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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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Kenno Leier speaking at a lectern in front of a slide of coloured blocks, with national flags along the wall

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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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Pastors and church leaders from Liberia posing together on the steps of a concrete building

Why Translation Must Have Fingerprints

Why Translation Must Have Fingerprints

Christianity has always been a faith in translation. Its Scriptures were given in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, and its spread across the world has meant constant movement from one language

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14 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

AI Is Weakening Pastors’ Authority

AI Is Weakening Pastors’ Authority

A pastor in California has built an artificial-intelligence version of himself. Justin Lester assembled a digital twin from nearly two million words of his sermons, books and other messages,

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14 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

Image: Suomen Vapaakirkko / Suomen Viikkolehti

South Africa: Finnish Youth Worker Uses Floorball and Rap to Share the Gospel in Schools

A youth worker from Seinäjoki Free Church in Finland spent part of May in South Africa, where he used floorball, rap and games to share the gospel with children in

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14 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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

United States: Alliance Workers Reach West African Fulani Asylum Seekers From a New York Park Bench

A Christian and Missionary Alliance couple who spent ten years working in West Africa have begun a new ministry among Fulani asylum seekers in New York City, starting from a

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14 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Image: Equmeniakyrkan / Sändaren

Sweden: Free Church Youth Movement Puts Its Volunteer Leaders in the Spotlight

Equmenia, the children's and youth organisation of Sweden's Uniting Church (Equmeniakyrkan), is devoting a week to the volunteers who keep its work running, after its own

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13 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Allianz-Mission / Bund FeG

Germany: A Hundred Children Take a World Safari Through the Church's Mission Field

Around a hundred children turned the Kronberg forum near Frankfurt into a brightly decorated world of discovery for the Movini World Explorers Festival, the children's mission event run

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13 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Missionskyrkan Finland

Finland: Mission Collection Turns to the Arabic-Speaking Neighbours Next Door

The Finnish Free Church Cooperation (Frikyrklig Samverkan, FS) has chosen evangelism among Arabic-speaking people in Finland as the destination of its 2026 mission collection. The decision puts the collection

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13 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Free Evangelical World — Week 42, 2026

Free Evangelical World — Week 42, 2026

The week's biggest story is a puzzle told in two numbers: Europe's Free Evangelical federations started 227 congregations over the past decade, and ended it with

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12 Oct 2026 · 15 min read

Image: Estonian Free Evangelical Church Union (EKB Liit) / Sõbralt Sõbrale

Estonia: Free Church Counselling Centre Opens Mental Health Month With a Webinar on Burnout

Estonia’s Free Evangelical Church Union is marking October as mental health month, opening the programme with an online seminar on Monday 12 October led by a psychologist from the

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12 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: LaFree — Free Evangelical Churches of French-speaking Switzerland

Switzerland: Free Church Theological Commission Puts the Questions of the Day Under the Spotlight

The theological commission of the French-speaking Swiss Free Evangelical churches publishes a regular series of round-table discussions on questions of the day, and its recent editions range across

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12 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Suomen Vapaakirkko / Suomen Viikkolehti

Finland: ‘Project 50’ — The Couple Who Sold Their Company to Restart a Closed Free Church

A Finnish couple who prayed in their forties to be released from business life have poured the proceeds of selling their company into restarting a Free Church congregation that had

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12 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Kenno Leier speaking at a lectern in front of a slide of coloured blocks, with national flags along the wall

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.

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11 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

Image: Estonian Free Evangelical Church Union (EKB Liit) / Sõbralt Sõbrale

Estonia: Church Charity Lets Families in Crisis Choose What They Need in Its Shops

An Estonian church-run charity is offering people in financial difficulty the chance to choose the goods they need themselves, up to an agreed sum, in its network of shops.

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11 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Equmeniakyrkan / Sändaren

Ecuador: Covenant Church Weighs a Decade of Growth as Its Leader Calls for Clearer Goals

The Covenant Church of Ecuador is growing, and its general secretary wants it to set a clearer common direction for the coming decade — including the goal of reaching 20,000

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11 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

A church leader speaks from a pulpit during an ecumenical Prayer for Home service in the Czech Republic

Czech Republic: Churches Mark Twentieth Year of ‘Prayer for Home’ With a Call to Pray for Families

The Ecumenical Council of Churches in the Czech Republic has opened the twentieth edition of its annual “Prayer for Home” initiative, inviting congregations across the country to pray for families,

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11 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Církev bratrská (Church of the Brethren)

Czech Republic: Children’s Detective Story Aims to Teach Discernment About Manipulation

A new children's project from the Czech Church of the Brethren uses a detective story to help children recognise manipulation and resist temptation. “Mistrovský podfuk” (“The Masterful Con”

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10 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Estonian Free Church (EKB) / Sõbralt Sõbrale

Estonia: ‘Growing Together’ Project Brings Parenting Support to Western Estonian Families

A Baptist congregation in western Estonia has completed a six-month community project aimed at supporting parents, financed by the proceeds of the country's Sõbralt Sõbrale charity shops.

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10 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: La FREE (Free Evangelical Churches of Switzerland)

Switzerland: Village ‘Festival of Light’ Offers Families an Alternative to Halloween

A village in western Switzerland is preparing to mark 31 October with pumpkin soup, lanterns and a Bible story rather than ghosts and trick-or-treating. Rachel Muhlethaler, a member

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10 Oct 2026 · 1 min read