Evangelical Free Church in Sweden

Baptist denomination in Sweden Not to be confused with Swedish Evangelical Mission.

Evangelical Free Church in Sweden
*Evangeliska Frikyrkan*

Classification	Evangelical Christianity
Scripture	Bible
Theology	Baptist
Associations	European Baptist Federation Baptist World Alliance
Region	Sweden
Headquarters	Örebro
Origin	1 January 1997
Branched from	Mission Friends
Congregations	300
Members	32,500
Official website	efk.se

The Evangelical Free Church in Sweden (Swedish: Evangeliska frikyrkan) is a 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 (Örebromissionen, founded in 1892 as Örebro Missionary Society), the Free Baptist Union (Fribaptistsamfundet, founded in 1872) and the Holiness Union (Helgelseförbundet, 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.

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Denominations

Eastern Orthodox Church	Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Sweden and all Scandinavia Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Northern Europe Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Britain and Scandinavia
True Orthodox	Church of the Goths

Latin Church	Roman Catholic Church
Old Catholic	Old Catholic Church

United	Uniting Church in Sweden Baptists Calvinists & Methodists
Lutheran	Church of Sweden Bibeltrogna Vänner Evangelical Mission Evangelical Lutheran Church Lutheran Confessional Church Mission Province
Calvinist	Evangelical Reformed Church
Baptist (Main article)	Evangelical Free Church in Sweden
Methodist	Free Methodist Church in Sweden Salvation Army
Adventist	Seventh-day Adventist Church
Pentecostal (see Swedish Pentecostal and Maranata movements)	The Pentecostal Alliance of Independent Churches
Neo-charismatic	Livets Ord Vineyard Norden
Other	Anglicanism Evangelical Orthodox Church Swedish Alliance Mission

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