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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 41, 2026

Free Evangelical World — Week 41, 2026

One question runs through this week's news from more than a dozen countries: who sends, and who is formed to be sent? It is asked in different keys

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5 Oct 2026 · 14 min read

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Honduras: Church Relief Partner Brings Running Water to Families in the Lempira Mountains

A first-ever “vision trip” organised by Covenant World Relief and Development (CWRD), the relief and development arm of the Evangelical Covenant Church in the United States, took a group

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5 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Image: Sändaren / Betlehemskyrkan Göteborg (photo: Evelin Nyberg)

Sweden: Gothenburg Church Opens Its Doors to the Book Fair's Biggest Questions

For four days in late September, Betlehemskyrkan in Gothenburg turned its church hall into a venue alongside the city’s annual Book Fair, gathering authors, researchers, musicians and members of

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5 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Image: Ecumenical Council of Churches in the Czech Republic (ERC)

Czech Republic: Churches to Explore Faith and Artificial Intelligence at National Webinar

The Ecumenical Council of Churches in the Czech Republic will hold a free online webinar on 9 November 2026 asking how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way people look for

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5 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

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Germany: Mission Agency Opens 'Go!' Seminar for Would-Be Missionaries and Theology Students

Allianz-Mission, the mission agency of Germany's Bund Freier evangelischer Gemeinden (FeG), has opened registration for a two-day "Geh!" — "Go!" — seminar on 23–

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4 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Equmeniakyrkan (Uniting Church of Sweden)

Europe: Mission Leaders From Seven Churches Rethink Partnership in the Shadow of Colonialism

Mission leaders from seven European national churches met in Liestal and Basel, Switzerland, for the annual gathering of ECOM, the European Methodist mission commission, to reconsider how mission partnerships work

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4 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Bund Freier evangelischer Gemeinden (FeG) / Christsein Heute

Germany: Ewersbach Seminary Opens Its Year With Twenty New Theology Students

The Theological Seminary at Ewersbach, the training college of the Bund Freier evangelischer Gemeinden, opens its academic year on Sunday 4 October with a festive service under the motto "

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3 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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Switzerland: Free Churches Give Two Sundays to Persecuted Christians, With Syria in Sharp Focus

Swiss free churches are being invited to devote one of two Sundays in November to the reality of persecuted Christians, in an annual initiative that this year turns particular attention

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3 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Image: Suomen Vapaakirkko / Suomen Viikkolehti

Finland: Tampere Pastor Steps Aside to Spend the Autumn Visiting His Congregation's Missionaries

A Free Church congregation in Tampere has released its own lead pastor from his normal duties for the rest of the year so that he can travel among the missionaries

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3 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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Bulgaria: Children's Centre Closes Its Project Week With Creativity and an Open Day

A children's centre in Bulgaria run by the German mission society Allianz-Mission has completed its 2026 project week, a programme of art, sport and music that ended,

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2 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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Global: YWAM Roundup Highlights Clean Water in Vanuatu, Prison Ministry in Samoa and Work Among Women in Malawi

Youth With A Mission has published the latest edition of its monthly news programme, a round-up of work from across the mission's international network. Hosted by Bill

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2 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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United States: Toledo Church Marks Fifteen Years in the City's Oldest Neighbourhood

That Neighborhood Church in North Toledo, Ohio, is marking fifteen years since its formal launch on 2 October 2010. The congregation serves Vistula, the oldest neighbourhood in the city, and

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2 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

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Republic of the Congo: Pastors Adopt Landmark Rules Against Abusive Exorcism Practices

An evangelical church in the Republic of the Congo has adopted binding rules on the practice of exorcism, after its leadership was shown film of a session in which a

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2 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

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Finland: Free Church Women's Mission Movement Commissions a New Worker After Years of Pause

A Finnish free church women's mission association has taken on a new missionary after a pause of several years, and introduced her to the wider movement at its

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1 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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Czech Republic: Alister McGrath's 'Christian Theology' to Appear in Czech, With a Forum on the State of Theological Education

A Czech edition of Alister McGrath's widely used introduction to Christian theology is on its way, and its publication is the occasion for an Evangelical Forum built around

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1 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

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Czech Republic: Open Doors Launches a Czech-Language Service for Persecuted Christians

Open Doors, the international organisation that documents and supports Christians facing persecution, has launched a Czech-language service. The new website, opendoors.cz, carries current news and information about believers

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1 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

How Seven Caribbean Christians Reshaped the British Church

How Seven Caribbean Christians Reshaped the British Church

Before worship could begin, the room had to be scrubbed. On Sunday 20 September 1953, seven Caribbean Christians gathered at the YMCA on Stafford Street in Wolverhampton for the first

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30 Sep 2026 · 2 min read

Who Sends a Church Planter? Acts Points to the Local Church

Who Sends a Church Planter? Acts Points to the Local Church

Where does a church plant actually come from? An essay at The Gospel Coalition by Ryan Curia works through Paul’s first missionary journey in Acts 13–14 for nine

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30 Sep 2026 · 3 min read