Sweden: Church Leader Who Left His Mark ‘Without Raising His Voice’ Dies at 88
Sven Lindström, who led the mission work of the Swedish Baptist Union from 1995 to 2002 and served the country’s free-church movement as a pastor, union secretary and
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Estonia: Four Theological Schools Begin Joint Project to Renew Pastoral Training
Teachers from Estonia’s theological schools have begun an unusually broad joint project to strengthen the training of pastors and church workers, meeting for two days at Pühajärve in the
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
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
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–
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
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 "
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
Mass Baptisms Return to Britain’s Beaches and Lakes
A growing number of churches across the United Kingdom are taking baptism out of the building and into open water. In the summer of 2025, around 1,000 people from
Switzerland: Free Church Theologians Ask What Spirituality Looks Like After 65
About fifty people spent three days in September at the Evangelical Church of the Amandiers in Lavigny, in the Swiss canton of Vaud, exploring a question that churches rarely address
Sweden: After 32 Years, a Missionary's Daughter Returns to Congo — Carrying Her Father's Book
Kristina Lindström was ten years old in 1979 when her family left Sweden for what was then Zaire, where her father, Gösta Stenström, had taken a post as a doctor
Finland: 77 Young Free Church Volunteers Sent to Ten Mission Teams in Seven Countries
Seventy-seven young people from Finland's Free Church congregations gave up their summer holidays this year to join short-term mission teams organised by The Legacy Project, the