Events

Pine Hills Church Launches Freedom Ministry

On Saturday, March 13, 2021, 70 people gathered at Pine Hills Church for Experience Freedom. Led by a team of 25 volunteers, the one-day workshop addressed topics like extending forgiveness, healing emotional and spiritual wounds, identifying lies, and experiencing peace in relationships. The Freedom Ministry event attendance proved that believers desire the abundant life that [...]

Fort Wayne Churches Join to Serve on Engage Sunday

Five Fort Wayne area churches came together on August 25 to serve their community on a day they call Engage Sunday. For the past 6 years, their combined vision for Engage Sunday has been “to serve and celebrate together.” This year, almost 1200 people accomplished 27 projects throughout the city. Afterward, they gathered for a [...]

LifeChange Camp Hosts African Children’s Choir

When LifeChange Camp in Clinton, Missouri, hosted the African Children’s Choir in August, they provided more than just a choir performance from the world-famous group. Their visit also provided a rest for the choir members at the FEC facility and a reunion for camp staff member Kristine Detweiler. The choir began 30 years ago in [...]

Northwoods Church and FEC Continue to Partner with DR Churches

Since 1946, FEC worked in the Dominican Republic to establish reproducing churches. When FEC full time missionaries left the country in 1992, partnerships with individual U.S. churches continued. Northwoods Church in Peoria, Illinois, has cultivated a partnership with Central Church in San Juan de la Maguana in the DR’s western region. In June, a Northwoods [...]

Mission Church Bicycle Ministry Serves Fort Wayne Inner City Residents

When Heart of the City Bicycles opens its doors at 9 a.m. on Fridays, a diverse group of people stops by the shop. A father and son arrive early to volunteer, fixing bicycles during the 9-12 p.m. shop hours. A homeless man comes to have his bicycle fixed. Two Fort Wayne city bike patrol officers [...]

Brookside Church Seeks to Build Bridges of Racial Reconciliation

Since the last presidential election, political strife has dominated the airwaves and conversations, and racial strife continues to create division between people. In a strife-filled world, where people can be more loyal to their political ideologies and racial biases than they are to their faith, Eric Dubach, Brookside Church pastor, Fort Wayne, Indiana, wanted to [...]

New Church Leaders Discover FEC

Twice a year the Fellowship of Evangelical Churches (FEC) welcomes new churches and church leaders into the fellowship. This spring, 23 church leaders came together at Grace Church, Morton, Illinois, to learn about FEC history, mission, doctrine, and resources at the Leader’s Orientation. At the orientation, leaders who are new to FEC learn two important distinctions that make FEC unique: [...]

Grace Church Launches Pastoral Residency

When Caleb McClarren graduated from college, he accepted a residency with a church in the Detroit, Michigan, area. During his time as a resident at Cornerstone Baptist Church, Roseville, he became a more experienced pastor. As he reflected on his training, Caleb said, “From the way I pray, to lesson planning, to preaching, to people [...]

Divine Connection Builds Faith & Gives Clean Water

John Mueller, pastor at Sonlight Church in Angola, Indiana, wanted to engage his church in international missions and mentioned it to a fellow pastor at the annual conference last year. The friend recommended Healing Waters International. Healing Waters is committed to bringing clean water to communities around the world and helping to end the global [...]

Re:generation at Heartland Church Transforms Lives

Heartland Church in Normal, Illinois, wants to be a place where people connect with Jesus to find hope and healing that ignites life transformation. For years, they have been hosting a 12-step recovery program to help people find freedom from their personal struggles. Since 2014, they have offered the 12-step discipleship program Re:generation which integrates [...]