Evangelical Free Church of America

The Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) is an association of autonomous evangelical Christian congregations.

History

The Swedish Evangelical Free Church and the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Free Church Association merged in June of 1950 to form the Evangelical Free Church of America. The merger conference took place at the Medicine Lake Conference Grounds near Minneapolis, Minnesota. The two bodies represented 275 local congregations at the time of the merger.

Related Topics:
June - 1950 - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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The Swedish group formed as the Swedish Evangelical Free Mission in Boone, Iowa in October of 1884. Several churches that had been members of the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Ansgar Synod and the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Mission Synod, along with some independent congregations, were instrumental in organizing this voluntary fellowship. Also in 1884 two Norwegian-Danish groups, in Boston, Massachusetts and Tacoma, Washington, began to fellowship together. By 1912 they had formed Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Free Church Association.

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Boone, Iowa - October - 1884 - Boston, Massachusetts - Tacoma, Washington - 1912

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The EFCA shares some early ties with those who formed the Swedish Evangelical Covenant Church.

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