Christian Council of Sweden facts for kids

The Christian Council of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges kristna råd) is an echumenical Christian organization in Sweden. It was established on 15 December 1992.

Member denominations

Following denominations were members in 2013:

Free church movmement

1. Evangelical Free Church
2. Uniting Church in Sweden
3. Salvation Army
4. Pingst - Fria församlingar i samverkan
5. Swedish Alliance Mission
6. Vineyard Norden

Lutheran

1. Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church
2. Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church
3. Church of Sweden including the Swedish Evangelical Mission
4. Hungarian Protestant Church

Orthodox

1. Armenian Apostolic Church
2. Bulgarian Orthodox Church
3. Ethiopian Orthodox Church
4. Finnish Orthodox Church
5. Coptic Orthodox Church
6. Macedon Orthodox Church
7. Romanian Orthodox Church
8. Russian Orthodox Church (Parish of the Transfiguration of Jesus)
9. Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarcate)
10. Serbiska ortodoxa kyrkan
11. Saint Selasse Ethipic Orthodox Church
12. Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Sweden and the Rest of Scandinavia
13. Assyrian Church of the East
14. Old Church of the East

Roman Catholic

1. Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm

Observing members

1. Seventh-day Adventist Church

Earlier members

• Estonian Orthodox Church
• French Orthodox Church
• Free Baptist Union, became part of the Sanctification Union/Free Baptist Union and later the Evangelical Free Church in Sweden
• Sanctification Union, became part of the Sanctification Union/Free Baptist Union and later the Evangelical Free Church in Sweden
• United Methodist Church of Sweden, became part of the Uniting Church in Sweden
• Swedish Baptism Union, became part of the Uniting Church in Sweden
• Mission Covenant Church of Sweden, became part of the Uniting Church in Sweden
• Örebro Mission, became part of the Evangelical Free Church in Sweden

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