The Free Baptist Union (Swedish: Fribaptistsamfundet) was a Swedish Baptist Christian denomination that began in 1872, when Baptist preacher Helge Åkeson [sv] 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]

References

  1. ^ a b Svenskt frikyrkolexikon, "Fribaptistsamfundet", red. Jan-Åke Alvarsson
  2. ^ Fribaptistsamfundet 100 år, red. Eric Hansson, Fribaptistsamfundets förlag, Habo, 1972
  3. ^ Fribaptistsamfundet 100 år, p 38
  4. ^ "Den svenska kyrkan från 700-talet till I dag" (in Swedish). Kristendomens historia. Retrieved 13 December 2018.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Baptist_Union
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