Swedish Free Church Council

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Swedish Free Church Council

Sveriges frikyrkosamråd

Formation| 1992
Type| Christian ecumenical organization
Headquarters| Bromma, Sweden

Official language

| Swedish

The Swedish Free Church Council (Swedish: Sveriges frikyrkosamråd) is an association of free churches in Sweden. It is part of the Christian Council of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges kristna råd) . The Swedish Free Church Council was established in 1992.[1]

In total the member churches have about 250,000 members, with almost double that figure involved in the churches' activities. The largest member church is the Uniting Church in Sweden, with approximately 85,000 members.

The free churches belong to various Protestant denominations: Baptists, Methodists, Reformed, Pentecostal etc. Most of the free church denominations in Sweden began during the nineteenth century when an evangelical revival broke out. The Swedish free church family has many branches, often quite different, but united in the common bond of the necessity of a personal faith.

## Members

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* Uniting Church in Sweden (Equmeniakyrkan, established on 4 June 2011 out of the Baptist Union of Sweden (Svenska Baptistsamfundet), the United Methodist Church of Sweden (Metodistkyrkan), and the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden (Svenska Missionskyrkan, incorporating the Swedish Salvation Army, which is a separate organisation from the international Salvation Army, which also operates in Sweden))
* Salvation Army in Sweden (Frälsningsarmén)
* Swedish Alliance Mission (Svenska Alliansmissionen)
* Vineyard Norden, see Association of Vineyard Churches
* Evangelical Free Church in Sweden (Evangeliska Frikyrkan)
* Swedish Pentecostal Movement (Pingströrelsen i Sverige)
* Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sweden (Adventistsamfundet i Sverige), observing members

## References

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1. ^ "Historia" (in Swedish). Swedish Free Church Council. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

## External links

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* Official website (in Swedish)

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Christianity in Sweden

Denominations|

| Eastern
Christianity|

| Eastern Orthodox|

| Eastern
Orthodox
Church|

* Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Sweden and all Scandinavia
* Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Northern Europe
* Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Britain and Scandinavia

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True Orthodox|

* Church of the Goths

Oriental Orthodox|

* Syriac Orthodox Church

Catholic|

* Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Western
Christianity|

| Catholic
(Main article)|

| Latin Church|

* Roman Catholic Church

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Old Catholic[a]|

* Old Catholic Church[b]

Protestant|

| United|

* Uniting Church in Sweden
* Baptists
* Calvinists
* &
* Methodists

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Lutheran|

* Church of Sweden[c]
* Bibeltrogna Vänner
* Evangelical Mission
* Evangelical Lutheran Church
* Lutheran Confessional Church
* Mission Province[d]

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[c]
* Evangelical Orthodox Church
* Swedish Alliance Mission

Restorationist|

* Jehovah's Witnesses
* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sweden

Interdenominational
organisations|

* Christian Council of Sweden
* Swedish Evangelical Alliance
* Swedish Free Church Council
* YWCA-YMCA

Former denominations|

* Free Baptist Union
* Holiness Union
* Örebro Mission

Church buildings|

* List of churches

Youth organisations|

* Equmenia
* Church of Sweden Youth

Christian-influenced politics|

* Christian Democratic Party
* Swedish Association of Christian Social Democrats

Development agencies|

* Church of Sweden

Traditions|

* Saint Lucy's Day
* Christmas
* Julotta

1. ^ Not in communion with the rest of the Catholic Church
2. ^ Part of the Union of Utrecht
3. ^ a b Part of the Porvoo Communion
4. ^ Part of the Communion of Nordic Lutheran Dioceses

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