Uniting Church in Sweden ( sv, Equmeniakyrkan) is a united Protestant denomination in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

History

It was established on 4 June 2011 by the merger of the United Methodist Church,

Baptist Union of Sweden The Baptist Union of Sweden ( sv, Svenska Baptistsamfundet) is the oldest of several Baptist bodies in Sweden. The first-known Baptist church in Sweden was organized on September 21, 1848, in Vallersvik, where a group of people committed the firs ...

, and Mission Covenant Church of Sweden. Geoffrey Wainwright, Paul McPartlan, ''The Oxford Handbook of Ecumenical Studies'', Oxford University Press, UK, 2021, p. 102 Initially the name of the unified denomination was the Joint Future Church ( sv, Gemensam framtid), before the name was changed during a conference in

Karlstad Karlstad (, ) is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 65,856 inhabitants in 2020 with 95,167 inhabitants ...

on 11 May 2013 to the present Uniting Church in Sweden or Equmeniakyrkan in Swedish.

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{{Christianity in Sweden United and uniting churches Reformed denominations in Europe Members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches Christian organizations established in 2011 2011 establishments in Sweden Baptist denominations in Europe Methodist denominations Members of the World Council of Churches Organizations based in Stockholm Christian denominations in Sweden