Uniting Church in Sweden
The Uniting Church in Sweden (Swedish: Equmeniakyrkan) is a Christian Protestant denomination in Sweden. It was established on 4 June 2011 out of the Baptist Union of Sweden, the United Methodist Church and the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden as the Joint Future Church (Swedish: Gemensam framtid). The name was changed during a conference in Karlstad on 11 May 2013.
Uniting Church in Sweden | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Protestantism |
Theology | United and uniting |
Associations | World Communion of Reformed Churches, Baptist World Alliance[1] |
Region | Sweden |
Headquarters | Bromma, Sweden |
Origin | 4 June 2011 |
Merger of | Baptist Union of Sweden, Mission Covenant Church of Sweden, United Methodist Church in Sweden |
Members | about 85 000 (2012) |