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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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Germany: Free Evangelical Churches Elect First General Secretary in Structural Overhaul

The Bund Freier evangelischer Gemeinden (FeG), Germany's free evangelical denomination, took the next step in its structural reorganisation at a special federal assembly in Coburg on 17 October,

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20 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Free Evangelical World — Week 43, 2026

Free Evangelical World — Week 43, 2026

War returned to the top of this week's news: a bomb strike on two minibuses in eastern Ukraine killed more than thirty people, and the free evangelical family

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19 Oct 2026 · 11 min read

Image: Equmeniakyrkan / Sändaren

Sweden: Six Free Church Congregations in Dalsland Pool Resources to Call Shared Staff

Six Equmeniakyrkan congregations in Dalsland, western Sweden, have spent about a year testing whether they can call and employ staff together instead of separately. The initiative, known as Växtpool Dalsland

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19 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Image: LaFree — Free Evangelical Churches of Switzerland

Switzerland: Four Jura Churches Bring a 100-Voice Gospel Choir to Apples

Four Christian communities at the foot of the Jura mountains in western Switzerland have jointly invited the Rochette Gospel Choir to give a concert in the great hall of Apples

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18 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Christian and Missionary Alliance Canada / The Alliance Canada

Asia: A Village's First Christian Returns After a Near-Fatal Beating to Plant Three Churches

In a remote village in Asia, a man identified as Iresh became the first person in his community to follow Jesus, according to an account published by The Alliance Canada

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18 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Equmeniakyrkan (Sweden)

Republic of Congo: Summer School in Ngabé Sends 70 Pupils Back to Class

A church-run summer school in Ngabé, on the Congo River a few hours north of Brazzaville, closed its 2026 term on 30 September with 70 pupils, Equmeniakyrkan reported. Lessons

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17 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Uniting Church Okayama (Japan)

DR Congo: A Small Church in the East Becomes a Refuge for War’s Widows and Orphans

A small congregation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has described living “in the midst of war, massacre and tears”, and has asked partner churches abroad to remember four

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17 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Burnt-out bus after the 8 October strike in Kramatorsk, Ukraine

Ukraine: Kramatorsk Bus Strike Kills More Than 30 as IFFEC Partners Join in Prayer

A Russian guided glide bomb struck two passenger minibuses in Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, at about 10 a.m. on 8 October, killing more than 30 people

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17 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Réseau évangélique suisse (RES) / La FREE

Switzerland: Sixty-Two Evangelical Organisations Back a Charter Against Abuse

Sixty-two Swiss evangelical organisations have now signed a charter against “transgressive behaviour”, the Swiss Evangelical Network (RES) reported after its second accountability conference, held on 11 September and attended

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17 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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

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.

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16 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA USA) / Alliance Life

United States: A Church That Meets on a Soccer Field — and Bought the Sports Complex

Destiny Church in Twinsburg, Ohio, gathers for worship on the indoor soccer field of a sports complex called The Edge, with rows of folding chairs and a sound system carried

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16 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: La FREE — Fédération des Églises évangéliques libres (Switzerland)

Switzerland: Swiss Bible Society Names Reiner Bohlander as Its New Director

Reiner Bohlander has taken office as director and general secretary of the Swiss Bible Society (SBS), working from the organisation's new premises in Biel/Bienne. He succeeds Winfried

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16 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Estonian Free Church Union (EKB Liit)

Estonia: Free Church Workers' Days to Ask How the Gospel Speaks to a Sceptical Estonia

The Estonian Free Church Union (EKB Liit) will hold its annual Workers' Days on 13-14 November at the Nõmme Baptist Church prayer house in Tallinn, under the theme

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16 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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Finland: Four Free Church Congregations Take Four Different Routes on Their Buildings

What does a congregation do when its premises no longer fit? Suomen Viikkolehti put the question to four Finnish Free Church congregations and found four different answers. Seinäjoki has built

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16 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Bund Freier evangelischer Gemeinden (FeG Germany) / IFFEC

Global: IFFEC Elects Thomas Schech as General Secretary and Tammy Swanson-Draheim as President

The International Federation of Free Evangelical Churches (IFFEC) has named a new leadership pair. Thomas Schech, 53, who chairs the board of the German Alliance Mission (Allianz-Mission), was elected

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16 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Církev bratrská / Brána

Czech Republic: Church of the Brethren Pastors Gather for a Conference on Spiritual Renewal

The Church of the Brethren in the Czech Republic, known in Czech as Církev bratrská, is preparing its annual pastoral conference for ministers and their spouses. This year's

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15 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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United States: A Student-Led Worship Night and Forty Years of Camp — Covenant Churches Celebrate Youth Ministry

A roundup published by the Evangelical Covenant Church in the United States has gathered four youth-ministry stories from across the denomination. The most striking comes from Newport Covenant Church

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15 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

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Sweden: New Consent Rules Halve the Numbers Equmeniakyrkan Reports for State Aid

Sweden's Equmeniakyrkan has reported a fall of more than half in the number of people it can count toward state funding, after new rules began requiring each participant

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15 Oct 2026 · 2 min read