Swedish Free Church Council

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The Swedish Free Church Council (Swedish: Sveriges Frikyrkosamråd) is an association of free churches in Sweden. It is part of the Christian Council of Sweden (Sveriges Kristna Råd).

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 Mission Covenant Church of Sweden, with approximately 65,000 members.

The free churches belong to various Protestant denominations: Baptists, Methodists, Reformed, Pentecostal etc. Most of the free church denominations in Sweden began during the nineteenth century when an evangelical revival broke out. The Swedish free church family has many branches, often quite different, but united in the common bond of the necessity of a personal faith.

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Baptist Union of Sweden (Svenska Baptistsamfundet)
French Reformed Church in Stockholm (Franska Reformerta Kyrkan; French: l'Eglise Réformée Française de Stockholm)
Mission Covenant Church of Sweden (Svenska Missionskyrkan, incorporating the Swedish Salvation Army, which is a separate organisation from the international Salvation Army, which also operates in Sweden)
United Methodist Church of Sweden (Metodistkyrkan)
Salvation Army in Sweden (Frälsningsarmén)
Swedish Alliance Mission (Svenska Alliansmissionen)
Vineyard Norden, see Association of Vineyard Churches
InterAct (Evangeliska Frikyrkan) (observer)
Pentecostal Movement in Sweden (Pingströrelsen) (observer)
Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sweden (Adventistsamfundet) (observer)