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Swedish Baptists
Swedish Baptists (or Scandinavian Baptists) are Baptists that trace their origins to Radical Pietism (that disassociated from Lutheranism or partially originated from an adjacent non-Lutheran tradition), the Mission Friends movement, and the Pietist or Pietistic Lutheran tradition of Lutheranism. Denominations * Converge (United States), formerly the Baptist General Conference * Baptist General Conference of Canada *Baptist Union of Sweden *Evangelical Free Church in Sweden (Baptist) * Finnish Baptist movement * Swedish Baptist Union of Finland *Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church Individual churches * Central Church (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) *Swedish Baptist Church (Davenport, Iowa) The former Swedish Baptist Church is a historic building located on the east side of Davenport, Iowa, United States. The congregation was organized in 1883 in the city's Swedish neighborhood and included about 50 people. The building was originall ... See also * Conventicle Act (Sweden) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baptists
Baptists are a Christian denomination, denomination within Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete Immersion baptism, immersion. Baptist churches generally subscribe to the Christian theology, doctrines of soul competency (the responsibility and accountability of every person before God in Christianity, God), ''sola fide'' (salvation by faith alone), ''sola scriptura'' (the Bible is the sole infallible authority, as the rule of faith and practice) and Congregationalist polity, congregationalist church government. Baptists generally recognize two Ordinance (Christianity), ordinances: Baptism, baptism and Eucharist, communion. Diverse from their beginning, those identifying as Baptists today may differ widely from one another in what they believe, how they worship, their attitudes toward other Christians, and their understanding of what is important in Christian discipleship. Baptist mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radical Pietism
Radical Pietism are those Ecclesiastical separatism, Christian churches who decided to break with denominational Lutheranism in order to emphasize certain teachings regarding holy living. Radical Pietists contrast with Church Pietists, who chose to remain within their Lutheran denominational settings. Radical Pietists distinguish between true and false Christianity and hold that the latter is represented by established churches. They separated from established churches to form their own Christian denominations. Radical Pietism emphasizes the need for a "religion of the heart" instead of the head, and is characterized by Virtue, ethical purity, inward Worship, devotion, Charity (practice), charity, and asceticism. Leadership emphasized the sanctification in Christianity, sanctification of adherents instead of sacramentalism. The Pietistic movement developed in Germany, led by those who believed a deeper emotional experience was incompatible with what they saw as a preset adherence t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mission Friends
The Mission Friends (Swedish: ) was an interdenominational Christian, mostly Pietist and Radical Pietist association in Sweden and among Swedish Americans (Swedish immigrants) in the United States, that eventually had an impact on several Protestant denominations and their missionary societies today, even outside of Lutheranism, the Swedish community, and the United States, eventually influencing other communities and forming new independent Radical Pietist, Baptist – especially Swedish Baptist – and later on Pentecostal and Charismatic free church denominations. History Background and Mission Friends in Sweden The Mission Friends had their origins in the spiritual reform movements founded by laymen within the Lutheran Church of Sweden from the mid-19th century onwards, particularly the teachings of Swedish Pietists Carl Olof Rosenius and Peter Fjellstedt. The Evangeliska fosterlands-stiftelsen (today the Swedish Evangelical Mission), founded in 1856 by Fjellstedt and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietism
Pietism (), also known as Pietistic Lutheranism, is a movement within Lutheranism that combines its emphasis on biblical doctrine with an emphasis on individual piety and living a holy Christianity, Christian life. Although the movement is aligned with Lutheranism, it has had a tremendous impact on Protestantism worldwide, particularly in North America and Europe. Pietism originated in modern Germany in the late 17th century with the work of Philipp Spener, a Lutheran theologian whose emphasis on personal transformation through spiritual rebirth and renewal, individual devotion, and piety laid the foundations for the movement. Although Spener did not directly advocate the Quietism (Christian contemplation), quietistic, legalistic, and semi-separatist practices of Pietism, they were more or less involved in the positions he assumed or the practices which he encouraged. Pietism spread from Germany to Switzerland, the rest of German-speaking Europe, and to Scandinavia and the Balt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched the Reformation in 1517. The Lutheran Churches adhere to the Bible and the Ecumenical Creeds, with Lutheran doctrine being explicated in the Book of Concord. Lutherans hold themselves to be in continuity with the apostolic church and affirm the writings of the Church Fathers and the first four ecumenical councils. The schism between Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism, which was formalized in the Diet of Worms, Edict of Worms of 1521, centered around two points: the proper source of s:Augsburg Confession#Article XXVIII: Of Ecclesiastical Power., authority in the church, often called the formal principle of the Reformation, and the doctrine of s:Augsburg Confession#Article IV: Of Justification., justification, the material principle of Luther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Converge (United States)
Converge, formerly the Baptist General Conference (BGC) and Converge Worldwide, is a Baptist Christian denomination in the United States. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance and the National Association of Evangelicals. The headquarters are in Orlando, Florida. The current president of Converge is John K. Jenkins. History The Baptist General Conference grew out of the great revival of the 19th century, but its roots can be traced back to Radical Pietism in Sweden. In 1852 Gustaf Palmquist emigrated from Sweden to the United States. Forty-seven days after his arrival, he and three others organized a Swedish Baptist church in Rock Island, Illinois. Fredrik (F.O.) Nilsson, who was instrumental in leading Palmquist to Baptist views, arrived in America the next year with 21 immigrants. Some of these united with the Rock Island church, while others organized a church at Houston, Minnesota. Nilsson traveled widely, founding and strengthening churches. Anders Wiberg was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baptist General Conference Of Canada
Baptist General Conference of Canada (BGCC) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Canada. It is affiliated with the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. The headquarters is in Edmonton, Alberta. History The Conference has its origins in the founding of Grant Memorial Baptist Church by Swedish Baptists in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1894. This church planted 4 other churches. The latter founded the Central Canada Baptist Conference in 1905 and became a member of the Baptist General Conference of the United States. Though organized into regional conferences, these churches were also affiliated with the Baptist Union of Western Canada (BUWC) for the first half of the 20th century. The Central Canada Baptist Conference and the Baptist General Conference in Alberta withdrew from the BUWC in 1948 and 1949, respectively. Beginning in 1977, the three districts then in existence - Baptist General Conference in Alberta, British Columbia Baptist Conference and Central Canada Baptist Conference - st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baptist Union Of Sweden
The Baptist Union of Sweden () was a Baptist union in Sweden. In 2011–2012, they merged to form a new denomination, Joint Future Church, now called Uniting Church in Sweden. The first known Baptist church in Sweden was organized on September 21, 1848, in Vallersvik, where a group of people committed the first-known Baptist baptism in Sweden. The Conventicle Act was in effect at the time, outlawing all religious meetings other than those of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. The new movement's leader, F.O. Nilsson, was exiled. Others were fined or jailed. A few years later, in 1858, the law was abolished, and religious groups other than the official state church (free churches) were allowed to work. History A general conference was formed in 1857 through the work of pastor Anders Wiberg and others. By 1866, the conference had established a seminary, Betelseminariet, and the conference later formed the Swedish Baptist Union in 1889. In 1934 the Swedish Baptist Union attained its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangelical Free Church In Sweden
The Evangelical Free Church in Sweden () is a Baptists, Baptist Christian denomination in Sweden. It is affiliated with the European Baptist Federation and the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Örebro. History Evangeliska Frikyrkan was founded in 1997 as a merger of the Örebro Mission (, founded in 1892 as Örebro Missionary Society), the Free Baptist Union (, founded in 1872) and the Swedish Holiness Union, Holiness Union (, founded in 1887). In 2011, it had 32,223 members. As of 2015, it has 304 churches and 34,400 members. According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 32,500 members and 300 churches. School Together with the Swedish Alliance Mission and the Pentecostal Alliance of Independent Churches, the church operates the (ALT). References External linksOfficial website {{Christianity in Sweden Christian organizations established in 1997 Baptist denominations in Europe Evangelicalism in Sweden Charismatic denominat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baptists In Finland
Baptists in Finland have existed since the middle of the 19th century. They are part of the Baptists, Baptist branch of evangelicalism, evangelical Christianity and belong to three different Finnish church associations. Swedish-speaking population of Finland, Swedish-speaking Finns formed the Swedish Baptist Union of Finland (), while Finnish-speaking Baptists are united in the Finnish Baptist Church (); two Finnish congregations are a part of the Seventh Day Baptists. In addition, a few independent Baptist churches exist, including Grace Baptist Church () in Tampere. The congregation was formerly known as in Finnish and International Baptist Church in English. Agape International Baptist Church in Pedersöre is also among the independent Baptist churches. History Beginnings in Åland After a request for preachers to revive the faith of the local church congregation, preacher Karl Möllersvärd, Karl Justin Mathias Möllersvärd was sent by the Evangelical Alliance in Stockh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Baptist Union Of Finland
The Swedish Baptist Union of Finland (Swedish: ) is a Baptist Christian denomination based in Vaasa, Finland that was founded in 1980. It is an umbrella organization for the Baptist churches of the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. The Swedish Baptist Union of Finland is a member of the Finnish Ecumenical Council. It is also a member of the European Baptist Federation and the Baptist World Alliance. The union supports cooperation with other free churches in Finland and supports mission work abroad. It publishes a newsletter entitled . History The first Baptist church in Finland was founded in 1856 in primarily Swedish-speaking Åland. Preacher Karl Möllersvärd had been sent there by the Evangelical Alliance in Stockholm, Sweden in 1854 and was the first to preach Baptist teachings in Finland; he received strong opposition from the established Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. Despite persecution, the movement continued to grow. The first Baptist church to be f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church
The Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church ( "The Ethiopian Word of Life Church") is an evangelical denomination, headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. History The Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church was founded in 1927 in southern Ethiopia by the evangelical Christian missionary, missionary organization SIM (Christian organization), Sudan Interior Mission and Thomas Lambie, Dr. Thomas Alexander Lambie. The first missionaries had initially planned a trip into the western part of Ethiopia, but after prayer felt that they were being led to the South Central area. The early missionary work was concentrated among the Wolaita people, Wolaita, Kambaata people, Kambaata, Hadiya people, Hadiya and Sidama peoples, which are the three most densely populated ''awrajas'' (Regions of Ethiopia, regions) in Ethiopia. At Dembi Dollo, Lambie worked with an Ethiopian evangelist named Gidada Solon. The few missionaries who entered the country all had to leave during the country's Second Italo-Ethiopian War, inva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
