Evangelical Reformed Church in Sweden
The Evangelical Reformed Church in Sweden was formed by Mission to the World missionaries of the Presbyterian Church in America. There are two congregations in Stockholm and Tranås.[1] The teo churches become part of the Presbytery of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales.
The work started in 2000 when Rev. Gary Johnson from the PCA and Rev. David Bergmark a native Sweden trained in the Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi begun to hire a local Methodist church and started services. The Tranas church is looking to extend in Linkoping. The Stockholm group meets regurarly Bible studies.[2]
The Tranas church has contacts with the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) and the Free Church of Scotland. Its members come from the Lutheran Church or other evangelical and Pentecostal groups. Some also lived in America where they often came from Presbyterian churches and have been long engaged in a revival of the Reformed faith in Sweden. Increasingly interests was in evangelism in Gothenburg, Uppsala and Stockholm.[3]
The Westminster Confession of Faith is the official statement of faith.[4]
The Evangelical Reformed Church in Sweden is now a recognised denomination.[5]
References
- ^ "Congregations | Evangelical Reformed Church in Sweden, Tranås". EPCEW. 2009-02-23. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
- ^ "elderatthegate: reformed and being reformed: Evangelical Reformed Church in Sweden". Elderatthegate.blogspot.hu. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
- ^ "BBK.GKV » Zweden". Bbk.gkv.nl. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
- ^ "Q & A | Evangelisk-reformerta kyrkan i Sverige". Erkis.se. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
- ^ Duncan, Ligon (2007-04-13). "The First Presbyterian Church of Jackson Mississippi: David & Stacy: Serving the Lord in Sweden". Fpcj.blogspot.hu. Retrieved 2013-11-12.