Swedish Baptists

Swedish Baptists (or Scandinavian Baptists) are Baptists that trace their origins to Radical Pietism (that disassociated from Lutheranism or partially originated from an adjacent non-Lutheran tradition), ^[1] the Mission Friends movement, and the Pietist or Pietistic Lutheran tradition of Lutheranism.

Denominations

• Converge (United States), formerly the Baptist General Conference
• Baptist General Conference of Canada
• Baptist Union of Sweden
• Evangelical Free Church in Sweden (Baptist)
• Finnish Baptist movement
• Swedish Baptist Union of Finland
• Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church

Individual churches

• Central Church (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
• Swedish Baptist Church (Davenport, Iowa)

See also

• Conventicle Act (Sweden)
• Assemblies of God in Brazil

References

1. Shantz, Douglas H. (2013). An introduction to German pietism : Protestant renewal at the dawn of modern Europe. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-1-4214-0830-9. OCLC   797969900.