Jordan: Seven Killed in Shooting at a Church Funeral as WEA Calls for Peace
Masked men opened fire on a church funeral in the village of Hmoud in Jordan's Karak Governorate, south of Amman, killing seven people and wounding 28 others. The
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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
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.
Global: 1,200 YWAM Leaders From 90 Nations Meet in Thailand to Refocus on Holiness and the Unreached
More than 1,200 leaders of Youth With A Mission (YWAM) from 90 nations gathered in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in September for the mission movement's Global Leadership Gathering,
Nepal: Finnish Mission Partners Pair Flood Relief With Long-Term Work
Floods and landslides that struck Nepal in late August have left many people without homes or a means of living, and the country’s small Christian community has been hit
India: Himalayan Free Church Grows to 121 Congregations and Finds Its Own Mission Vision
The Himalayan Free Church, a network born out of Finnish mission work in the mountain regions of India, has grown to 121 congregations and between 7,000 and 8,000
Nepal: Churches Mobilize Aid After Floods and Landslides Hit Rasuwa District
Devastating floods and landslides have struck Nepal's Rasuwa District, near the Timure and Syabrubesi areas in the country's mountainous north, damaging roads, bridges and homes and
Nepal: From Leprosy Outcast to Church Planter — Nepali Leader Shares Journey at Finnish Summer Festival
Shankar Pantha, a Nepali church planter who was driven from his village as a child after contracting leprosy, shared his remarkable testimony as an invited guest of SVK Mission at
Finland: Free Church and Pentecostal Mission Agencies Deepen Cooperation Across Three Continents
Two of Finland's largest Protestant mission agencies — SVK Mission, the global outreach arm of the Evangelical Free Church of Finland, and Fida International, the mission organisation of the
Philippines: Second-Generation Missionary Couple Prepares for Service, 28 Years After Parents' Departure
Jan Fiebrantz grew up as a missionary kid in Vietnam. Now, together with his wife Sarah, he is preparing for missionary service in the Philippines — following in footsteps his father
Japan: German Missionaries Mark 29 Years of Church Planting and Leadership Development in Inazawa
Dorothea and Jörg Eymann arrived in Japan in 1997 knowing almost no Japanese. Twenty-nine years later, the couple has planted a church, weathered a severe burnout, and launched a
Syria: Pastor Nihad Hassan Released After Two-Week Detention in Aleppo
Pastor Nihad Hassan of the Kurdish Evangelical Church in Beirut was released from detention in Aleppo, Syria on August 3, following his arrest on July 19. The World Evangelical Alliance
Switzerland: WEA Delegation Meets Jordan's UN Ambassador, Welcomes Legal Reforms for Christian Community
A delegation from the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) was received by His Excellency Mr. Akram Saud Haraasheh, Jordan's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in
Bangladesh: Prayer Call for Young Disciple Movement Among Muslims
Youth With A Mission (YWAM) has issued a prayer call for Bangladesh, a nation of 177 million people with the fourth-largest Muslim population globally. Despite Christians making up only
Germany/Iran: Allianz-Mission Launches Emergency Aid Campaign for Christian Families in Iran
Allianz-Mission, the German mission arm of the Bund Freier evangelischer Gemeinden (FeG), has launched an emergency relief campaign for Christian families facing severe material hardship in Iran. Rising living
Global: WEA Welcomes Bangalore Declaration on Biblical View of Human Sexuality
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) has expressed appreciation for the King's Meadows Bangalore Declaration on the Sanctity of the Biblical View of Human Sexuality, a theological statement prepared
Finland/Israel: Young Believers in Israel Grow from 60 to 600 per Conference, Netivah Leader Reports
Joel Goldberg, director of Netivah Youth Ministries in Israel, reports that attendance at the organisation's conferences has grown tenfold — from around 60 participants in its early years to
Finland–Pakistan: Free Church Leader Witnesses 37 Baptisms Amid Brick-Kiln Communities
In the brick-making communities of Pakistan's Lahore region, where entire families are trapped in cycles of debt bondage passed down through generations, a Finnish free church leader