Sweden: Free Churches Ask for Simpler Money-Laundering Rules
Equmeniakyrkan, one of Sweden's largest free church denominations, has submitted a formal response to the Swedish government's memorandum on the European Union's new anti-
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Sweden: Most New Equmeniakyrkan Pastors Want Rural Parishes, Recruiter Says
Equmeniakyrkan has begun the process of placing the next group of candidates for its supervised guidance year, and the choices they have registered challenge a common assumption about rural ministry.
Sweden: Equmenia Youth Movement Narrows Renaming Question to ‘Equmenia ung’
Equmenia, the Swedish free-church children's and youth organisation, has narrowed the question of a possible new name to a single option: “Equmenia ung” — Equmenia Young. Delegates will
Sweden: Equmeniakyrkan Reaches Out to Ordained Ministers Who Work Outside the Church
Hundreds of ordained ministers in Equmeniakyrkan, Sweden's largest free church denomination, now earn their living outside paid congregational service at a time when congregations are short of pastors
Sweden: Six Free Church Congregations in Dalsland Pool Resources to Call Shared Staff
Six Equmeniakyrkan congregations in Dalsland, western Sweden, have spent about a year testing whether they can call and employ staff together instead of separately. The initiative, known as Växtpool Dalsland
Sweden: New Consent Rules Halve the Numbers Equmeniakyrkan Reports for State Aid
Sweden's Equmeniakyrkan has reported a fall of more than half in the number of people it can count toward state funding, after new rules began requiring each participant
Sweden: Free Church Youth Movement Puts Its Volunteer Leaders in the Spotlight
Equmenia, the children's and youth organisation of Sweden's Uniting Church (Equmeniakyrkan), is devoting a week to the volunteers who keep its work running, after its own
Sweden: ‘Building Hope’ Conference Asks How the Church Serves Its Neighbourhood
Congregations in southern Sweden gather in Helsingborg this weekend for “Bygga hopp” — Building Hope — a conference organised by Equmeniakyrkan Region Syd around a single question: what can the church actually
Sweden: Evangelist Who Bridges Church and Climate Movement Wins Environmental Prize
The Swedish evangelist Lena Bergström has been awarded the environmental prize of God Jord, a Christian organisation, for her work on the climate crisis and for building bridges between the
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
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
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
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
Sweden: Five Congregations Form Joint Equmeniakyrkan Association in Örebro
Five congregations of Equmeniakyrkan in the Swedish city of Örebro have voted to form a joint association. Around a hundred people gathered at Betelkyrkan on Saturday, where delegates from Equmeniakyrkan
Sweden: New Testament 2026 Published With Notable Translation Choices
The Swedish Bible Society (Svenska bibelsällskapet) has published a new translation of the New Testament, NT26, presenting the text at the Gothenburg Book Fair. Reporting ahead of the launch highlighted
Sweden: Equmeniakyrkan Board Moves From Vision Talks to Concrete Priorities
Equmeniakyrkan's governing board meets this weekend for its first autumn session, with the follow-up to the denomination's Vision26 church conference at the top of the
Sweden: Missionary in North Africa Says 'Mission Starts With a Cup of Coffee'
Aron, a missionary sent by the Swedish Evangelical Mission (Svenska Alliansmissionen) and now living in a city in a Muslim-majority North African country, says relationship-building over coffee is
Sweden: Free Church Plant Mötesplats Ystad Becomes a Full Congregation After Seven Years
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