The Evangelical Free Church in Sweden (Swedish: Evangeliska frikyrkan) is an association of Baptist Christian churches in Sweden. It is affiliated with the European Baptist Federation and the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Örebro.
| Evangelical Free Church in Sweden | |
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| Evangeliska Frikyrkan | |
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| Classification | Evangelical Christianity |
| Scripture | Bible |
| Theology | Baptist |
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| Region | Sweden |
| Headquarters | Örebro |
| Origin | 1 January 1997 |
| Branched from | Mission Friends |
| Congregations | 300 |
| Members | 32,500 |
| Official website | efk |
History
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Evangeliska Frikyrkan was founded in 1997 as a merger of the Örebro Mission (Örebromissionen, founded in 1892 as Örebro Missionary Society), the Free Baptist Union (Fribaptistsamfundet, founded in 1872) and the Holiness Union (Helgelseförbundet, founded in 1887).[1]
In 2011, it had 32,223 members.[2]
As of 2015, it has 304 churches and 34,400 members.[3]
According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 32,500 members and 300 churches. [4]
School
editTogether with the Swedish Alliance Mission and the Pentecostal Alliance of Independent Churches, the church operates the Academy for Leadership and Theology (ALT).[5]
References
edit- ^ Thomas Manfredh, Dubbeljubileum i Aneby Archived 2016-11-15 at the Wayback Machine, dagen.se, Sweden, November 13, 2016
- ^ SAMUEL BJÖRK, Medlemsantalet i EFK ökade Archived 2018-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, varldenidag.se, Sweden, March 3, 2012
- ^ Samuel Teglund, EFK slog doprekord Archived 2018-12-04 at the Wayback Machine, varldenidag.se, Sweden, March 23, 2016
- ^ European Baptist Federation, Members Archived 2023-10-14 at the Wayback Machine, ebf.org, Netherlands, retrieved May 5, 2023
- ^ "Pastors- och ledarskapsprogrammet, PLP". www.folkhogskola.nu (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2023-05-23.