DR Congo, Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania — building churches and developing leaders across the continent.

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Connexion

12 May 2026 · 1 min read

Mission & Church Planting

Philippine Free Church Pursues Vision of 200 New Congregations by 2026

The Evangelical Free Church of the Philippines has set an ambitious target: 200 new church plants between 2022 and 2026, with training programmes and mapping initiatives already under way.

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Connexion

8 May 2026 · 1 min read

Around the Family

Around the Family: Free Evangelical Churches in Scandinavia

Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark each have substantial free evangelical movements — rooted in nineteenth-century revival, shaped by the pietist and holiness streams, and active in global mission far beyond their size.

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Connexion

7 May 2026 · 2 min read

Theology & Identity

What Is a Believers' Church? The Ecclesiology at the Heart of the Free Tradition

The free evangelical tradition is built on a specific understanding of what the church is and who belongs to it — the gathered community of those who have personally confessed Christ.

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5 May 2026 · 2 min read

Movement News

Germany's Free Church Association Marks a Century: VEF Celebrates 100 Years

The Vereinigung Evangelischer Freikirchen, Germany's association of evangelical free churches, celebrated its centennial on 29 April 2026.

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Connexion

2 May 2026 · 1 min read