Pastor shortages, a return to church planting, signs of renewal among the young and a shared prayer for unity: the common themes in 24 federations' reports to the IFFEC General Assembly.
A small congregation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has described living “in the midst of war, massacre and tears”, and has asked partner churches abroad to remember four
A Russian guided glide bomb struck two passenger minibuses in Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, at about 10 a.m. on 8 October, killing more than 30 people
A Japanese federation of four church bodies was welcomed as a new member at IFFEC Worldwide 2026 in Kenya.
The International Federation of Free Evangelical Churches (IFFEC) has named a new leadership pair. Thomas Schech, 53, who chairs the board of the German Alliance Mission (Allianz-Mission), was elected
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.
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.
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.
The International Federation of Free Evangelical Churches will hold its 2026 Worldwide gathering in Kenya — a landmark first for the organisation.
The International Federation of Free Evangelical Churches links 31 national bodies across four continents. For new readers, here is a guide to who they are and what holds them together.
Young leaders from the IFFEC family gathered in Paris in October 2025 for the Global Youth Gathering, under a call to the next generation to lead through their lives.
In June 2025, the IFFEC Executive Committee issued a public statement addressing global conflicts — calling on political leaders, and calling free evangelical churches to be places of reconciliation.
Key European church planting leaders met in Budapest in March 2026 for an IFFEC-facilitated gathering to pray, plan, and strengthen trans-national cooperation.