Swedish Baptists (or Scandinavian Baptists) are

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 ge ...

that trace their origins to

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 t ...

(that disassociated from Lutheranism or partially originated from an adjacent non-Lutheran tradition), the

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 Protest ...

movement, and the

Pietist 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 ali ...

Pietistic Lutheran 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 Christian life. Although the movement is aligned with Luth ...

tradition of

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 ...

Denominations

* Converge (United States), formerly the Baptist General Conference * Baptist General Conference of Canada *

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 ...

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 Frikyrka ...

(Baptist) * Finnish Baptist movement * Swedish Baptist Union of Finland *

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 ...

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 ...

References

{{reflist Baptist Christianity in Sweden Radical Pietism

Denominations

Individual churches

See also

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