Free Baptist Union
1872 Swedish Baptist denomination
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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]
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationBaptist
TheologyEvangelicalism, historically Christian pacifism, anti-trinitarianism and holiness movement
PolityCongregational
| Free Baptist Union | |
|---|---|
| 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 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]
