Anatomy of a Church Plant

It started out around 2001, when several families in northwest Sjælland started to gather around a vision to build a local, living fellowship. 

Without a church building, they met where they could, usually every other week. And they agreed that the best way forward would be to associate as an Evangelical Lutheran Free Fellowship, connected with the DanskOase (Danish Oasis) movement.

At first the Oasis movement helped supply visiting preachers and other resources. But this group needed their own pastor. Finances were, and have been, tight. And their first pastors were volunteers. But with a new church’s eye on outreach, the “Fårevejle Frimenighed” grew steadily.

Within four or five years, the group was meeting every Sunday. Today Jørgen Lund is their pastor, and the church’s website highlights a full leadership team, along with prayer, family, grief support, and children’s ministries. They meet in a beautiful brick church building in the town of Fårevejle.

Here's what sets them apart: Small groups have focused on bringing up “home-grown” leadership. The crucial decision to sponsor Alpha Bible studies has brought in more new believers. And that’s just the way this church wants it.

According to an Oasis website, “Many new people have met Jesus through Alpha. And many now faithfully attend church. Fårvejle Free Church would have been completely different without Alpha, and all the wonderful dynamics that come with new friends who are not born into and raised in the church. How good it would be if more of us were disciples of Jesus, who tell about him and teach others to be his disciple.”

PRAY that Fårvejle Free Church would continue to reach the unreached, and grow new disciples.

PRAY for Fårvejle Free Church leadership in the coming year, that they would be sensitive to the Spirit’s leading as they face new challenges in 2025.

PRAY that believers in other parts of the country might be inspired by the example of Fårvejle Free Church—to reach out in their own neighborhoods and see others come to Jesus Christ.

THANK GOD for young Danish churches like this, and pray for many more in the year to come.