Stories

At the conclusion of VBS, Brookside Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana celebrates each year with a churchwide combined outdoor service called Summer Blast. It’s a time of gathering for family fun with bounce houses, pony rides, and food, as well as a time of celebration through corporate worship, a message, and baptisms. This year, [...]

Southside Community Church first launched in the southern portion of Wooster, Ohio to reach a populace that generally wasn’t being reached with the Gospel. The church’s heart is to be a place that can be entrusted with new believers. Out of that effort, Southside has launched a new ministry in the form of a [...]

Jesus said, “You are the light of the world,” to his disciples in Matthew 5:14. That invitation of being the “light” is the core message of Pastor Nirup Alphonse’s new book Defiant Lights: How Following Jesus’ Call to Live Differently Remakes Us and Restores Our World. The name Defiant Lights is an invitation to [...]

Every year, several churches within FEC host exchange students from the Basque Country in Spain. This June, a group from Crossview Church who’d previously hosted students, traveled to connect with many of those students and their families, study the language, and develop relationships that could lead to sharing the Gospel. Jared Mehrle, FEC’s Director [...]

Ministry is a powerful and fulfilling vocation, but without proper support in place, it can lead so many hard-working pastors to burnout. That’s why FEC provides THRIVE cohorts for its credentialed pastors and leaders. A THRIVE cohort consists of four retreats over a two-year period at Miracle Camp in Lawton, Michigan. All expenses are [...]

Nestled in southern Michigan lies 80+ acres of campground where Jesus’s name is lifted up every week. Now, Miracle Camp is taking a step in faith to launch the Rooted and Rising Campaign. This is a 10- to 15-year vision to invest in campers and guests by raising $5 million for campground expansion and [...]

Psalm 78 speaks of the amazing things God has done, urging us to “tell the next generation.” That mission is the heart of the FEC Bible Quizzing program, a competitive Bible-memorizing program for 7th through 12th grade students. Their third and final Quiz-Off took place in April which brought 12 FEC churches and over [...]

FEC has been around since 1865 playing an active part in global missions. In March, thousands gathered to celebrate 80 years of God’s incredible work through missions in the Dominican Republic (DR). It began in 1946 when an exploratory team observed the most unreached part of the DR was in the southwest and sent [...]

In April, FEC pastors, leaders, and their spouses gathered from across the US for the FEC Conference in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This two-day event hosted more than 230 people at round tables while keynote speakers, pastors, and worship leaders shared. “Pressing On” was the chosen theme for the conference, speaking to Philippians 3:12-14 when [...]

The Way Church in Deshler, Ohio is witnessing God’s miracles through a ministry connection in Pakistan. For almost two years, The Way has partnered with Smith Media Group, an organization that helps churches broadcast services online to reach nations for Christ. Since then, more than 2,000 people have accepted Jesus as their Savior and [...]