Free Baptist Union

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Free Baptist Union
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Baptist
Theology	Evangelicalism, historically Christian pacifism, anti-trinitarianism and holiness movement
Polity	Congregational
Origin	1872
Merged into
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 1900s, the denomination peaked at around 5000 members.^[3]

In 1994, the Free Baptist Union merged with the , 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.

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Denominations	Church of Sweden Evangelical Mission Uniting Church in Sweden Pentecostal Movement Evangelical Lutheran Church Evangelical Reformed Church in Sweden Lutheran Confessional Church Concordia Lutheran Church Missionsprovinsen Evangelical Free Church in Sweden Swedish Alliance Mission Catholic Church Adventist Church LDS Church Jehovah's Witnesses
Former denominations	Mission Covenant Church Baptist Union Free Baptist Union United Methodist Church Örebro Mission
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