Swedish Pentecostal Movement
| Swedish Pentecostal Movement | |
|---|---|
 The Philadelphia Church in Stockholm | |
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Pentecostalism |
| Polity | Congregational |
| Region | Sweden |
| Headquarters | Sweden |
| Origin | 1906 |
| Separations | Maranata Movement (around 1960) |
The Swedish Pentecostal Movement (Swedish: Pingströrelsen i Sverige) is a Pentecostal movement in Sweden. Many, but not all, of these, are members of The Pentecostal Alliance of Independent Churches.
History
The movement has its origins in the establishment of the first Pentecostal Church in Stockholm in 1910. [1]
In 2001, The Pentecostal Alliance of Independent Churches was founded.[2]
Swedish Pentecostal missionaries Daniel Berg and Gunnar Vingren traveled to Brazil in 1910 and founded the General Convention of the Assemblies of God in Brazil.[3]
The Pentecostal Alliance of Independent Churches had 439 churches and 87,392 members.[4]
References
- ^ Vinson Synan, Amos Yong, Global Renewal Christianity: Europe and North America Spirit-Empowered Movements: Past, Present and Future, Charisma Media, USA, 2017, p. 183
- ^ William Kay, Anne Dyer, European Pentecostalism, Brill, UK, 2011, p. 36.
- ^ J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 214.
- ^ Pentecostal Alliance of Independent Churches, Statistik, pingst.se, Sweden, retrieved May 9, 2020