Uniting Church in Sweden

Uniting Church in Sweden
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Protestantism
Theology	United and uniting
Associations	World Communion of Reformed Churches, Baptist World Alliance,^[1] World Methodist Council
Region	Sweden
Headquarters	Bromma, Sweden
Origin	4 June 2011
Merge of	Baptist Union of Sweden, Mission Covenant Church of Sweden, United Methodist Church of Sweden
Members	about 85 000 (2012)

Uniting Church in Sweden (Swedish: Equmeniakyrkan) is a Christian Protestant denomination in Sweden, established on 4 June 2011 out of the Baptist Union of Sweden, the United Methodist Church and the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden as the Joint Future Church (Swedish: Gemensam framtid), before the name was changed during a conference in Karlstad on 11 May 2013.

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Christianity in Sweden

Denominations	Church of Sweden (SK) Evangelical Mission (EFS) Uniting Church in Sweden Pentecostal Movement Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELKS) Evangelical Reformed Church in Sweden Concordia Lutheran Church Salvation Army Evangelical Free Church in Sweden (EFK) Swedish Alliance Mission (SAM) Catholic Church (RKK) Adventist Church (SDA) Orthodox Church LDS Church Jehovah's Witnesses

Former denominations	Mission Covenant Church (SMK) Baptist Union (SBF) United Methodist Church (MK) Örebro Mission (ÖM)

Churches	List of churches

Christian youth organizations	equmenia EFK Ung Ny Generation PingstUng Sveriges unga katoliker Church of Sweden Youth Swedish Evangelical Mission Youth

Ecumenical Agencies	Christian Council of Sweden Bilda Stadsmissionen Swedish Christian Peace Movement Gideons YWCA-YMCA

Christian-influenced political parties and groups	Christian Democratic Party Swedish Association of Christian Social Democrats

Development agencies	Diakonia PMU Interlife Svenska missionsrådet Church of Sweden

Holidays and traditions	Saint Lucy's Day Christmas Julotta Easter