A Bible-translation project launched by Finnish Free Church missionaries in Papua New Guinea in 1982 has reached a milestone, recently receiving official non-governmental-organisation status and the ability
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
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 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
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
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
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
Jani and Raisa Jalo flew out of Finland on 19 August bound for Malindi on Kenya's east coast, sent by Suomen Vapaakirkko, the Finnish Free Church, to work
The annual Valofestarit gospel festival filled Nummela's market square with music and good cheer on Saturday 8 August, drawing more than 800 visitors for the fourth edition of
The Maata Näkyvissä Northern Dimension gospel music event drew around 2,000 visitors when it was held at the Hannulanmäki ice hall in Tornio on 15 August 2026. The turnout
Twelve young people from Pori Free Church in western Finland spent ten days in Bulgaria in June 2026, serving alongside long-term Finnish Free Church missionaries Hanna and Markus Rokosa
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
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
The Free Church of Finland's national diaconal organisation, ViaDia, celebrated its 90th anniversary at the denomination's summer festival, drawing a capacity crowd to the Teopolis hall
The Rauma Free Church, located in one of Finland's oldest cities, has become a growing spiritual home known for its warm welcome and deep prayer life. Members describe