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

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

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.

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26 Sep 2026 · 3 min read

A road through tea fields and tall trees near Limuru in the Kenyan highlands

IFFEC Worldwide 2026: Free Evangelical Churches Meet in Africa for the First Time

From 28 September to 3 October, delegates from Free Evangelical federations around the world gather at Brackenhurst, Kenya, under a three-word theme: Follow Jesus.

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26 Sep 2026 · 2 min read

A rural brick church with a separate bell tower on a grassy hillside in Rwanda, with children playing in front

Rwanda: The Law That Emptied Thousands of Churches — and the Warning It Sends East Africa

Five years' notice, two weeks of inspections and thousands of padlocked doors: how Rwanda's Law 72/2018 reshaped church life, who it hit hardest, and why its neighbours are watching.

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26 Sep 2026 · 4 min read

Image: Evangelical Covenant Church / Covenant Companion

United States: First Alaska Native MARC Pilot Flies Children to Remote Bible Camps

Joel Oyoumick Jr. has become the first Alaska Native pilot for Missionary Aviation Repair Center (MARC), a ministry based in Soldotna, Alaska, that flies children and staff to Bible camps

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26 Sep 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Suomen Vapaakirkko / Suomen Viikkolehti

Finland: Joint Christian Prison Ministry Afternoon to Share Stories of Life Change

A joint Christian prison ministry afternoon will be held in Hämeenlinna, Finland, in October, bringing together speakers whose lives have been turned around by faith amid crime, addiction, and deep

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26 Sep 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Allianz-Mission / Bund FeG

Ukraine: Free Evangelical Congregation's Building Devastated in Kramatorsk Bomb Strike

A bomb strike has largely devastated the community house of the Free Evangelical congregation (Freie evangelische Gemeinde) in Kramatorsk, a city in eastern Ukraine near the front line. Allianz-Mission,

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25 Sep 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Bund Freier evangelischer Gemeinden (FeG Deutschland)

Germany: FeG 'Conference of Cultures' Draws 200 to Explore Intercultural Mission

Around 200 people from FeG congregations across Germany, representing many cultural backgrounds, gathered on 5 September 2026 for the Konferenz der Kulturen (Conference of Cultures) at the Kronberg Forum in

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25 Sep 2026 · 1 min read

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Estonia: Free Churches to Host 'Face of the Creator' Education Conference in Tallinn

The Free Evangelical and Baptist Churches of Estonia are inviting educators and church members to a one-day education conference titled Looja nägu (“The Creator's Face”) on Saturday

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25 Sep 2026 · 1 min read

Attendees seated at the Free Church Workers' Days gathering at Kiponniemi

Finland: Free Church Workers' Days Open at Kiponniemi With Annual Meeting and Board Decisions

The Finnish Free Church's annual workers' gathering, Työntekijäpäivät (Workers' Days), opened on Tuesday 22 September at Kiponniemi, the denomination's conference centre. The event drew

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25 Sep 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Fédération Romande d'Églises Évangéliques (LaFREE)

Switzerland: Free Church Training College Names New Adult Formation Coordinator

The French-speaking free churches of Switzerland have named David Richir as the new adult-formation coordinator of FREE College, the training programme of the Fédération Romande d'Églises

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19 Sep 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Suomen Vapaakirkko / Suomen Viikkolehti

Finland: Youth Worker's Journey From Australia to Pori Free Church

Jonathan Kyffin, a youth worker at the Free Church in Pori on Finland's west coast, reached Finnish free-church ministry by an unusual route — one that began in

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18 Sep 2026 · 1 min read

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Sweden: Equmeniakyrkan Board Moves From Vision Talks to Concrete Priorities

Equmeniakyrkan's governing board meets this weekend for its first autumn session, with the follow-up to the denomination's Vision26 church conference at the top of the

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18 Sep 2026 · 1 min read

Image: Církev bratrská — Church of the Brethren (Czech Republic)

Czech Republic: Church of the Brethren Brings BrodFEST to the Town Square

The Church of the Brethren in the Czech Republic (Církev bratrská) will bring its BrodFEST festival into the centre of Havlíčkův Brod on Saturday, 26 September, with a full day

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17 Sep 2026 · 1 min read

Netherlands: Free Evangelical Union Hosts Training Webinar for Church Confidential Advisors

The Union of Free Evangelical Congregations in the Netherlands (Bond van Vrije Evangelische Gemeenten) has announced an online training session for the confidential advisors who serve as a first point

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17 Sep 2026 · 1 min read

Why Our Baptist Forebears Wouldn’t Support Blasphemy Laws

Why Our Baptist Forebears Wouldn’t Support Blasphemy Laws

A recent “dustup” over a new book by R. Albert Mohler Jr. — president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary — has put an old question back on the table: may the

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16 Sep 2026 · 2 min read

Should Christians Sing ‘Buddha Is Dead and Allah Is Silent’?

Should Christians Sing ‘Buddha Is Dead and Allah Is Silent’?

A new worship song has been circulating on social media and raising eyebrows. “Dead Idols”, by the American singer-songwriter Bailey Redmond, includes the lyric “Buddha is dead, Muhammad’s

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16 Sep 2026 · 2 min read

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Finland: Long-Running Bible Translation Project in Papua New Guinea Gains Independent Status

A Bible-translation project launched by Finnish Free Church missionaries in Papua New Guinea in 1982 has reached a milestone, recently receiving official non-governmental-organisation status and the ability

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16 Sep 2026 · 1 min read

Image: La FREE / Fédération Romande d'Églises Évangéliques

Switzerland: Free Church Student Groups See Renewal After Pandemic Setbacks

The student Bible groups of French-speaking Switzerland’s free evangelical churches are showing signs of renewal after several secondary-school groups faded during the Covid-19 pandemic. Jean-René

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15 Sep 2026 · 1 min read