Swedish Alliance Mission

protestant denomination in Sweden

The Swedish Alliance Mission (SAM, Swedish: Svenska alliansmissionen) is a Christian denomination in Sweden. It is mainly based in the town of Jönköping. In 2009 the denomination had 13,448 members.[1] within 167 congregations both inside and outside Sweden.[2]

Swedish Alliance Mission
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationProtestantism
Regioninternational
HeadquartersJönköping, Sweden
Origin1919
Merger ofJönköping Mission Society, Jönköpingskretsens kristliga ungdomsförbund, Skandinaviska Alliansmissionen i Sverige
Members13 448 (2009)

The denomination was created in 1919 from a merger of Jönköping Mission Society, the Jönköping Circle Christian Youth Association and the Scandinavian Alliance Mission in Sweden.

References change

  1. Stefan Lundell (18 June 2010). "Bara ett under kan rädda frikyrkan". Dagens industri. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. "Om oss, Swedish Alliance Mission, accessdate 10 January 2013". Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

Other websites change

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