Free Baptist Union
| Free Baptist Union | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Baptist |
| Theology | Evangelicalism, historically Christian pacifism and holiness movement |
| Polity | Congregational |
| Origin | 1872 |
| Merged into | Holiness Union/Free Baptist Union |
| Defunct | 1 January 1994 |
| Congregations | 31 (1992)[1] |
| Members | 1051 (1992)[1] |
| Publications | Upplysningens Vän |
The Free Baptist Union (Swedish Fribaptistsamfundet)) was a Swedish baptist denomination that began in 1872, when baptist preacher Helge Åkesson was expelled from the Baptist Union of Sweden, after having been accused of heresy.[2]
The Free Baptist Union gained followers mainly in Scania, Gotland, Dalarna, Västmanland and Västergötland. In the early 1900's, the denomination peaked at around 5000 members.[3]
In 1994, the Free Baptist Union merged with the Holiness Union, forming a denomination that in 1997 merged with the Örebro Mission to form what is today the Evangelical Free Church in Sweden.[4]
References
- ^ a b Svenskt frikyrkolexikon, "Fribaptistsamfundet", red. Jan-Åke Alvarsson
- ^ Fribaptistsamfundet 100 år, red. Eric Hansson, Fribaptistsamfundets förlag, Habo, 1972
- ^ Fribaptistsamfundet 100 år, p 38
- ^ "Den svenska kyrkan från 700-talet till I dag" (in Swedish). Kristendomens historia. Retrieved 13 December 2018.