Swedish Free Church Council [SEP] inception
Swedish Free Church Council
The Swedish Free Church Council () is an association of free churches in Sweden. It is part of the Christian Council of Sweden () . The Swedish Free Church Council was established in 1992.
In total the member churches have about 250,000 members, with almost double that figure involved in the churches' activities. The largest member church is the Uniting Church in Sweden, with approximately 85,000 members.
The free churches belong to various Protestant denominations: Baptists, Methodists, Reformed, Pentecostal etc
another denomination. The right to stand outside any religious denomination was established in the law on freedom of religion in 1951.
Today, the Swedish Free Church Council () organizes free churches in Sweden, belonging to various Protestant denominations: Calvinist, Pentecostal, and others. In total the member churches have around 250,000 members. Baptists, Methodists and the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden merged in 2011 into a new denomination: the Uniting Church in Sweden. It is the largest member church in the Swedish Free Church Council, with