Free Baptist Union

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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 (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

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

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