Baptist Union of Sweden

Baptist Union of Sweden
Classification	Baptist (Swedish Baptists)
Orientation	Protestantism
Theology	Baptist
Headquarters	Sweden
Separations	Free Baptist Union (1872), Swedish Pentecostal Movement (early 1900s), Örebro Mission (1936)

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The Baptist Union of Sweden (Swedish: Svenska Baptistsamfundet) was a Baptist union in Sweden. In 2011–2012, they merged to form a new denomination, Joint Future Church, now called Uniting Church in Sweden.

The first known Baptist church in Sweden was organized on September 21, 1848, in Vallersvik, where a group of people committed the first-known Baptist baptism in Sweden. The Conventicle Act was in effect at the time, outlawing all religious meetings other than those of the Lutheran Church of Sweden.^[1] The new movement's leader, F.O. Nilsson, was exiled.^[2] Others were fined or jailed. A few years later, in 1858, the law was abolished, and religious groups other than the official state church (free churches) were allowed to work.

History

A general conference was formed in 1857 through the work of pastor Anders Wiberg and others. By 1866, the conference had established a seminary, Betelseminariet,^[3] and the conference later formed the Swedish Baptist Union in 1889.

In 1934 the Swedish Baptist Union attained its highest membership, 68,000. In 2006 it reported a total of 17,000 members in 223 parishes.

The Union has suffered two divisions, the first leading to the formation of the Free Baptist Union (Fribaptistsamfundet) in 1872, and the second to the Örebro Mission (Örebromissionen) (started in 1892, but separated from the Union in 1936).

The Baptist Union of Sweden was a member of the Swedish Free Church Council, the European Baptist Federation, and the Baptist World Alliance. It was the first Swedish church to appoint a woman as head of the assembly. It was led by Karin Wiborn (2007).

As of 2008^[update], 220 parishes were affiliated with the Baptist Union of Sweden, consisting of more than 17,000 members. Many parishes were also connected to other church communions. For years there were ongoing discussions regarding a closer relationship with the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden (Svenska Missionskyrkan) and the United Methodist Church in Sweden (Metodistkyrkan i Sverige). In the summer of 2008, the three church communions created a joint annual conference. Finally, in 2011–2012, they merged to form a new denomination, Joint Future Church, now called Uniting Church in Sweden.

References

^ "1305-1306 (Nordisk familjebok / 1800-talsutgåvan. 8. Kaffrer - Kristdala)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). 1884. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
^ Gustafson, David M (2008). D.L. Moody and Swedes: shaping evangelical identity among Swedish mission friends, 1867-1899. Linköping: Linköping University, Department of culture and communication. ISBN 978-91-7393-995-9. OCLC 225548281.
^ Larsson, Mats (2007). De "riktigt kristna", deras "wänner" och "motståndare" : en lokal- och frikyrkohistorisk studie av Askers baptistförsamlings identitet och mentalitet, 1858-1887 (in Swedish). LiU-Tryck). Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press. ISBN 978-91-85831-24-1. OCLC 277196809.

Baptists Around the World, Albert W. Wardin, Jr., editor

External links

Svenska baptistsamfundet, official website

Christianity in Sweden

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Eastern Orthodox Church	Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Sweden and all Scandinavia Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Northern Europe Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Britain and Scandinavia
True Orthodox	Church of the Goths

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Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

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Latin Church	Roman Catholic Church
Old Catholic^[a]	Old Catholic Church^[b]

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United	Uniting Church in Sweden Baptists Calvinists & Methodists
Lutheran	Church of Sweden^[c] Bibeltrogna Vänner Evangelical Mission Evangelical Lutheran Church Lutheran Confessional Church Mission Province^[d]
Calvinist	Evangelical Reformed Church
Baptist (Main article)	Evangelical Free Church in Sweden
Methodist	Free Methodist Church in Sweden Salvation Army
Adventist	Seventh-day Adventist Church
Pentecostal (see Swedish Pentecostal and Maranata movements)	The Pentecostal Alliance of Independent Churches
Neo-charismatic	Livets Ord Vineyard Norden
Other	Anglicanism^[c] Evangelical Orthodox Church Swedish Alliance Mission

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^ Not in communion with the rest of the Catholic Church
^ Part of the Union of Utrecht
^ ^a ^b Part of the Porvoo Communion
^ Part of the Communion of Nordic Lutheran Dioceses

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