The Sodankylä Free Church in Finnish Lapland has appointed Jaakko Simula as its new pastor, following a vote at an extraordinary congregational meeting held at the end of May. Simula,
Worship leader and songwriter Matt Redman has renewed his long-running call for closer collaboration between worship leaders and theologians, arguing that congregational songs too often prioritise musical appeal over
Some 70 adults from the Free Evangelical Church (FeG) in Hamburg-Sasel gathered earlier this year for an intensive workshop day designed to revitalise the congregation's evangelistic outreach.
In a city where 70 percent of residents have no spiritual life, the Christian and Missionary Alliance's Envision Berlin team is charting a fresh path for mission through
Elfriede Müller, who served for decades with the Neukirchen Mission in Tanzania, died on 14 June 2026 at the age of 89, the Allianz-Mission has announced. Born in Duisburg
A new historical analysis published in Suomen Viikkolehti examines the relationship between spiritual revival and church planting in the Finnish Free Church movement between 1880 and 1950. During those seven
Nearly 70 children aged 7 to 13 gathered at Raskinranta in Kihniö, Finland, from 2 to 5 July for a summer camp organised by Kihniö Free Church (Vapaaseurakunta) under the
Merja (Lea Mirjami) Koski, who served as a Finnish Free Church missionary in Spain for more than three decades, died on 12 May 2026 at the age of 92. Her
The Evangelical Free Church of Sweden (Evangeliska Frikyrkan, EFK) has appointed Linnea Åberg as its new mission director, marking a leadership transition for the denomination's global mission strategy.
A year-long course at Prague's Evangelical Theological Seminary (ETS) is demonstrating that theological formation and artistic production can go hand in hand. The "Music in the
A Finnish Free Church pastor has published a substantial reflection in the denomination's weekly newspaper on why preaching remains central to free church worship — and why it can
The summer issue of Alliance Life magazine features a reflective piece on how local, neighbourhood-based presence is increasingly understood as essential to the Christian and Missionary Alliance's
Justice Ventures International (JVI), a marketplace ministries partner of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA), is working to confront bonded labour, child labour, and sex trafficking in poor
When missionaries visit their supporting churches, both sides often miss a deeper opportunity, writes Brittany Bruns on the EFCA Blog. Drawing on her own experience as a former overseas missionary,
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
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
At Sweden's Almedalen political week, a seminar organized by Equmeniakyrkan (Uniting Church of Sweden) and Studieförbundet Bilda drew urgent attention to a question often overlooked in the debate
After 27 years in pastoral ministry, Rev. Joseph Langub says he has experienced something he can only describe as "a deeper and more intentional work of the Holy Spirit&