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God Moves Mightily in West Africa Outreach to the Yalunka

FEC and its partner in Burkina Faso have been watching God move among the Yalunka people in Mali since 2011. The Yalunka are spread over four countries: Sierra Leone, Guinea, Senegal, and Mali. The Yalunka who live in Mali were engaged by FEC missionaries Steve and Pat Nelson (among others) beginning in 2011. Today, that [...]

Gospel Life Bible Church Launches in Boise Metro Area

Nampa, Idaho, is home to the newest FEC church, Gospel Life Bible Church. As a part of the Boise Metro Area, Nampa rests in a valley that locals call Treasure Valley. The area has become one of the fastest growing areas in the United States, and Boise is the third largest city in the Pacific [...]

Harvest Bible Church Provides a Home for Local Food Bank

The people of Harvest Bible Church in Ellsworth, Kansas, want to be a part of change in their community and transformed lives. One way they have engaged the Ellsworth community is hosting the local food bank in their building. The church’s partnership with the community food bank goes back seven years, and they have hosted [...]

2022 FEC Conference Emphasizes Unity in Mission

In 2022, hot-button issues have divided the U.S. population and the world at large--issues like politics, racial strife, covid policies, and war. Churches have felt the impact, too; however, churches also represent a unique place for unity around a common mission despite other differences. Within the Fellowship of Evangelical Churches (FEC) a diverse group of [...]

Grace Community Fellowship, Kansas, Celebrates 10 Years

On Sunday, April 10, Grace Community Fellowship members and staff celebrated 10 years of faithful ministry in the Hillsboro, Kansas community. Grace Community Church in Newton, Kansas, planted the church in 2012, as their first church plant.  On April 10, they looked back at their history and forward to their continued mission. During the celebration event, [...]

King’s Cross Defiance Partners with African Church Planting Initiative

In April, Pastor Sam Andres traveled to Malawi to meet African leaders who are on the forefront of a church-planting movement, the African Church Planting Initiative (ACPI). He traveled to Malawi with Pastor Matt Boyers, Crossroads Church in Wauseon, and Hal Lehman, FEC Cross-Cultural Church Multiplication Director, to strengthen church partnerships and train church planters [...]

Fort Wayne Burmese Church Forms Partnership with FEC

In addition to FEC’s global footprint throughout the world, recently the main office in northeast Fort Wayne became a temporary home for Zo Christian Church, a Burmese church. After an FEC church member connected Zo Christian Church with the FEC office, the two ministries discovered many shared similarities.  The result was that the Zo Christian [...]

Church Planters Inspired and Equipped Through Exponential Conference

Only seven percent of American churches are multiplying and reproducing, according to Exponential.org. The Exponential Conference exists to bring thousands of like-minded multiplication leaders together to inspire and equip them. This year, FEC leaders and church planters attended the March 2022 conference in Orlando for relationship building and vision casting. Within FEC, church planters are [...]

FEC Global Footprint Missionaries Aid Ukrainians in Crisis

The current crisis unfolding in Ukraine has displaced millions of people within the country, and more than four million have sought refuge in other European countries. Hungary which borders Ukraine is home to a couple who work with FEC as Global Footprint Missionaries, and they have joined the effort to help, from hosting families to [...]

Devastating Fire Puts Church Collaboration on Display

On Monday morning, January 10, Pastor Jason Damkoehler's phone rang; a neighborhood church was burning. He could see the smoke from his house. He messaged Dr. Ed Herald, pastor of the church, and organized a coffee station for the firefighters who were working on the scene. The collaboration between Jason’s church, Journey Church in Normal, [...]