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Free Baptist Union | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Baptist |
Theology | Evangelicalism, historically Christian pacifism, anti-trinitarianism 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 Christian denomination that began in 1872, when Baptist preacher Helge Åkeson 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 1900s, 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]
You can help expand this article with text translated from
the corresponding article in Swedish. (January 2019) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
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Free Baptist Union | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Baptist |
Theology | Evangelicalism, historically Christian pacifism, anti-trinitarianism 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 Christian denomination that began in 1872, when Baptist preacher Helge Åkeson 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 1900s, 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]