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
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
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
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
Finland's Free Church (Suomen Vapaakirkko) will bring its evangelists together for a national network gathering on Monday, October 19, at the Teopolis campus in Tampere. The event is
What belongs in the house of God? Writing in Premier Christianity, Tony Wilson reflects on St Paul's Cathedral's renewed partnership with Fabric, the London nightclub and
Does the sermon need to raise its voice to be heard? Writing in Premier Christianity, Dr Claire Williams — a UK academic and preacher — offers a gentle case for the quiet
Kankaanpää Free Church (Kankaanpään Vapaaseurakunta) opened its new meeting space on the town square on Friday 4 September, with around 160 people attending the opening celebration. The congregation moved from
Finland's Free Church gathered its two national ensembles — the Wind Orchestra and the Sinfonietta — for the annual SopuSointu music camp at the Kiponniemi activity centre over the final
In mid-August, eight believers of different ages were baptized in Kauhava, Finland, in a service that grew out of simple cooperation between two Free Church congregations. Alajärven Vapaaseurakunta (Alajärvi
The foreign aid programme of the Free Evangelical Churches of North Germany (FeGN) became part of Allianz-Mission on 1 September, a step the organisation says was taken solely for
The board of the Finnish Free Church (Suomen Vapaakirkko) met on 21 August and set in motion a review of the denomination's leadership structures, approved new investment in
Kai Almgren, the long-serving pastor of Kauhava Free Congregation in western Finland, has retired after a ministry that carried him through five congregations and two terms as a missionary
The question of who writes the songs a congregation sings has moved from niche debate to a live pastoral concern. Writing in Premier Christianity, Kenny Klinglesmith — a worship songwriter who
Finland's largest Christian pop-rock music festival, Glow Festival, wrapped up its third edition at Tampere's Nokia Arena with a gospel concert that drew on the
IRR-TV, a Finnish media ministry that has broadcast Christian programming in Russian for five decades, is marking its 50th anniversary this year. What began in 1976, when Hannu and
After seven years of church planting, Mötesplats Ystad — a free church initiative in the southern Swedish town of Ystad — takes the formal step of becoming a congregation this weekend. The
A British church leader has described in public what happened when his congregation stopped running almost everything it did. Writing in Premier Christianity, Derek Hughes recounts arriving as the leader