The Evangelical Free Church in Sweden () is a

Baptist 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 ge ...

Christian denomination A Christian denomination is a distinct Religion, religious body within Christianity that comprises all Church (congregation), church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadersh ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. It is affiliated with the

European Baptist Federation The European Baptist Federation (EBF) is a federation of 59 Baptist associations and is one of six regional fellowships in the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Amsterdam, Netherlands. History The EBF was founded in Ruschlikon, Swi ...

and the

Baptist World Alliance The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is an international communion of Baptists, with an estimated 51 million people from 266 member bodies in 134 countries and territories as of 2024. A voluntary association of Baptist churches, the BWA accounts f ...

. The headquarters is in

Örebro Örebro ( ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and ...

History

Evangeliska Frikyrkan was founded in 1997 as a merger of the

Örebro Mission The Örebro Mission () was a Protestantism, Protestant denomination in Sweden. It was founded in Örebro in 1892 by Baptist pastor John Ongman and was part of the Baptist Union of Sweden until 1936. In 1997, the denomination became part of the Ev ...

(, founded in 1892 as

Örebro Missionary Society Örebro ( ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and has ...

), the

Free Baptist Union The Free Baptist Union (Swedish: ) was a Swedish Baptist Christian denomination that began in 1872, when Baptist preacher was expelled from the Baptist Union of Sweden, after having been accused of heresy. The Free Baptist Union gained follow ...

(, founded in 1872) and the 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 The Swedish Alliance Mission, ''SAM'', ( Swedish: ) is a Christian denomination in Sweden, mainly based in the town of Jönköping. Its roots are in the 19th-century revival. , the denomination had 13,777 members spread among 153 Swedish congre ...

and the

Pentecostal Alliance of Independent Churches The Pentecostal Alliance of Independent Churches () is a Pentecostal Christian denomination in Sweden. It is a member of the Pentecostal World Fellowship. Pelle Hörnmark took over as leader for second time in 2024, having previously led the mo ...

, the church operates the (ALT).

References

External links

Official website
{{Christianity in Sweden Christian organizations established in 1997 Baptist denominations in Europe Evangelicalism in Sweden Charismatic denominations 1997 establishments in Sweden Christian denominations in Sweden