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The Evangelical Free Church of Geneva in French the Église évangélique libre de Genève is a
Reformed Reform is beneficial change Reform may also refer to: Media * ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang * Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group * ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine *''Reforme'' ("Reforms"), initial name of the ...
free church in
Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...
. The church has 6 congregations in Onex,
Versoix Versoix () is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, which sits on the north-west side of Lake Geneva, north-east of the city of Geneva. Geography Versoix has an area, , of . Of this area, or 29.1% is used for agricultural purpo ...
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Buix Buix is a former municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009 the former municipalities of Buix, Courtemaîche and Montignez merged to form the new municipality of Basse-Allaine.
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Carouge Carouge () is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Carouge is first mentioned in the Early Middle Ages as ''Quadruvium'' and ''Quatruvio''. In 1248 it was mentioned as ''Carrogium'' while in the 14th Century it was kn ...
, l'Oratoire with a combined membership of 1,000. The church was founded in 1849, in a period of spiritual renewal begun in the early 19th century. This movement began in the Church of Geneva, resulting a dismissal of several pastors. In the 1940s the church intended to merge with the Reformed church in Geneva, but this did was decline. In 1978 a new parish in Onex was formed. In 1994 a sixth paris was formed in Versoix. The church is a member of the
Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), (EKS); french: Église évangélique réformée de Suisse (EERS); it, Chiesa evangelica riformata in Svizzera (CERiS); rm, Baselgia evangelica refurmada da la Svizra (BRRS) formerly named Federation o ...
, and it is the smallest member of the Federation. In the church there is a charismatic renewal, it is not a Pentecostal church but someone can hear people speaking tongues, and prophecy during worship.


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Evangelical Free Church website
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