Evangelical Free Church in Sweden | |
Native Name: | Evangeliska Frikyrkan |
Native Name Lang: | sv |
Main Classification: | Evangelical Christianity |
Scripture: | Bible |
Theology: | Baptist |
Associations: | |
Area: | Sweden |
Headquarters: | Örebro |
Founded Date: | 1 January 1997 |
Branched From: | Mission Friends |
Congregations: | 300 |
Members: | 32,500 |
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.
Evangeliska Frikyrkan was founded in 1997 as a merger of the Örebro Mission (founded in 1892 as Örebro Missionary Society), the Free Baptist Union (founded in 1872) and the Holiness Union (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]
Together with the Swedish Alliance Mission and the Pentecostal Alliance of Independent Churches, the church operates the (ALT).[5]