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Mexico: Alliance Church Inaugurates New Building in Guadalajara's 'Circle of Silence'

After years of meeting in tents and temporary structures, the Alliance church in Guadalajara, Mexico, celebrated the inauguration of its first permanent building on 11 July 2026. The two-story facility, located in a region of central Mexico known as the "Circle of Silence" for its scarcity of

12 Jul 2026 · 2 min read

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Geneva: WEA Advocates Against Forced Conversion and Child Marriage at UN Human Rights Council

During the 62nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in June 2026, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) successfully advocated for the inclusion of language addressing forced religious conversion in a key resolution on child, early, and forced marriage (CEFM). The WEA's intervention came after it became

10 Jul 2026 · 1 min read

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Finland: Free Church Leader Urges Return to Core Mission

In his editorial for Suomen Viikkolehti, the weekly newspaper of the Evangelical Free Church of Finland (Suomen Vapaakirkko, SVK), church leader Tommi Koivunen has called the denomination to refocus on its foundational mission. Writing under the headline "The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing,

5 Jul 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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Sweden: Church closures and plantings need not be opposites

A church leader argues that closing a congregation and planting a new one should not be seen as opposites in the life of the Equmeniakyrkan (Uniting Church of Sweden). Rather,

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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

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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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8 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

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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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7 Jun 2026 · 1 min read