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IFFEC has four permanent committees:  the Executive Committee, Missions, Youth and Theological committees. The members are elected at the General Assembly, held every four years. The committee members for 2022-2026 are as follows:

Executive Committee:


The Executive Committee is made up of the President, General Secretary, representatives from the three permanent committees (Missions, Youth and Theological) plus 3-6 additional members.

President:
John Nielsen (Evangelisk Frikirke Danmark – Evangelic Free Church Denmark)
jn@evfri.dk

General Secretary:
Oyvind Haraldseid (Misjonskirken Norge – Mission Covenant Church Norway)
oyvind.haraldseid@iffec.org

Executive Committee:
Ansgar Hörsting (FeG – Germany)
Timo Lehikonen (Evangelical Free Church – Finland)
Tammy Swanson Draheim (Evangelical Covenant Church – USA)
Lucas Patt (Swiss Federation of Evangelical Churches -Switzerland)
Cezary Komisarz (Evangelical Christian Church – Poland)
Lal Pakhuongte (Evangelical Free Church – India)
Carin Dernulf (Uniting Church – Sweden)
Thomas Schech (Allianz Mission – Germany)
Priyanka David (Hindustani Covenant Church – India)

Mission Committee


Thomas Schech (Allianz Mission – Germany), Chair
Jon-Arne Hoppestad (Mission Covenant Church – Norway)
Grace Shim (Evangelical Covenant Church – USA)
Pedro Arbalat (Fieide – Spain)
Ike Agwin (Evangelical Free Church – Canada)
Joshua Dunckel (Evangelical Free Church of America – USA)

Theological Committee


Timo Lehikoinen (Evangelical Free Church – Finland), Chair
Ingunn F. Breistein (Mission Covenant Church – Norway)
Lal Pakhuongte (Evangelical Free Church – India)
Dennis Edwards (Evangelical Covenant Church – USA))
Gert Steym (FeG – Germany)

Youth Working Group


Carin Dernulf (Uniting Church – Sweden), Chair
Priya Cherukuri (Hindustani Covenant Church – India)
Debbie Davis (Fieide – Spain)
Piotr Dymkowski (Evangelical Christian Church – Poland)
NJ Dinoy, (Evangelical Free Church – Philippines)
Jeremie Chamard, (France)

Next International Event

IFFEC Worldwide

Dates: TBD
Location: TBD

Open to all leaders in theology, mission, youth, and the church who are members of the IFFEC.

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IFFEC National Federations Links

  • Belgium: AEPEB
  • Belgium: VEG
  • Brazil
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  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland: Free Church
  • Finland: Missionskyrkan
  • France
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  • India: EFCI
  • India: Himalayan
  • India: Hindustani
  • Lebanon & Syria
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  • Philippines
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  • Sweden: Alliansmissionen
  • Sweden: Equmeniakyrkan
  • Switzerland: FEG
  • Switzerland: FREE
  • USA: Covenant Church
  • USA: EFCA

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